Activity Sharing & Privacy

Activity data like workout types and titles, active calories or kilojoules, exercise minutes, stand or roll hours, steps, and time zone will be securely shared with the people you choose.
 

Activity is designed to protect your information and enable you to choose what you share.


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  • Workout and Activity data shared with friends may include: active calories or kilojoules, exercise minutes, stand or roll hours, steps, time zone, and workout information such as title, type, and duration.
  • The email address associated with your Apple Account will be visible to anyone you invite or accept an invite from.
  • If you use this feature, your Workout and Activity data will be sent to Apple so that Apple can securely share this data with whomever you choose. Apple will retain your Workout and Activity data for a short period of time and will use this data only to enable this sharing feature.

Workout and Activity data shared with friends may include: active calories or kilojoules, exercise minutes, stand or roll hours, steps, time zone (so friends may know when you start your day), workout information such as title, type, and duration, and the name of any third-party app providing the information. Workout details, like the title or trainer, may reveal sensitive information about your workout, such as whether it’s a prenatal workout. Friends may also receive notifications about your Activity and Workout awards. This information will be available to friends for a short time. You can remove a friend at any point using the Remove Friend option in Sharing. You can also choose to hide your Activity from a friend using the Hide my Activity option.

The email associated with your Apple Account will be visible to anyone you invite or accept an invite from.

If you use this feature, your Workout and Activity data will be sent to Apple so that Apple can securely share this data with whomever you choose. Apple will retain your Workout and Activity data for a short period of time and will use this data only to enable this sharing feature. If you are using iOS 18 or later and/or watchOS 11 or later and sharing Workout and Activity data with a friend using iOS 18 or later and/or watchOS 11 or later, your data will be encrypted end-to-end such that Apple will not be able to read the Workout and Activity data you choose to share with your friend. Your Activity sharing friend list is associated with your account and will be restored on any other iOS device you sign in to using this account.

Retention

Apple retains personal data only for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including as described in this notice and in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy, or as required by law. When assessing retention periods, we first carefully examine whether it is necessary to retain the personal data collected and, if retention is required, work to retain the personal data for the shortest period permissible under law.

At all times, information collected by Apple will be treated in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.apple.com/privacy

Published Date: September 20, 2024