Privacy policy

Last updated 19 September 2026

The short version

We collect what we need to count your miles and run a community, and nothing else. We don't sell data, we don't run ads, and your routes are yours.

What we collect

• Account details — your username, email address and a hashed password (we never see the password itself). If you opt in, whether you'd like the monthly community email.
• Activities — for each walk or run: when it started, how long it took, the distance, an estimate of calories, and the route as a series of map points, so you can see it on your own activity page.
• Location while recording — the app uses your phone's GPS only while an activity is being recorded, including while the phone is locked. It stops when you finish. We do not track your location at any other time.
• Apple Health (optional) — if you turn on Apple Health sync in Settings, the app reads walks and runs that have a GPS route from Apple Health and adds them as activities, and saves activities you record in the app back to Apple Health. Health data is used only to create those activities; we never use it for advertising or share it with anyone else, and you can turn the sync off at any time in Settings or in the Health app.
• Community activity — challenges you join, messages you post in challenge chats, and cheers you give.
• Technical basics — the app version, and standard server logs (IP address, timestamps) kept briefly for security and debugging.

What we do with it

• Add your distance to the community total and to any challenges you've joined.
• Show you your own history, stats and badges.
• Show other members your first name or username, your initial, and what you post or cheer. Your routes and exact locations are not shown to other members.
• Email you about your account (welcome, password resets) and, only if you opted in, the monthly community update.

Who else sees it

We use a small number of service providers to run the app, each bound by their own privacy commitments: our hosting provider (), our email delivery provider (Resend) for account emails, and Apple's App Store for distribution. We don't share your data with anyone else unless the law requires it.

How long we keep it

For as long as you have an account. Delete your account and your personal data and activities are removed within 30 days; anonymous totals (the community mile count) are kept.

Your rights

You can ask us for a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, by emailing [email protected]. If you're in the UK or EU you also have the right to complain to your data protection regulator.

Children

Million Miles is for people aged 13 and over.

Who we are

Million Miles, . Questions to [email protected].