Welcome to Prerun. At Prerun ("we," "us," or "our"), we prioritize your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application for iOS, Android, and watchOS (the "App") and our website (collectively, the "Services").
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the Services. By using the Services, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect includes:
1.1 Information You Provide
- Contact Information: If you contact us for support or feedback, we may collect your name and email address.
- User Preferences: Settings and preferences you configure within the App, such as your preferred warm-up duration or run type.
1.2 Health and Fitness Data
- Apple HealthKit Data: With your explicit consent, the App may read and write health and fitness data via Apple HealthKit, including active calories burned, workout sessions, and heart rate data.
- watchOS Data: The Prerun Apple Watch app may collect health data (including active calories) to provide real-time workout tracking. This data is handled with the same protections as HealthKit data on iOS.
- Purpose: Health and fitness data is used solely to calculate calorie expenditure, provide performance statistics, and improve the accuracy of your guided routines.
1.3 Automatically Collected Information
- Usage Data: Information about how you use the App, including the warm-up routines you complete, session durations, and interaction with App features.
- Device Data: Device type, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and general diagnostic data.
- Analytics Data: We may use third-party analytics services to help us understand how the App is used. These services may collect anonymized usage data.
1.4 Subscription Data
If you purchase a Prerun Premium subscription, payment processing is handled entirely by the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. We do not collect or store your payment information (such as credit card numbers). We may receive confirmation of your subscription status from the app stores to provide access to premium features.
2. How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use the information collected about you to:
- Provide personalized guided warm-up and cool-down routines tailored to your needs.
- Track your workout history and progress within the App.
- Calculate calorie expenditure and provide performance statistics via HealthKit integration.
- Manage your subscription status and provide access to premium features.
- Improve the App's algorithms, features, and overall user experience.
- Respond to customer service requests and provide support.
- Send you administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies.
- Monitor and analyze usage trends to improve the Services.
3. Apple HealthKit and Health Data
We treat your health and fitness data with the highest level of care. In compliance with Apple's HealthKit guidelines:
- We do not sell your HealthKit data to third parties.
- We do not use HealthKit data for advertising or marketing purposes.
- We do not share HealthKit data with third parties for their marketing or advertising purposes.
- HealthKit data is used solely to provide and improve the core functionality of the App (e.g., calorie tracking, workout logging).
- You may grant or revoke HealthKit permissions at any time through your device's Health settings.
- We do not store HealthKit data on external servers — your health data remains on your device and in Apple's Health ecosystem.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
- By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including analytics providers (such as PostHog) and subscription management services (such as RevenueCat). These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information.
- Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Note: We do not sell your personal health or fitness data to third parties.
5. Third-Party Services
The App may use the following third-party services that may collect information:
- RevenueCat: Used for subscription management and in-app purchase processing. RevenueCat may collect anonymized purchase data. RevenueCat Privacy Policy
- PostHog: Used for product analytics to help us understand how users interact with the App. PostHog Privacy Policy
- Apple HealthKit / Google Fit: Used to read and write health and fitness data with your permission. Subject to Apple's and Google's respective privacy policies.
6. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the information you provide to us, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Usage and analytics data may be retained in anonymized form for longer periods to help us improve the Services. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to remove that information promptly.
9. Your Rights (Including EU/EEA Users)
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. If you are located in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Right of Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal obligations.
- Right to Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days, as required by applicable law.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: