Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You agree to follow this policy and the Community Standards
As part of using Strava's Services under its Terms of Service, you agree to follow this Acceptable Use Policy and the Strava Community Standards. This version is dated July 2, 2025.
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Effective Date: July 2, 2025
As part of your use of Strava’s Services under Strava’s Terms of Service, you agree to follow this Acceptable Use Policy and the Strava Community Standards.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The agreement attaches to your use of Strava's Services under the Terms of Service.
Not stated here
- The linked Terms of Service and Community Standards are separate documents; their text is not supplied in this document, so what they add is not stated here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Listed examples are not exhaustive; Strava may make exceptions
Each policy section lists examples of prohibited content and behavior. The lists are not exhaustive and will be updated as needed. Where appropriate, Strava may make exceptions to these policies for educational, documentary, scientific, artistic or other public interest reasons.
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Each policy below includes examples of content and behaviors that are prohibited; they are not exhaustive and will be updated as needed to keep the community safe and healthy.
Where appropriate, we may make exceptions to these policies based on educational, documentary, scientific, artistic, or other public interest considerations.
Qualifications & exceptions
- An exception is discretionary: Strava 'may' make one 'where appropriate'.
Not stated here
- The policy does not say how Strava decides when an exception applies, that a user can request one, or how users are told of updates to the examples.
Cross-references
- contrast (model-proposed): Child sexual abuse and exploitation content is prohibited — contrast: The policy says Strava may make exceptions to 'these policies' where appropriate, yet states zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation; the document does not say whether the exceptions can apply to child safety.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
Child exploitation content is removed and reported as required by law
For child sexual abuse and exploitation content, Strava says it will remove it and report it as required by law.
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We will remove and report such content as required by law.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The reporting commitment is limited to what the law requires.
Not stated here
- The policy does not say to whom such content is reported or what information is included.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Content that is illegal or promotes illegal activities is prohibited
Strava does not allow posting content that is illegal or promotes illegal activities, including in relation to sexual exploitation or abuse (including of minors), terrorist or radical extremist content, and export control or sanctions laws.
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Additionally, do not post content that is illegal or promotes illegal activities, including in relation to:
Sexual exploitation or abuse, including of minors
Terrorist or radical extremist content
Export control or sanctions laws
Qualifications & exceptions
- The list is introduced with 'including', so it is not limited to these topics.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Violating privacy, publicity or other personal rights is prohibited
Within illegal content, the policy lists violating privacy, publicity or other personal rights, including defamation, doxxing, posting media you do not have permission to share, and sharing other people's personal information without their consent.
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Violating any privacy, publicity, or other personal rights, including
Defamation
Doxxing
Posting media that you do not have permission to share
Sharing other people’s personal information without their consent
Qualifications & exceptions
- The items are introduced with 'including'.
Cross-references
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
How to report content that violates the law or Strava's policies
You can report content you believe violates the law, Strava's Community Standards, this Acceptable Use Policy or any other part of Strava's Terms of Service by following the instructions in a Strava help article.
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You can report content you believe violates the law or Strava’s Community Standards, this Acceptable Use Policy or any other part of Strava’s Terms of Service by following the instructions in this
Not stated here
- The help article with the reporting instructions, and the linked Community Standards and Terms of Service, are separate pages whose text is not supplied here, so the reporting steps are not stated in this document.
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Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
EU users and officials are directed to a separate page for reporting illegal content
Official representatives of an EU Member State, Commission or Board, and EU users who intend to report content they believe is illegal, are directed to a separate help page about Strava and the European Union's Digital Services Act.
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If you are an official representative of an EU Member State, Commission, or Board, or an EU user intending to report content you believe is illegal, please refer to this page.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The direction applies to EU Member State, Commission or Board representatives and to EU users intending to report content they believe is illegal.
Not stated here
- The linked Digital Services Act help page is a separate page whose text is not supplied here, so its process is not stated in this document.