“Activity Data can also include health data, such as heart rate, if you choose to provide it.”
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Health data is a sensitive category of personal information; its collection, even when user-initiated, has implications for how that data may subsequently be used or shared.
Providing health data such as heart rate to Strava is optional, but if you do, it becomes part of your Activity Data that Strava collects.
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"Activity Data can also include health data, such as heart rate, if you choose to provide it.Excerpt from Strava's Privacy Policy
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Health data is a sensitive category of personal information; its collection, even when user-initiated, has implications for how that data may subsequently be used or shared.
Providing health data such as heart rate to Strava is optional, but if you do, it becomes part of your Activity Data that Strava collects.
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