Privacy Policy

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Your activities may feed the Global Heatmap, points of interest, public photo sharing and aggregated data sharing

To help users find places to be active and see how others engage in activities, Strava may share your public photos along routes or segments. It may use your activities to generate its Global Heatmap and other community-powered features such as Points of Interest and Start Points. It may also share aggregated or deidentified information, such as usage or demographics.

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We help users find new ways and places to be active, and understand how others are engaging in activities. For example, we may share your public photos along routes or segments. We may also use your activities to generate our Global Heatmap and other community-powered features such as Points of Interest and Start Points. We may also share aggregated or deidentified information, such as usage or demographics.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Photo sharing is described for your public photos.
• The shared aggregate information is described as aggregated or deidentified.

Not stated here

• This passage does not say whether privacy settings exclude your activities from the Global Heatmap; any such choices would be in the linked pages, which were not supplied.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

For users 18 and over, profile and activities are public by default, including in search engines

Your information may be visible to other Strava users and the public. If you are 18 or older, certain information, including your profile and your activities, is set by default to be viewable by “Everyone,” which includes Strava users and the public, including search engine results.

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Your information may be visible to other Strava users and the public.

If you are 18 years or older, certain information, including your profile and your activities, is set by default to be viewable by “Everyone.” “Everyone” includes Strava users and the public, including search engine results.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The default of “Everyone” is described for people 18 years or older.
• This is a default; the next passage says visibility is subject to your privacy controls.

Not stated here

• The linked article on privacy defaults was not supplied, so exactly which information is covered by the “certain information” default is not stated here.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): Subject to your privacy controls, a wide range of your information may be viewable — The list of information that may be viewable is stated as “subject to your privacy controls”, which qualifies the “Everyone” default described in the previous passage.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Subject to your privacy controls, a wide range of your information may be viewable

Subject to your privacy controls, information such as parts of your profile, username, photos and videos, content you share (including precise location such as where you run or ride), the users you follow and who follow you, clubs you belong to, your Activity Data, the devices you use, your online status, and kudos and comments you give and receive may be viewable on Strava or to non-registered users.

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Subject to your privacy controls, your information, including parts of your profile, username, photos/videos, information and content you share (including precise location, such as where you run or ride), users you follow and who follow you, clubs you belong to on Strava, your Activity Data, the devices you use, your online status, and kudos and comments you give and receive may be viewable on Strava or to non-registered users.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies subject to your privacy controls; the list is introduced with “including”.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): For users 18 and over, profile and activities are public by default, including in search engines — The list of information that may be viewable is stated as “subject to your privacy controls”, which qualifies the “Everyone” default described in the previous passage.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Information may be shared with service providers who only receive what they need

Strava may share your information with third parties to support, improve, promote and secure the Services, process payments or fulfill orders. It says these service providers only have access to the information necessary to perform specified functions on its behalf, and that it requires them to protect and secure your information.

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We may share your information with third parties to support, improve, promote, and secure the Services; process payments; or fulfill orders. These service providers only have access to the information necessary to perform specified functions on our behalf. We require them to protect and secure your information.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Access is described as limited to the information necessary for the specified functions.

Not stated here

• The passage does not name the service providers or say whether they may use information for their own purposes.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Health information from connected apps is not sold, used for ads or disclosed without consent — The health-information commitment says health information from connected apps is not disclosed to third parties without prior consent, while the service provider section allows sharing “your information” with third parties to support, improve, promote and secure the Services, process payments or fulfill orders. The Policy does not say whether service providers are covered by the commitment, so the two pull in different directions on this point.

Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice

Sharing with apps and integrations you choose is governed by those third parties’ terms

You can choose to share your information and content with third-party apps, plugins or websites that integrate with the Services, and with third parties that work with Strava to offer an integrated feature, such as a challenge sponsor, media streaming or a tracking device. Information you provide to those third parties is subject to their terms and policies.

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You can choose to share your information and content with third-party apps, plugins, or websites that integrate with the Services, as well as with third parties who work with Strava to offer an integrated feature, such as a challenge sponsor, media streaming, or tracking device. Information you provide to these third parties is subject to their terms and policies.

Qualifications & exceptions

• This describes sharing you choose.

Not stated here

• The terms and policies of those third parties are not supplied, so how they use shared information is not described.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Third-party login shares only what is needed; activities you post to social networks may show location

If you use a Third-Party Account to log in to Strava, Strava says it shares only the information necessary for login and security purposes. You can also share your information, including Activity Data, by text, email or on social media applications like Instagram. Activities you share to other social networks may be viewable on those platforms and may include your location information.

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If you choose to use a Third-Party Account to log in to Strava, we share only the information necessary for login and security purposes.

your information (including Activity Data) via text, email, or on social media applications like Instagram.

Activities you share to other social networks may be viewable on those platforms, and may include your location information.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Login sharing applies if you choose to use a Third-Party Account.
• Sharing to other networks is something you do.

