Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Exercise Challenge ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our fitness tracking application and related services.

By using Exercise Challenge, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Register for an account (name, email address)
• Participate in challenges and log exercises
• Join or create teams
• Contact us for support

2.2 Exercise and Activity Data

When you use our service, we collect information about your exercise activities, including:

• Types of exercises performed
• Duration of exercises
• Points earned
• Challenge participation and team membership

2.3 Automatically Collected Information

We automatically collect certain information when you access our service:

• Device information (browser type, operating system)
• Usage patterns and interactions with the application
• IP address and approximate location
• Session information and timestamps

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our service
• To manage your account and authenticate your identity
• To calculate points, rankings, and leaderboards
• To facilitate team challenges and competitions
• To communicate with you about your account or the service
• To improve and optimize our application
• To detect and prevent fraud or abuse

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate our application:

• AWS Cognito: For secure user authentication and account management
• PostHog: For analytics and understanding how users interact with our service
• AWS DynamoDB: For secure data storage

These services have their own privacy policies governing the use of your information.

5. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to:

• Keep you signed in to your account
• Remember your preferences
• Analyze usage patterns to improve our service

You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling them may affect the functionality of our service.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We may retain certain information after account deletion for legal compliance, dispute resolution, or to enforce our agreements.

7. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights:

• Right to Access: Request copies of your personal data
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
• Right to Restrict Processing: Request limitation of data processing
• Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@exercisechallenge.app.

8. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your account at any time by:

• Contacting us at privacy@exercisechallenge.app
• Using the account deletion feature in your profile settings

Upon deletion, we will remove your personal information from our active systems within 30 days. Some information may be retained in backups for a limited period.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information, including encryption in transit and at rest, secure authentication, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

10. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected data from a child without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

• Email: privacy@exercisechallenge.app
• Website: exercisechallenge.app