Child sexual abuse and exploitation content is prohibited
Strava says it has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation. Its examples of prohibited content include nude images of children, sexually explicit imagery depicting a child (photorealistic or cartoon), sexualizing children through comments, poses or cropping, promoting or normalizing sexual exploitation of children, contacting a child for sexual exploitation or sexual solicitation (grooming), and jokes or memes normalizing children in sexual acts.
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We have zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation on Strava.
Nude images of children
Sexually explicit imagery (including photorealistic or cartoon) depicting a child
Sexualization of children through comments, poses, cropping, etc.
Promoting, glorifying or normalizing sexual exploitation of children
Contact with a child for sexual exploitation and any sexual solicitation (grooming)
Jokes or memes or any content normalizing children in sexual acts
Qualifications & exceptions
The examples are illustrative, not an exhaustive list.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Dangerous, violent and graphic content is not allowed
Strava does not allow dangerous, violent or graphic content. It defines dangerous content as content that can likely cause serious harm or injury, violent content as content that depicts, glorifies, justifies, facilitates or promotes violence, and graphic content as content that elicits reactions of shock, disgust or distress.
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We do not allow dangerous, violent, or graphic content on Strava.
Dangerous content is content that can likely cause serious harm or injury.
Violent content is content that depicts, glorifies, justifies, facilitates, or promotes violence.
Graphic content is content that elicits reactions of shock, disgust, or distress.
Not stated here
The policy does not say who judges whether content 'elicits reactions of shock, disgust, or distress'.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples: dangerous items and activities, and violence
Examples of prohibited content include instructions for building or selling dangerous items, instructions for misusing inherently dangerous items, dangerous activities and challenges that pose significant risk to health or that are safe only for qualified individuals, imagery of violent acts, threats of violence against a person or group, content advocating, inciting, normalizing or glorifying violence, instructions for committing violent activities, and content promoting human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
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Instructions for building or selling dangerous items
Instructions for misusing inherently dangerous items
Dangerous activities and challenges which pose significant risk to health when performed or are safe to be performed only by qualified individuals
Imagery of violent acts
Threats of violence against a person or a group of people
Content advocating, inciting, normalizing, or glorifying violence
Instructions for committing violent activities
Content promoting human trafficking and migrant smuggling
Qualifications & exceptions
The activities-and-challenges example is limited to activities that pose significant risk to health or are safe to be performed only by qualified individuals.
Not stated here
The policy does not say which specific activities meet the 'significant risk' or 'qualified individuals' description.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples: animal abuse, terrorist content and graphic imagery
Examples of prohibited content also include content showing abuse of animals or graphic imagery of animals intended for shock or disgust, terrorist or radical extremist content (such as praising terrorism, sharing manifestos, images or logos of terrorist organizations, recruiting or fundraising for them, or sharing content they produce), content showing dead bodies or dismembered or mutilated human or animal body parts, and gratuitous sharing of imagery of bodily fluids like blood and vomit shared with the intent to shock or disgust.
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Content showing abuse of animals or any graphic imagery of animals intended for shock or disgust
Terrorist or radical extremist content such as content praising acts of terrorism, sharing manifestos, images or logos associated with terrorist organizations, recruiting or fundraising for terrorist organizations, or sharing content produced by terrorist organizations.
Content showing dead bodies or dismembered or mutilated body parts of humans or animals
Gratuitous sharing of imagery of bodily fluids like blood and vomit shared with the intent to shock or disgust
Qualifications & exceptions
The animal imagery and bodily-fluid examples turn on an intent to shock or disgust (the bodily-fluid example also requires the sharing to be gratuitous).
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Fraudulent, false, deceptive or misleading content is not allowed
Strava does not allow content that is fraudulent or contains false, deceptive or misleading statements, claims or representations.
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We do not allow content that is fraudulent or contains false, deceptive, or misleading statements, claims or representations.
Not stated here
The policy does not say how Strava decides whether a statement is false or misleading.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples of prohibited false or misleading content
Examples include false or misleading content about health or medical information or civic processes; false or misleading information about events or topics that can incite violence or create serious safety risks (such as wildfires or active shootings); conspiracy theories (such as denying well-documented violent events); manipulated media designed to deceive or defraud by altering a reasonable person's understanding of real-world events with potential for significant harm; and the targeted sharing of misleading content intended to undermine faith in another country's public institutions.
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False or misleading content about health or medical information
False or misleading content about civic processes
False or misleading information about events or topics that can incite violence or create serious safety risks (e.g., misleading information related to wildfires or active shootings)
Manipulated media designed to deceive or defraud someone by altering a reasonable person's understanding of real world events with potential to cause significant harm to individuals or groups
The targeted sharing of misleading content with the intent of undermining faith in public institutions of another country
Qualifications & exceptions
The manipulated-media example requires a design to deceive or defraud and potential to cause significant harm to individuals or groups.
