Privacy Policy for the EverBeat App

At EverBeat, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously.
In this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the data we collect from you and how we use it.

When you use the EverBeat app, the following data is collected:

Data type How we use it
Birthday We use your birthday to estimate your daily burned calories and your HRmax.
Weight We use your weight in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories.
Height We use your height in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories.
Biological sex We use your biological sex in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories. Currently, only male and female can be used in the formula, because there is no literature for use of other sexes to estimate burned calories.
Heart rate We use your heart rate to estimate cardio workout zones, and your actively burned calories.
RR-values We use the RR-values to calculate HRV-parameters which provide insight in your overall fitness.
Workouts We save workout data to let you see your progress over time.
Sleep We use the time you spent asleep to better estimate your burned calories.
Resting heart rate We use the resting heart rate to better estimate your burned calories.
VO2max We use your VO2max in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories.
Email address Only saved, if you choose to log in.
We store your email address to be able to respond to any requests you have regarding the correction or deletion of your data.
Android device name Only saved, if you choose to log in.
We use the device name (e.g. Pixel 6a) to be able to selectively log you out on devices. This is important if you e.g. lose a device.
App usage data We collect data on what causes the app to crash, so we can fix those issues. Additionally, we track what features get used to develop more features our users actually want.
Food lookup data We might save food search terms and looked up food products to improve the food database. This data is not associated with your account.

All data types, with the exception of "App usage data" and "Food lookup data" only leave your device if you enable the synchronization feature between your devices. The activation of the synchronization feature is done by logging in with your Google Account.
"App usage data" and "Food lookup data" are always collected, regardless if you log in, or not.

Health Connect

In addition to entering your data directly, we give you the option to continuously import health data from other apps using Google Health Connect.

The use of information received from Health Connect will adhere to the Health Connect Permissions policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

The following data types are read from Health Connect, if you give permission:

Data type How we use it
Active Calories Burned We use your actively burned calories to show you when you burned more calories than your Basal Metabolic Rate uses during the day.
Basal Metabolic Rate We use your Basal Metabolic Rate in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories.
Body Fat We use your Body Fat to tell you how your body composition changed over time. It is not used in any calculations.
Body Water Mass We use your Body Water Mass to tell you how your body composition changed over time. It is not used in any calculations.
Bone Mass We use your Bone Mass to tell you how your body composition changed over time. It is not used in any calculations.
Exercise Session We use your Exercise Sessions to show your progress over time. The time during exercises is used to calculate your burned calories more accurately.
Heart Rate We use your Heart Rate to show you in what zones you exercised.
Height We use your height in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories.
Lean Body Mass We use your Lean Body Mass to tell you how your body composition changed over time. It is also being used in a formula to calculate your burned calories.
Nutrition We use Nutrition information to display what macros you consumed and the ratio between your burned vs. consumed calories.
Resting Heart Rate We use your resting heart rate in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories.
Sleep Session We use your sleep session in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories.
Total Calories Burned We use your Total Calories Burned to display the difference between burned and consumed calories, in case we cannot estimate this value from your Heart Rate.
VO2max We use your VO2max in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories. This estimate is displayed in the app.
Weight We use your weight in a formula to estimate your daily burned calories. This estimate is displayed in the app.

Health Connect data types will not be shared with third parties.
These data types only leave your device, if you enable the synchronization feature between your devices, by logging in.

Should you enable the synchronization feature by logging in, the data will be transfered over a secure, SSL encrypted connection, and stored in a secure database. Your data is protected against unauthorized access by utilizing Google OAuth protocol, and backed up daily to protect your data against loss. The server software is updated regularly to keep your data protected against unlawful access.
Your transfered data is not shared with third parties.

Data Protection

We do not share your data with third parties unless required by law.

Your food search terms and looked up food products are transfered anonymously to one or more of the following services to find relevant food products and nutrition data:

Please look at their respective privacy policies to find out how they use this data.

You have the option to log in with your Google account, to backup your data on a server. This provides you the option to use your account on multiple devices, and restore your data if you reinstall the app.
Your data is always transfered over a secure, SSL encrypted connection, and stored in a database on a server in Germany. Your data is protected against unauthorized access by utilizing Googles OAuth protocol.
Only you and EverBeat have access to the backed up data. Data that has not been backed up to the server is only accessible by users having access to your device.
Our webhosting provider keeps the server-software up to date to protect against unlawful access, and creates daily backups to protect your data against loss.

You have the right to receive information about the data we have stored about you at any time and to have it corrected or deleted if necessary. Please contact us at andreas@everbeat.app.

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. Please check regularly for changes.