While you keep ownership of your content (like GPS routes, photos, and activity data), you give Strava a permanent, free license to use, copy, share, and sublicense that content globally for its business purposes.
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The license grant establishes Strava's operational authority to incorporate user content across its service delivery, business development, and derivative product creation without additional compensation or per-instance permission. The transferable and sub-licensable terms permit Strava to delegate these usage rights to partners and successors.
Users permanently grant Strava the right to sublicense their GPS location data, workout routes, and activity content to third parties as part of Strava's business operations, which may include commercial data partnerships beyond what users would reasonably anticipate.
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The license grant establishes Strava's operational authority to incorporate user content across its service delivery, business development, and derivative product creation without additional compensation or per-instance permission. The transferable and sub-licensable terms permit Strava to delegate these usage rights to partners and successors.
Users permanently grant Strava the right to sublicense their GPS location data, workout routes, and activity content to third parties as part of Strava's business operations, which may include commercial data partnerships beyond what users would reasonably anticipate.
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