The public-institutions example requires targeted sharing with the intent of undermining faith in public institutions of another country.
The events example is limited to information that can incite violence or create serious safety risks.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Intimidating and threatening content is not allowed
Strava does not allow content that intimidates or causes someone to fear for their safety. Examples include personal attacks targeting someone with insults, profanity, offensive language, unwanted sexualization or other malicious acts; threatening others or wishing harm or death on them; and mocking or belittling someone's personal loss.
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We do not allow content that intimidates, or causes someone to fear for their safety.
Personal attacks targeting someone with insults, profanity, offensive language, unwanted sexualization, or any other malicious acts
Threatening others or wishing harm or death on them
Mocking or belittling someone’s personal loss
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Harassment examples: intimate imagery, brigading, doxxing and misuse of reporting
Examples of prohibited harassment also include sharing or threatening to share non-consensual explicit or intimate imagery; coordinated targeting of another Strava community or account through mass commenting, spamming and harassment (brigading); creating accounts dedicated to harassment, brigading or repeated unwanted contact; misusing Strava's reporting mechanisms to harass someone; and doxxing, or encouraging others to harass, dox or brigade.
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Sharing or threatening to share non-consensual explicit or intimate imagery
Coordinated targeting of another Strava community or account through actions like mass commenting, spamming, and harassment (brigading)
Creating accounts dedicated to harassment, brigading, or repeated unwanted contact
Misuse of our reporting mechanisms to harass someone
Doxxing, or encouraging others to harass, dox, or brigade
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Hateful content about groups is not allowed
Strava does not allow hateful content, which it defines as content that attacks, demeans, discriminates, or promotes harmful stereotypes about a group of people based on race, ethnicity, age, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, serious disease, disability, body type or immigration status.
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We do not allow hateful content on Strava. Hateful content is content that attacks, demeans, discriminates, or promotes harmful stereotypes about a group of people based on their race, ethnicity, age, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, serious disease, disability, body type, or immigration status.
Qualifications & exceptions
The definition covers content that attacks, demeans, discriminates or promotes harmful stereotypes about a group on the listed bases.
Not stated here
The examples refer to a 'protected category' or 'protected categories' without a separate definition; the list in this definition is the closest statement of the bases.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples of prohibited hateful content
Examples include hate symbols and images; dehumanizing a group based on a protected category (for instance comparing them to animals, pests or diseases); directing profanity and hateful slurs at members of a protected category; praising, justifying, glorifying, inciting or encouraging violence against a group based on protected categories; claiming a group is inherently inferior to another; implicit and explicit threats against a group associated with a protected category; and negative generalizations or harmful stereotypes associated with protected categories.
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Hate symbols and images
Dehumanizing a group based on their protected category, such as by comparing them to animals, pests, or diseases.
Directing profanity and hateful slurs at members of a protected category
Praising, justifying, glorifying, or inciting violence against a group based on protected categories
Encouraging or advocating violence against a protected group
Claiming a group is inherently inferior (intellectually, morally, physically, etc.) than another group based on protected categories
Implicit and explicit threats against a group associated with any protected category
Negative generalizations or harmful stereotypes associated with protected categories
Qualifications & exceptions
Each example is tied to a protected category or a group associated with one.
Not stated here
The policy does not define 'protected category' separately from the characteristics listed in its definition of hateful content.
Content & IP Rights · Company commitment
Personal information or images shared by others without consent are removed
Strava says it respects users' privacy and aims to keep its communities safe from harm. It will remove personal information or personal images that are shared by others without consent.
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We will remove personal information or personal images shared by others without consent.
Qualifications & exceptions
The removal commitment is for personal information or images shared by others without consent.
Not stated here
The policy does not say how consent is established or how quickly removal happens.
Content & IP Rights · Context
What counts as personal information under this policy
Personal information covers contact information (physical address, email, social media handles or phone number), government-issued identifications (such as a driver's license, social security number, resident registration or identity card, passport details or taxpayer ID), financial information (such as bank accounts, credit card numbers and associated log-in info), and highly personal and restricted records like medical records.
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Personal information covers:
Contact information such as physical address, email, social media handles, or phone number
Government-issued identifications such as drivers license, social security numbers, resident registration or identity cards, passport details, or taxpayer IDs
Financial information such as bank accounts, credit card numbers, and associated log-in info
Highly personal and restricted records like medical records
Qualifications & exceptions
The items are illustrated with 'such as'; the list is described as what personal information 'covers'.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Personal images and how to report ones shared without consent
Personal images are images of an individual where they are identifiable from the image itself or from the image combined with apparent metadata. The policy points to a Strava help page for reporting a photo or video shared without your consent, and says to report sharing of intimate or sexual images without consent as harassment.
