Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
Do not post or solicit Personal Data such as names, contact details, handles or photos; posts can appear in search
Members must not post or solicit any Personal Data (as defined in the Terms of Service), including personal information like full names, telephone numbers, email, mailing address, social media, usernames, chat or instant messenger IDs, meeting links, photos and similar, with TikTok, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, Snapchat, X and WhatsApp given as examples. They must not ask other members to post their personal contact information. MyFitnessPal notes that its forums are public and that anything posted there can be surfaced in a search result. The text does not limit the ban to other people's data, so it can be read to cover a member's own details as well; it also lists photos among the examples even though progress photos are welcomed elsewhere.
Details
- Who
- Members
- What it does
- Do not post or solicit Personal Data or ask others to post their contact information
- What it covers
- Personal Data including names, phone numbers, email, address, social media, usernames, messenger IDs, meeting links, photos
- Where
- Public community forums
Supporting quotations
Do Not:
Post or solicit any Personal Data (as defined in the Terms of Service), including personal information like full names, telephone numbers, email, mailing address, social media, usernames, chat or instant messenger IDs, meeting links, photos, etc.
Ask other members to post their personal contact information.
Please Note: Our forums are public; anything you post here can be surfaced in a search result.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The prohibition on Personal Data does not state whether it covers a member's own details or only other people's.
- Photos are listed as an example of Personal Data, while progress photos are encouraged elsewhere, subject to the workplace-friendly rules.
Not stated here
- The Terms of Service definition of Personal Data is not supplied, so its exact scope is unknown.
Cross-references
- contrast (model-proposed): Progress photos are welcome but must be workplace-friendly and appropriate for a public forum — Progress photos are encouraged, while the Personal Data ban lists photos among the examples of information members may not post or solicit. The text does not say which photos count as Personal Data.