Not stated here

• The linked article about sharing activities was not supplied.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Partners that sponsor or organize your events may receive information when you agree or direct it

Strava may disclose information with partners, such as those sponsoring or organizing an event or club you participate in, when you agree or direct Strava to share that information.

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We may disclose information with partners, such as those sponsoring or organizing an event or club that you participate in, when you agree or direct us to share such information.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Depends on your agreeing or directing Strava to share.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Marketing partners and ad networks may receive information; you can opt out of targeted-ad sharing

Strava may disclose information to marketing partners or third-party advertising networks to promote its services, with your consent where required. It may also disclose information through cookies and similar technologies. You can opt out of Strava sharing your personal information for third-party targeted advertising through the “Do Not Share My Personal Information” link on its website or the “Personal Information Sharing” setting in the app.

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We may also disclose information to marketing partners or third-party advertising networks to promote our services (with your consent, where required).

We may also disclose information through the use of cookies and similar technologies, as explained in the Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies section below.

You can opt out of us sharing your personal information for third-party targeted advertising through the “Do Not Share My Personal Information” link on our website or the “Personal Information Sharing” setting in the app.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Consent applies “where required”, so it is not stated as required in every case.
• The opt-out concerns sharing for third-party targeted advertising.

Not stated here

• The passage does not say which categories of information go to advertising networks.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Deidentified or aggregated information may be licensed or shared with third parties

Strava may license or share deidentified or aggregated information with third parties, for example to improve walking, running or riding in cities through Strava Metro or to help its partners understand more about users, including the people who use their products and services. Elsewhere the Policy also says it may share aggregated or deidentified information such as usage or demographics.

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We may also license or share deidentified or aggregated information with third parties for purposes such as to improve walking, running or riding in cities via Strava Metro or to help our partners understand more about users, including the people who use their products and services.

We may also share aggregated or deidentified information, such as usage or demographics.

Not stated here

• The Strava Metro page was not supplied, so what that program provides is not described. The passage does not say how deidentification is done.

Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

Text messaging opt-in data and consent are not shared with third parties

Strava states that it does not share text messaging opt-in data and consent with third parties.

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We do not share text messaging opt-in data and consent with third parties.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Information may be shared with affiliates, whose own privacy policies may apply

Strava may share your personal information with its corporate family of companies, including affiliates and subsidiaries. Its subsidiaries may process that information under their own Privacy Policies.

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We may share your personal information with our corporate family of companies, including affiliates and subsidiaries.

Our subsidiaries may process that information under their own Privacy Policies.

Not stated here

• The subsidiaries’ own Privacy Policies and the linked list of subsidiaries were not supplied, so their rules are not described.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Information may be shared or transferred in a merger, acquisition or similar transaction

If Strava becomes involved in a business combination, acquisition, securities offering, bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution or other similar transaction, it may share or transfer your information in connection with that transaction.

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If Strava becomes involved in a business combination, acquisition, securities offering, bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution, or other similar transaction, we may share or transfer your information in connection with such transaction.

Not stated here

• The passage does not say whether you would be notified or how the receiving party must treat the information.

Sharing & Disclosure · Context

A disclosure table for US state residents is referred to but not included in the supplied text

The US state notice says the Policy describes how Strava collects, uses and discloses personal information. It also says a table, reached through a Learn More link, describes the categories of information disclosed to third parties for business purposes in the last twelve months and the categories of those third parties. That table is not part of the supplied Policy text, so this analysis does not state which categories are disclosed.

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Our Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information.

The table in the Learn More link below describes the categories of information we have disclosed to third parties for business purposes in the last twelve months, and the categories of those third parties.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The table is described as covering the last twelve months.

Not stated here

• The disclosure table was not supplied, so the categories of information and of third parties are unknown from this text.

Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice

You can opt out of sharing for targeted advertising by footer link, in-app setting or a browser signal

You have the right to opt out of sharing your personal information for targeted advertising. You can click the “Do Not Share My Personal Information” link in the website footer, click the “Personal Information Sharing” link in your Privacy Controls in the app, or broadcast an Opt-Out Preference Signal such as the Global Privacy Control.

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You have the right to opt out of sharing your personal information for targeted advertising. You can click the “Do Not Share My Personal Information” link on the website footer or click on the “Personal Information Sharing” link in your Privacy Controls in the app or broadcast an Opt-Out Preference Signal, such as the Global Privacy Control.

You can opt out of us sharing your personal information for third-party targeted advertising through the “Do Not Share My Personal Information” link on our website or the “Personal Information Sharing” setting in the app.

Qualifications & exceptions

• This appears in the notice for residents of certain US states; the earlier sharing section describes the same website and app opt-out without mentioning the browser signal.

Not stated here

• The passage does not say what data stops being shared or how quickly an opt-out takes effect.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Strava advertises through third parties and may use cookies and trackers for targeted ads — The opt-out for sharing personal information for targeted advertising limits the targeted advertising practice described in the advertising uses section.