Supporting quotations
Personal images are images of an individual where they are identifiable based on their image itself or a combination of image and apparent meta data.
for details on reporting a photo or video shared without your consent.
Please report the sharing of intimate or sexual images without consent as harassment.
Qualifications & exceptions
An image counts as a personal image only where the individual is identifiable, from the image itself or from the image combined with apparent metadata.
Not stated here
The linked help page's reporting instructions are separate and not supplied in this document, so the steps for reporting are not stated here.
Content facilitating trade, marketing, making or use of restricted goods is not allowed
Strava does not allow content that facilitates the trade, marketing, manufacturing or use of restricted goods. Restricted goods are products governed by laws that restrict their manufacture, purchase, sale or ownership in order to ensure user safety.
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We do not allow content on Strava that facilitates the trade, marketing, manufacturing or use of restricted goods.
Restricted goods refer to products that are governed by laws that restrict the manufacturing, purchase, sale, or ownership of the goods in order to ensure user safety.
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibition is on content that facilitates trade, marketing, manufacturing or use, not on every mention of such goods.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Goods the policy lists as restricted
Restricted goods include alcohol and tobacco products (including nicotine and vaping products); firearms, explosives and other weapons; regulated health and medical devices; endangered animals; and illegal drugs, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and unapproved supplements.
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Restricted goods include:
Alcohol and tobacco products (including nicotine and vaping products)
Firearms, explosives, and other weapons
Regulated health and medical devices
Endangered animals
Illegal drugs, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, unapproved supplements
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced as what restricted goods 'include'.
Not stated here
The policy does not say how 'unapproved' supplements are determined or which authority's approval applies.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples: selling, making, circumventing or glorifying restricted goods
Examples of prohibited content include facilitating the sale, purchase, exchange or donation of restricted goods; instructions for manufacturing a restricted good; instructions on circumventing regulated access measures; and glorifying or glamorizing use of restricted goods.
Supporting quotations
Facilitating sale, purchase, exchange or donation of restricted goods
Instructions for manufacturing a restricted good
Instructions on circumventing regulated access measures
Glorifying or glamorizing use of restricted goods
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Sexually explicit or exploitative content is not allowed
Strava does not allow sexually explicit or exploitative content, which it describes as material that contains textual descriptions or visual depictions of nudity or sexual activities.
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We do not allow sexually explicit or exploitative content on our platform. Sexual content refers to material that contains textual descriptions or visual depictions of nudity or sexual activities.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples of prohibited sexual content
Examples include nudity or any sexually explicit content; sharing sexual or private imagery obtained or published without consent; sexual abuse; coercing people into sexual acts for commerce; using intimate, naked or sexual photos or videos to blackmail someone; gratuitous sharing of sexual imagery of others; and sexual solicitation or any sexually obscene content.
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Nudity or any sexually explicit content
Sharing imagery that is private or sexual in nature obtained or published without consent
Sexual abuse
Sexual exploitation of people by coercing them to perform sexual acts for commerce
Use of intimate, naked or sexual photos or videos to blackmail someone to pay money or do something against their will
Gratuitous sharing of sexual imagery of others
Sexual solicitation or any sexually obscene content
Qualifications & exceptions
The imagery example turns on it being obtained or published without consent, and the sharing example on it being gratuitous.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Content that promotes suicide, self-harm or eating disorders is not allowed
Strava does not allow content that shows, promotes, facilitates or encourages suicide, self-harm or eating disorders. The policy adds a message that someone who is in danger should please get help and points to a list of support organizations.
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We do not allow content on Strava that shows, promotes, facilitates, or encourages suicide, self-harm, or eating disorders.
If you or someone you know is in danger, please get help.
Not stated here
The linked list of support organizations is an outside page; its contents are not supplied in this document.
Content & IP Rights · Context
How suicide, self-harm and eating disorder content is defined
Suicide content is text or media depicting suicide or suicidal ideation or attempts. Self-harm content is text or media related to someone harming themselves on purpose. Eating disorders cover eating and exercise behaviors that seriously affect the ability of a person to get the nutrients the body needs, thereby affecting their health significantly.
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Suicide content refers to text or media depicting suicide or suicidal ideation or attempts. Self-harm content refers to text or media related to someone harming themselves on purpose. Eating disorders cover eating and exercise behaviors that seriously affect the ability of a person to get the nutrients the body needs, thereby affecting their health significantly.
