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“You have the right to opt out of sharing your personal information with third parties that generate a profile about you for marketing purposes.”
“While MyFitnessPal does not expressly "sell" information to others, certain uses of Functional Cookies and/or Targeted Advertising Cookies...may constitute "sales" or "sharing" of personal information...under applicable privacy laws.”
“You have the right to request that we restrict our use of certain pieces of personal information that are considered sensitive under California law—such as information about your race, ethnicity, religion, and philosophical beliefs, financial information to the extent such would enable access to your account, biometric information, and health information.”
“Unless otherwise allowed by the laws applicable in your province or territory of residence, we will only collect, use, or communicate your personal information with your consent (which may be express or implied).”
“Certain connected devices, such as heart rate monitors, Continuous Glucose Monitoring devices, activity trackers, exercise equipment, scales, and/or wearables, that integrate with the Services, may allow us to collect Food and Activity Diary Data with your permission.”
“Certain features of our Services allow you to voluntarily share information about your dietary habits and activities you engage in. This includes your: Dietary habits; Food, drink, and medications you consume...”
MyFitnessPal's privacy policy explains what personal information is collected—including health data like food logs, medications, and data from wearables—and how it may be shared with advertisers and marketing partners. You have the right to opt out of having your information shared for marketing profiling and to restrict how your sensitive information is used, through Cookie Preferences in the browser or the Privacy Center in the app. HealthKit data is specifically excluded from any marketing or advertising use.
This privacy policy establishes the scope of personal information MyFitnessPal collects, the purposes for which it uses and shares that information, and the rights it grants to users. MyFitnessPal may collect sensitive health-adjacent data—including dietary habits, medication use, and device-sourced biometric data such as heart rate and continuous glucose monitoring readings—through voluntary user input and connected devices with user permission. The policy discloses that MyFitnessPal and its third-party partners may share personal information with marketing and advertising partners and engage in cross-device tracking and behavioral aggregation, while separately prohibiting any marketing or advertising use of HealthKit data. Users are granted opt-out rights over third-party profile-based sharing, personalized advertising, and the use of sensitive personal information categories defined under California law, exercisable through specific in-product mechanisms.
MyFitnessPal collects sensitive personal information including dietary habits, medications consumed, and health data from connected devices like heart rate monitors and glucose monitors, and may share personal information including device and activity data with advertising and marketing partners across devices and browsers. Users have the right to opt out of third-party sharing for marketing profiling and to restrict MyFitnessPal's use of sensitive personal information such as health, biometric, race, ethnicity, and religion data. To exercise these rights, users can access Cookie Preferences in the browser footer or navigate to the Privacy Center under the 'More' menu in the app.
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“Unless otherwise allowed by the laws applicable in your province or territory of residence, we will only collect, use, or communicate your personal information with your consent (which may be express or implied).”
“You have the right to opt out of sharing your personal information with third parties that generate a profile about you for marketing purposes.”
“While MyFitnessPal does not expressly "sell" information to others, certain uses of Functional Cookies and/or Targeted Advertising Cookies...may constitute "sales" or "sharing" of personal information...under applicable privacy laws.”
“You have the right to request that we restrict our use of certain pieces of personal information that are considered sensitive under California law—such as information about your race, ethnicity, religion, and philosophical beliefs, financial information to the extent such …”
“Certain connected devices, such as heart rate monitors, Continuous Glucose Monitoring devices, activity trackers, exercise equipment, scales, and/or wearables, that integrate with the Services, may allow us to collect Food and Activity Diary Data with your permission.”
“Certain features of our Services allow you to voluntarily share information about your dietary habits and activities you engage in. This includes your: Dietary habits; Food, drink, and medications you consume...”
“We and our third-party partners may use the information we collect to help us identify other devices that you use...your online behavior on your current browser or device...may be combined with information collected from your other browsers or devices.”
“We may disclose your personal information, including device and browser information and activity and usage information, to our marketing and advertising partners, including social media platforms, third-party advertising networks...”
“The unique information you choose to send from HealthKit is not used by MyFitnessPal for marketing and advertising or transferred by MyFitnessPal to third parties for marketing and advertising.”
“Your personal information may be transferred to the United States and other countries or regions with data protection and privacy laws that differ from those in your country of residence.”
“You have to be at least 18 years old to use MyFitnessPal. Do not use these Services if you are under the age of 18. Our Services are not designed nor otherwise intended for children or anyone under 18.”
“If you'd like to consent, opt-in, or opt out of such advertising, On your browser by visiting "Cookie Preferences" in our footer below...Through our app by visiting the personalization settings within the Privacy Center tab under the "More" menu.”
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