The policy establishes that content posted to public-facing features, community forums, or discussion blogs is publicly viewable, and that by posting users acknowledge having no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in such content, even if it contains personal information.
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This provision operates as a contractual waiver of privacy expectations for content posted to public features, which may include health-related disclosures, achievements, or diary entries shared through social features, and references additional terms in the Terms of Service governing content ownership and licensing.
The agreement establishes that any personal information, including health-related content, posted to public-facing sections of the service is publicly viewable and subject to no contractual expectation of privacy; users are directed to review Settings to understand what information is shared with Friends.
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Compare across platforms →"Any information you post to any public-facing section of the Services may be publicly viewable. By posting to such interactive features you acknowledge and agree that you have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in the content you submit through such features, whether or not it contains your personal information.Excerpt from MyFitnessPal's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The public posting acknowledgment intersects with GDPR's right to erasure (Article 17) for EEA users who post personal information to public features and later request deletion, and with CCPA's right to deletion …
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This provision operates as a contractual waiver of privacy expectations for content posted to public features, which may include health-related disclosures, achievements, or diary entries shared through social features, and references additional terms in the Terms of Service governing content ownership and licensing.
The agreement establishes that any personal information, including health-related content, posted to public-facing sections of the service is publicly viewable and subject to no contractual expectation of privacy; users are directed to review Settings to understand what information is shared with Friends.
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