Qualifications & exceptions
The eating-disorder definition is limited to eating and exercise behaviors that seriously affect the ability to get needed nutrients and significantly affect health.
Not stated here
The policy does not say how Strava decides whether a particular post meets the eating-disorder definition.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples of prohibited suicide, self-harm and eating disorder content
Examples include depicting suicide or self-harm; showing or linking to sites or communities that feature or promote suicide, self-harm or eating disorders; sharing plans for carrying out suicide, self-harm or engaging in eating disorders; providing instructions for harming oneself; glorifying suicide, self-harm and eating disorders; encouraging suicidal ideation and planning; and minimizing or mocking people for experiences related to them.
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Depicting suicide or self-harm
Showing or linking to sites or communities that feature or promote suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders
Sharing plans for carrying out suicide, self-harm or engaging in eating disorders
Providing instructions for harming oneself
Glorifying suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders
Encouraging suicidal ideation and planning
Minimizing or mocking people for experiences related to suicide, self-harm, or eating disorders
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Inauthentic or disruptive content and behavior is not allowed
Strava does not allow content or behaviors that are inauthentic or that cause disruption within its communities or to Strava systems. The section then lists examples of prohibited content and behaviors.
Supporting quotations
We do not allow content or behaviors that are inauthentic or cause disruption within our communities or to Strava systems.
Examples of prohibited content and behaviors:
Qualifications & exceptions
The examples that follow are illustrative; the policy elsewhere says its example lists are not exhaustive.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples: manipulating leaderboard data and posting inauthentic activities
Examples of inauthentic content and behavior include manipulating data used for leaderboards and posting activities that do not reflect authentic activities completed by you.
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Inauthentic content and behaviors, including
Manipulating data used for leaderboards
Posting activities that do not reflect authentic activities completed by you
Qualifications & exceptions
The activities example is limited to activities that do not reflect authentic activities completed by the person posting them.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples: impersonation, deception and steering users off the platform
Examples of inauthentic behavior also include directing users outside of the platform to participate in financial schemes, sexual exploitation, or to otherwise encourage inauthentic interactions; impersonating a person, company or brand; and misrepresenting oneself to deceive others.
Supporting quotations
Directing users outside of the platform to participate in financial schemes, sexual exploitation, or to otherwise encourage inauthentic interactions
Impersonation of a person, company, or brand
Misrepresenting oneself to deceive others
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Example: unsolicited or repetitive posting to get attention or promote a business
Under inflammatory or disruptive behavior, Strava lists posting, commenting or otherwise creating content in an unsolicited or repetitive manner to get attention, gain more followers, advertise or promote a business.
Supporting quotations
Inflammatory or disruptive behavior, including
Posting, commenting, or otherwise creating content in an unsolicited or repetitive manner to get attention, gain more followers, advertise, or promote a business
Qualifications & exceptions
The example turns on the content being unsolicited or repetitive and made for attention, followers, advertising or business promotion.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Examples: significantly or repeatedly disrupting other users
Significantly or repeatedly disrupting the experience of other Strava users is prohibited, with examples: posting content unrelated to a club's purpose in that club; repeatedly requesting followers, kudos, club joins or engagement to rapidly amplify the reach of your content; posting the same content in multiple places; posting objectionable content in public surfaces such as segments or routes; and coordinating a social media campaign on Strava or other platforms to request a new product feature or change outside of the Developer Hub, or to try to get Strava to revisit a decision.
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Significantly or repeatedly disrupting the experience of other Strava users, such as
Posting content that is unrelated to the purpose of a club in that club
Repeatedly requesting followers, kudos, club joins, or engagement to rapidly amplify the reach of your content
Posting the same pieces of content in multiple places
Posting objectionable content in public surfaces, such as segments or routes on Strava
Coordinating a social media campaign on Strava or other platforms to request a new product feature or product change outside of the Developer Hub, or to attempt to get Strava to revisit a decision
Qualifications & exceptions
The examples are introduced as significant or repeated disruption of other users' experience.
The campaign example covers campaigns on Strava or on other platforms, and is limited to requests made outside of the Developer Hub.
Not stated here
The policy does not say what counts as 'objectionable content' on public surfaces beyond this example.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Posting content that infringes intellectual property is prohibited
Strava expects everyone using it to abide by the relevant laws that apply to them, and prohibits posting content that infringes, dilutes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any intellectual property, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary information, including unauthorized use of domain names.
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We expect everyone using Strava to abide by all the relevant laws applicable to them.
Do not post content that infringes, dilutes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any intellectual property, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary information—including unauthorized use of domain names.