Sweat
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- Your data is used for personalized ads, including by third-party ad companies.
- Data is shared with partners and affiliates; you can opt out.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
Fitness app collects health and device data, shares for ads, takes a license, auto-renews, and can close accounts anytime.
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Collected
Account, workouts, optional health data, usage, device IDs, and sometimes photos, contacts and calendar.
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“Where you have selected particular services or features on the Platform (e.g. scheduling your workouts, sharing your fitness activities with friends through social media platforms), your photos, audio, contacts and calendar information”
Training
They run the app, personalize workouts, do marketing analysis, and target ads with partner trackers.
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Sharing
Service providers, affiliates, ad partners like Meta and Google, and anyone if you post in the public forum.
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“Sweat will share your Personal Data with its service providers (e.g., customer support providers such as Zendesk, digital advertising providers such as Google and Meta), partners, and affiliates”
Kept
They keep it while your account is open and may keep a limited amount after you delete the account.
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“In general, this means that we will likely keep your Personal Data for as long as your User Account is open. Following deletion of your User Account, however, we may still retain a limited portion of your Personal Data”
Controls
You can ask to access, correct or erase data, withdraw health consent in the app, and opt out of US ad sales.
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“You can also withdraw your consent for the processing of your health information within the Profile Menu of the App.”
Fine print
Subscriptions auto-renew with no website refunds; they can close your account anytime; you them.
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“SWEAT has the right to suspend access to your User Account, or to terminate your User Account, at any time and for any reason”
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What you can turn off
The controls and opt-outs their own documents describe, and where they say to find them.
Opt out of sale or share of personal data
https://join.sweat.com/en/do-not-sell-my-information or Cookie Consent Manager
Withdraw health-data consent
Profile Menu in the Sweat App
Cancel subscription before renewal
Profile page in your User Account, or the app store if you subscribed in-app
Request access or deletion of your data
Contact via dataprotection@sweat.com or customer support on the Platform
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
Anything you post they can use forever, including commercially, even after you leave.
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“you grant SWEAT a non‐exclusive, royalty‐free, transferable, , , worldwide licence and right to use (including commercial use), distribute, reproduce, display and otherwise make available such Contributed Content”
For example, a workout review you type could be reused in ads without paying you.
If someone sues them because of how you used the app or what you posted, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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“you agree to and immediately upon demand SWEAT and the Associated Parties from any claim, demand, lawsuit, action, proceeding, investigation, , damage, loss, cost or expense including reasonable attorneys' fees”
For example, if a forum post you made leads to a lawsuit, they can demand you cover their lawyers.
They can shut your account without warning, for almost any reason.
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“SWEAT has the right to suspend access to your User Account, or to terminate your User Account, at any time and for any reason”
For example, they could lock you out of paid workouts you already paid for.
They send identifiers to ad companies, which US law may treat as selling or sharing your data.
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“Making Personal Data (such as online identifiers or browsing activity) available to these companies may be considered a "sale" or “share” under applicable U.S. State Consumer Privacy Laws.”
For example, Meta may get enough to show you Sweat ads on Instagram.
If you cancel a website subscription you keep access until the period ends but do not get money back.
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“A refund will not be issued upon cancellation.”
For example, cancelling an annual plan after a month still costs the full year.
They may guess extra health details from what you enter or how you train.
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“Sweat may infer information about your health, including information about your medical conditions or requirements, as well as data on your physical characteristics from this information about your preferences or data submitted to it.”
For example, they might infer a medical need from a pregnancy program you pick.
Forum posts stay online and searchable after you leave.
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“Information that you have shared in the Forum will remain public even after you have closed your Forum account.”
For example, a post about your weight could still show up in Google after you delete the account.
Big ad platforms can track you across the app and web for ads.
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“These tracking technologies may be set by us or our third party partners such as TikTok, Meta, Google, Snap.”
For example, finishing a workout might help Google show you related ads elsewhere.
They say they encrypt data in transit and use industry-standard encryption at rest.
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“The data you provide to us is protected using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology.”
For example, your password should be encrypted when you log in.
Health details like weight or pregnancy are optional, though some features need them.
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“It is entirely your choice whether or not to share your health information with Sweat. You do not need to share it to use the Platform.”
For example, you can skip weight tracking and still do workouts.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- personal data
- Any information that is about you or can be linked to you, from your name to your phone's ID. For example, your email, your IP address and the list of apps on your phone are all personal data.
- service providers
- Outside companies that handle your data on the app's instructions, such as a cloud host or an email sender. For example, the company that stores the app's files in the cloud sees your data but only does what the app tells it.
- affiliates
- Other companies owned by or connected to the same parent company. For example, if you use one app, its sister apps under the same owner may also get your data.
- consent
- Your clear agreement to something, given by an action like ticking a box or tapping Accept. For example, a pop-up asking if the app may use your location is asking for consent.
- sublicensable
- The company can pass its rights over your content on to other companies without asking you. For example, an app can let an advertiser or a partner reuse your video under the licence you gave.
- irrevocable
- Cannot be taken back or cancelled once given, even if you change your mind or delete your account. For example, an irrevocable licence to your photos means you cannot withdraw it later.
- perpetual
- Lasting forever, with no end date. For example, a perpetual licence means the company can keep using your video years after you leave.
- worldwide license
- You let the company use your content anywhere on earth, usually for free and for as long as it likes. For example, a video you post can be shown in ads in any country without asking you again.
- indemnify
- You promise to pay the company's legal costs and losses if your use of the service gets it sued. For example, if you post a song you do not own and the label sues the app, you owe the app's lawyer bills.
- limitation of liability
- A cap on what the company will ever pay you if something goes wrong, often only what you paid in the last year. For example, if a leak of your data costs you thousands, the most you may get back is a month's subscription fee.
- sell or share
- Under California law, selling means passing your data to others for money or other value; sharing means passing it on for targeted ads. For example, letting an ad network use your browsing history in return for ad space counts as a sale.
- tracking pixels
- Tiny invisible images or bits of code in a page, app or email that report back when and where you opened it. For example, a pixel in a marketing email tells the sender the moment you read it.
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What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
Besides account and workouts they collect optional health data, usage, device logs, IP region, and if you enable features, photos, audio, contacts and calendar.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
If you pick certain features they collect photos that can identify facial features and audio, and they list this as biometric information they obtain from you.
Are your chats and uploads used to train AI models, and is that off by default?
Not stated in the documents.
Can employees or contractors read your conversations, and when?
Not stated in the documents.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They use cookies and pixels from partners including TikTok, Meta, Google and Snap for ad targeting.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share data with ad vendors and partners in ways US law may call a sale or share, with a web form and cookie opt-out.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You grant a perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable worldwide licence to use contributed content, including commercially.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can request erasure; they keep data while the account is open and may keep a limited amount after deletion. Forum posts stay public.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
They store preferences, workouts and inferences about you, but do not describe a user-facing memory you can edit or switch off.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They describe SSL in transit and industry-standard encryption when storing data. No audit or leak history is stated.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be of legal age and not under 16; they use date of birth to check, with no extra age-assurance described.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
They post updates and say changes apply immediately; continued use means you accept. Policies are dated.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may suspend or terminate your account at any time for any reason, subject to applicable laws.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The app is as-is, liability is capped at fees in 12 months or AUD 100, and you must indemnify them for claims tied to your use or content.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Website cancellations get no refund.
The privacy policy is 6,753 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 14.7); the terms are 10,859 words at a professional or legal expert level.
