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Privacy Policy

Effective 2026-04-27 · Last updated 2026-09-06

This policy covers FOOM, FOOM Athlete, FOOM Coach, Hill Reps (formerly Second and Hill Run), the foom.fitness website, and the backend services that power them. It is written to match the product as it works today, not as marketing copy.

1. Who we are

FOOM is operated by Algorithmic Research Group. For support or privacy requests, email support@foom.fitness.

Here for Hill Reps? Read the Hill Reps privacy section. The account, coaching, nutrition, and AI features described elsewhere belong to the other FOOM apps, not Hill Reps.

2. Data we collect

The following account-based data applies to FOOM Athlete and FOOM Coach where those features are used. Hill Reps has different practices, described below.

Hill Reps privacy

Hill Reps is a separate hill-repeat recorder for iPhone and Apple Watch. It does not create a FOOM account or send run records to FOOM-operated servers. It has no advertising, analytics SDKs, AI processing, or coach sharing. The account and meal-photo services elsewhere in this policy do not apply to Hill Reps.

Location, elevation, and motion

During an active run, Hill Reps uses device location, including precise location when permitted, to record your route, measure distance, and help identify hill repeats. It stores workout times, route coordinates, available altitude and accuracy readings, elevation samples, hill counts, splits, and any inclusion or exclusion decisions you make. Location recording can continue when the screen is locked during an active run.

With Motion & Fitness permission and supported hardware, Hill Reps uses relative-altitude readings from the device's barometer to improve elevation measurements. It may request motion-activity access to enable that permission; activity classifications are not kept as part of your run history. These signals are processed on your device. You can use GPS-only recording if motion access is unavailable or declined.

Local storage, iCloud, and your paired devices

Active run recovery checkpoints and completed runs are stored on your device. When iCloud is available, completed run records and deletion markers sync through your private CloudKit database under your Apple account. A paired iPhone and Apple Watch can also exchange completed runs, record identifiers, revisions, and deletion markers through Apple's WatchConnectivity service. We cannot access those records through FOOM's servers. Apple operates these services under its own privacy terms.

Hill Reps separates cached histories by iCloud account. Switching accounts or signing out does not erase the earlier account's local records; they can reappear when that account is used again. Apple Maps is used to display routes and may process map-service requests under Apple's privacy terms.

Apple Health

With your permission, Hill Reps on Apple Watch uses a HealthKit workout session for background recording and saves the completed workout to Apple Health. Distance, route, and elevation details may be included where available and permitted. Hill Reps does not request read access to your existing Health records, and does not send Health data to FOOM-operated servers, advertisers, or AI providers.

Your controls and deletion

Change Location, Precise Location, Motion & Fitness, and Health permissions in your device settings. Hill Reps' Run setup screen explains how to find them. Withdrawing permission may reduce accuracy or prevent recording; it does not automatically erase earlier records.

Delete a run from its detail screen to remove it from Hill Reps. Deletions propagate to iCloud and paired devices when connectivity is available. Deletion markers are retained to prevent old copies from returning. Any workout already saved to Apple Health remains there and must be managed separately in Health. Removing the app alone is not a request to delete its iCloud history: a reinstall may restore synced runs. Delete unwanted runs in the app and allow sync to finish before uninstalling.

If you email support, we receive the address, message, and any screenshots or other information you choose to send. Avoid sending route or Health information you do not want to share. Contact support@foom.fitness with privacy questions.

3. How we use data

4. AI meal processing and permission

Before the first AI meal request, Foom Athlete identifies Anthropic as the third-party AI provider, explains whether the selected meal photo or typed description will be shared, and asks for permission. Nothing is sent for AI processing unless the athlete chooses Allow AI estimate. Permission can be withdrawn later from the app's Account screen, and nutrition can always be entered manually.

After permission is granted and the athlete actively requests an estimate, the selected photo or description is sent to a Cloudflare Worker we operate and then forwarded to Anthropic's API for nutrition estimation. The result is returned to the app so the athlete can review it before saving. If you save the meal with a photo, the photo is stored with your account. If you do not save it, it is not kept as a meal record.

5. Service providers

Supabase, Cloudflare Workers, and Anthropic below support the account-based FOOM apps, not Hill Reps run recording. Hill Reps uses the Apple services described above.

The website is hosted on GitHub Pages and loads fonts from Google Fonts. Those providers receive ordinary web requests, such as your IP address and browser information, to deliver the site and fonts.

6. Sharing and historical records

The connected coach and athlete can see shared workout, meal, nutrition, and progress records under the relationship controls. FOOM no longer offers in-app messaging. Any messaging records created during pre-release testing are unavailable in the current product and retained only until applicable account deletion or controlled cleanup, subject to backup and legal exceptions.

7. Tracking and advertising

We do not sell personal information and we do not use app data to track you across other companies' apps or websites. FOOM is not an advertising business.

8. Your choices and rights

9. Retention

We keep account data for as long as the account is active and as needed to run the service, resolve disputes, enforce our terms, and satisfy legal obligations. When you delete your account, we delete operational account data from the app systems subject to standard backup and legal-retention limits.

Hill Reps keeps local and iCloud run history until you delete it, with deletion markers retained to prevent reintroduction by offline devices. Removing local app data does not remove iCloud or Apple Health copies. FOOM does not receive or retain your route history unless you deliberately include it in a support request.

10. Age eligibility

Foom Athlete and Foom Coach are currently offered only to adults age 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information through those services from anyone under 18. Coaches may not invite or manage minors through those services. If you believe a minor has used them, contact us and we will investigate and delete the account.

11. Changes

We will update this page when data practices change and we will update the effective date above. Material changes will be communicated in-product or by email when appropriate.

12. Contact

Privacy questions, deletion requests, export requests, and complaints: support@foom.fitness.