The policy acknowledges that Food and Activity Diary Data, which includes medications, body measurements, physiological conditions, dietary habits, and progress photos, may qualify as sensitive personal information when it indicates or allows inference of a health condition.
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This provision identifies a broad category of health-adjacent data collected through core service features as potentially sensitive, which under CCPA, Washington's My Health MY Data Act, and similar frameworks may impose heightened consent and processing obligations beyond standard data handling requirements.
The agreement establishes that data users voluntarily enter into the food and activity diary, including medications, physiological conditions, and body measurements, may be classified as sensitive personal information, which triggers additional privacy rights in certain states, including the right to opt-in to processing of sensitive information outside the provision of the core service.
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Compare across platforms →"Food and Activity Diary Data may include sensitive personal information when the information indicates or allows someone to infer a health condition. This includes your: Dietary habits; Food, drink, and medications you consume (including as submitted via voice logging) and purchase (via our grocery integrations); Calorie count; Dietary restrictions; Fitness level, activity, and goals; Lifestyle information (e.g., sleeping data); Body measurements (e.g., height, weight, and BMI); Information related to any physiological conditions; Progress photos you may choose to provide.Excerpt from MyFitnessPal's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages CCPA's sensitive personal information category (California Civil Code Section 1798.121), Washington's My Health MY Data Act (which covers consumer health data capable of identifying a health condition), and …
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This provision identifies a broad category of health-adjacent data collected through core service features as potentially sensitive, which under CCPA, Washington's My Health MY Data Act, and similar frameworks may impose heightened consent and processing obligations beyond standard data handling requirements.
The agreement establishes that data users voluntarily enter into the food and activity diary, including medications, physiological conditions, and body measurements, may be classified as sensitive personal information, which triggers additional privacy rights in certain states, including the right to opt-in to processing of sensitive information outside the provision of the core service.
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