We’ve beforehand defined why it’s important to configure privateness settings earlier than utilizing coaching trackers — each in your cellphone on the whole and inside the app itself. Doing so minimizes the chance of exposing your private knowledge, together with your location, to the general public. You wouldn’t need simply anybody to have the ability to observe your runs and know precisely the place and when to seek out you offline, would you?
You may try our already printed guides on configuring smartphones and the favored working apps Strava and Nike Run Membership. At the moment, we’re specializing in privateness settings in MapMyRun.
MapMyRun (obtainable for Android and iOS) has a fairly fascinating historical past. In September 2024, it was acquired as a part of the MapMyFitness suite of apps by the media firm Outdoors (led by CEO Robin Thurston) from the American sportswear producer Beneath Armour. And Beneath Armour, in flip, had acquired this suite for $150 million again in 2013 from… Robin Thurston, the exact same one who based MapMyFitness in 2007! So, after 11 years, Thurston regained the corporate he had based 17 years earlier.
Establishing privateness in MapMyRun
In contrast to many apps, you received’t discover the privateness settings below the standard cog icon within the prime proper nook of the primary display – that’s for exercise settings. As an alternative, faucet the three dots within the backside proper nook for iOS, or the three-line “burger” menu within the prime left nook for Android, then choose Settings (not Privateness Middle — that’s one thing else). On the subsequent display, select Privateness.
The place to seek out privateness settings in MapMyRun: ••• → Settings → Privateness
What do you have to configure right here? First, below Profile Sharing, make certain it’s set to My Buddies or, even higher, Solely me. It’s additionally a good suggestion to toggle off the swap subsequent to Discover me by e-mail handle so folks can’t just do that.
Subsequent, verify Route Sharing and Exercise Sharing and guarantee they’re additionally set to My Buddies or, ideally, Solely me. Lastly, return to Settings, discover Push Notifications, and disable any pointless notifications — or simply flip all of them off with the toggle on the prime.
Configuring privateness in MapMyRun
Should you resolve to cease utilizing MapMyRun, it’s a good suggestion to delete your account. To do that, navigate to Settings → Privateness Middle and select Delete Account.
Should you use different health apps to trace your exercises, you’ll be able to set their privateness settings utilizing our guides:
- Strava
- Nike Run Membership
- adidas Operating (previously Runtastic) – nonetheless to come back
- ASICS Runkeeper (ditto)
It’s also possible to learn to configure privateness in different apps — from social networks to browsers — on our web site Privateness Checker.
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