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Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 29, 2025

Overview

The Advent Challenge ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you use our service.

Data Collection and Access

We only access your Strava data after you explicitly grant us permission through Strava's OAuth authorization process. When you connect your Strava account, we collect:

  • Your Strava profile information (name, profile photo)
  • Your activity data (type, distance, duration, elevation, heart rate, location data)
  • Activity timestamps and metadata

How We Use Your Data

We use your Strava data for the following purposes:

  • Personal Dashboard: To display your own activities and progress in the challenge
  • Score Calculation: To calculate points based on your activities according to our scoring formula
  • Leaderboard: Your calculated scores and participation status are shown to other challenge participants in a public leaderboard
  • Daily Tracker: Your daily activity completion status (represented by icons) is visible to other participants
  • Appeals Process: If you appeal a "no count" activity, challenge administrators can view that specific activity's details to review your appeal

Data Visibility

  • Your View: You can see all of your own Strava activities and detailed statistics
  • Other Participants: Other participants can see your name, total score, activity type breakdown, and daily participation icons in the tracker
  • Administrators: Challenge administrators can view activity details only when you submit an appeal for review

Data Storage and Security

We store your Strava data securely on our servers to provide the challenge functionality. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Data Sharing

We do not:

  • Sell your data to third parties
  • Share your data with third parties for marketing purposes
  • Use your Strava data to train AI models or machine learning systems
  • Share your detailed activity data with other participants (only aggregated scores and status)

Your Rights and Data Control

You have the right to:

  • Revoke Access: You can revoke our access to your Strava data at any time through your Strava account settings
  • Request Deletion: You can request deletion of all your data from our system
  • Access Your Data: You can view all data we've collected about you through your dashboard

Data Deletion

To request deletion of your data, please contact us at the email address below. We will delete all your personal data and activity information from our system within 30 days of your request. You can also revoke our access through Strava's settings, after which we will no longer access new data.

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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to request deletion of your data, please contact us at:

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