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Source-backed from MyFitnessPal Privacy Policy

This report covers the MyFitnessPal Privacy Policy and its separate Washington Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy (effective December 13, 2024). The privacy policy says the disclosures that the Washington My Health My Data Act requires about the use of Washington residents’ consumer health data, and related privacy rights, are in that separate policy, which applies solely to Washington consumers and only to consumer health data. The other pages these policies link to, including the Privacy Request Center where requests are made, were not reviewed for this report.

98
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
18
verified controls

14 of them depend on where you live.

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 2 findings
  • Camera & Photos 1 finding
  • Microphone & Audio 1 finding
  • Contacts 1 finding
  • Messages 2 findings
  • Sensitive Data 13 findings
  • Tracking 7 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 9 findings
  • Sharing 15 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 32 findings
  • Other 15 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Sharing MyFitnessPal says certain cookie uses on its website may count as a 'sale' or 'sharing'

What this means

MyFitnessPal says it does not expressly 'sell' information, but that certain uses of Functional and/or Targeted Advertising Cookies on its website may count as a 'sale' or 'sharing' of personal information, or as targeted advertising, under applicable privacy laws.

Why this matters

Even though MyFitnessPal says it does not expressly sell information, the way certain website cookies are used may be treated as a sale or sharing under privacy laws.

What the policy says

While MyFitnessPal does not expressly “sell” information to others, certain uses of Functional Cookies and/or Targeted Advertising Cookies on our website to collect, use, and disclose information may constitute “sales” or “sharing” of personal information or the use of personal information for “targeted advertising” purposes under applicable privacy laws. More detail?

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What you can do

A privacy control may reduce part of this practice, where it is available to you.

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Messages No direct setting MyFitnessPal may receive what you exchange with other users through the Friends tab

What this means

MyFitnessPal says it may receive the personal information you exchange with other users through its messaging channel in the Friends tab, such as your name, email address, diary entries, photos, fitness goals and achievements.

MyFitnessPal may receive the personal information you exchange with other users through its messaging channel in the Friends tab, such as your name, email address, diary entries, photos, fitness goals and achievements.

Why this matters

Messages to friends in the app may not stay only between you and them; MyFitnessPal says it may receive them too.

What the policy says

We may receive the personal information you exchange with other MyFitnessPal users (like your name, email address, diary entries, photos, fitness goals, and achievements) through our user messaging channel via the “Friends“’ tab.

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

In the MyFitnessPal documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.

A broader option is available

Depending on where you live, you may request deletion of your personal information through the Privacy Request Center, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by applicable law; California residents may request in certain circumstances deletion of personal information collected directly from them.

That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.

Sensitive Data MyFitnessPal says your diary data may reveal a health condition

What this means

MyFitnessPal says Food and Activity Diary Data may include sensitive personal information when it indicates or allows someone to infer a health condition.

Why this matters

What you eat and how you exercise may be enough, in MyFitnessPal's own words, to infer a health condition.

What the policy says

Food and Activity Diary Data may include sensitive personal information when the information indicates or allows someone to infer a health condition.

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What you can do

A privacy control may reduce part of this practice, where it is available to you.

Plainlyst Premium shows where to find it, what it changes, what it doesn’t change, and what may stop working.

View in Privacy Tune-Up

12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Controls & Permissions 2
  • Camera & Photos 1
  • Contacts 1
  • Location 1
  • Microphone & Audio 1
  • Other 1
  • Sensitive Data 1
  • Sharing 1
  • Tracking 1

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A free account opens all 15 key findings. 83 additional reviewed findings are available in the complete report.

  • Location 1 more
  • Messages 1 more
  • Sensitive Data 11 more
  • Tracking 6 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 7 more
  • Sharing 13 more
  • Controls & Permissions 30 more
  • Other 14 more

  • Complete report

    83 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    18 verified privacy controls, 5 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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