Strava offers features like Beacon that share your live GPS location with other users in real time, and separately the Flyby feature shows when your activity route crossed paths with other users' routes.
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This provision establishes the operational framework for peer-to-peer location sharing functionality. It clarifies that Strava processes and transmits live location data only when users affirmatively enable sharing features, distinguishing this data practice from other location data uses.
Features like Beacon (live location sharing) and Flyby (retrospective route crossing data) can expose your physical location to other Strava users, and if not reviewed and disabled, may share your location with strangers or unwanted contacts.
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"We also use your live location data, which you may choose to share with other users, such as when using Strava Beacon.— Excerpt from Strava's Strava Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Real-time location sharing with third-party users implicates GDPR Art. 6(1)(a) consent requirements and Art. 9 where location reveals health patterns. Under CCPA/CPRA, live location data is sensitive personal information under §1798.140(ae)(1)(C). US state stalking and location tracking statutes (California Penal Code §646.9, Illinois Stalking laws) create a legal environment where inadequate safety controls on location sharing could expose Strava to liability. VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and FTC guidance on intimate partner surveillance are relevant regulatory touchpoints. GDPR Art. 25 (privacy by design) requires that the most privacy-protective defaults be applied — defaulting Flyby to 'on' for all users would likely violate this principle.
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This provision establishes the operational framework for peer-to-peer location sharing functionality. It clarifies that Strava processes and transmits live location data only when users affirmatively enable sharing features, distinguishing this data practice from other location data uses.
Features like Beacon (live location sharing) and Flyby (retrospective route crossing data) can expose your physical location to other Strava users, and if not reviewed and disabled, may share your location with strangers or unwanted contacts.
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