Effective Date: November 6, 2025
Your privacy is very important to us. Before we get to the details, here's a summary of our key privacy practices.
Waka Running's privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") explains the information we collect, how we use and share it, how to manage your privacy controls, and your rights in connection with our websites and the related mobile applications and services (collectively, the "Services"). Please also read our Terms of Service, which set out the terms governing the Services.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, this Privacy Policy, or would like to contact us, you can do so by the email or addresses below.
Waka Running
3826 Dudley Dr.
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Phone: 574-993-2331
Waka Running collects information about you, including information that directly or indirectly identifies you, if you or other Waka Running users choose to share it with Waka Running. The sources from which we collect this personal information fall into three categories: information you provide, information we collect automatically, and information we collect from other sources.
We collect account information such as your name, email address, date of birth, gender, username and password that helps secure and provide you with access to our Services. Profile, activity and use information is collected about you when you engage in activities such as choosing to upload a photo, post, or activity (including date, time and geo-location information as well as your speed and pace), join a team or challenge, view others' activities, or otherwise use the Services.
We collect and process location information when you sign up for and use the Services. We do not track your device location while you are not using the Services. In order for most of our core features (e.g., activity tracking, routes) to function, you must grant us permissions in your device's privacy controls to track your device location while you use the Services. If you would like to stop the device location tracking, you may do so at any time by adjusting your device settings.
We gather information from photos, videos, posts, comments, messages, and other content you share on the Services, including when you participate in team events or create routes.
Waka Running may collect or infer health information, such as sleep scores, hydration levels, and nutrition data that you provide. Certain health information may be inferred from sources such as activity data or other measurements. Where health information can be used to uniquely identify you, it is considered personal information, and sensitive personal information under certain laws.
Before you can upload health information to Waka Running, you must give your explicit consent to the processing of that health information by Waka Running. You can withdraw your consent to Waka Running processing your health information at any time.
Waka Running allows you to sign up and log in to the Services using accounts you create with third-party products and services, such as Google or Apple (collectively, "Third-Party Accounts"). If you access the Services through Third-Party Accounts, we will collect information you have agreed to make available such as your name, email address, profile information and preferences.
We collect information from your browser, computer, or mobile device, which provides us with technical information when you access or use the Services. This technical information includes device and network information, cookies, log files and analytics information. The Services use log files. The information stored in those files includes IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks.
Waka Running uses the information we collect and receive as described below.
We use the information we collect and receive to provide the Services, including providing you with the ability to: record your activities and analyze your performance; interact with other users; manage your training and goals; explore new places to go; visualize your activities; and share insights with the Waka Running community.
We use the information we collect and receive to customize your experience. For example, we may suggest challenges, routes, or teams on Waka Running that may interest you, users that you may want to follow, or new features that you may want to try.
We use the information we collect and receive to protect users, enforce our Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy, and promote safety. For example, to help us find and remove content that violates our terms, such as hate speech or spam, as well as suspend or terminate accounts that share such content.
We use the information we collect and receive, including feedback you provide, to conduct research, and to analyze, develop, troubleshoot, increase functionality, and otherwise improve the Services.
We may also use the information we collect and receive to market and promote the Services, activities and events on Waka Running, including using email and push notifications, in accordance with your preferences.
We do not sell personal information or aggregated data for monetary value. We may share personal information in accordance with your preferences, as needed to run our business and provide the Services, and where required for legal purposes.
We may share your information with third parties who provide services to Waka Running such as supporting, improving, promoting and securing the Services, processing payments, or fulfilling orders. These service providers only have access to the information necessary to perform these limited functions on our behalf and are required to protect and secure your information.
When you join the Waka Running community, certain information may be viewable by other Waka Running users, and if your profile visibility is set to "Everyone," this information is also viewable by the public. We provide a variety of privacy controls to manage the sharing of your information and encourage our users to adjust their controls to align with their desired experience.
We may preserve and share your information with third parties, including law enforcement, public or governmental agencies, or private litigants, if we determine that such disclosure is compelled by or reasonably necessary to comply with the law, including to respond to court orders, warrants, subpoenas, or other legal or regulatory process, or otherwise permitted by law.
Waka Running offers several features and settings to help you manage your privacy and share your activities. You can control who sees your profile and activities through your privacy controls. You can also adjust notification and email preferences, update account information, and delete your account at any time.
You can delete your account at any time. After you make an account deletion request, we permanently and irreversibly delete your personal information from our systems, including backups. Once deleted, your data, including your account, activities and place on leaderboards cannot be reinstated. Following your deletion of your account, it may take up to 45 days to delete your personal information and system logs from our systems. Additionally, we may retain information where deletion requests are made to comply with the law and take other actions permitted by law.
Our services are not intended for, nor directed to, children under 13 years of age. We use technical measures to help prevent children under 13 years of age from creating an account and therefore do not knowingly collect personal information from anybody under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, do not use the Services.
Moreover, we provide additional privacy and safety protections for users under 18 years of age. For example, when users under 18 years of age create an account, their profile and activities are set by default to be viewable by followers only.
Waka Running implements measures to ensure that your information is treated securely and consistently with the terms in this Privacy Policy. We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of your information and designed to protect against unauthorized use, disclosure, or access to personal information.
Privacy laws provide certain rights to users in certain jurisdictions. You have the right to know, and request access to, the personal information we collect, use, share, or otherwise process about you. You have the right to rectify, restrict, or delete personal information. You can access much of your information by logging into your account. If you require additional access or have questions, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
We retain information as long as it is necessary to provide the Services subject to our legal obligations to further retain such information. Information associated with your account will generally be kept until it is no longer necessary to provide the Services or until your account is deleted or becomes inactive. Following your deletion of your account, it may take up to 45 days to fully delete your personal information and system logs from our systems.
Waka Running reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes to this privacy statement we will post the revised privacy statement and its effective date on this website. If we make changes we deem to be material, we will provide prominent, advance notice. If you object to any changes to this Privacy Policy, you should stop using the Services and delete your account.
By creating an account or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.