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Strava

Activity tracking and social fitness app · Score 81/100 · Last checked 2026-10-22

The short version

Limit who can see your activities and set a privacy zone around home and work.

Built from: public records, checked 2026-10-22.

Score breakdown

Security record78

Documented incidents and safeguards (public record, not a technical test)

Data jurisdiction88

Which laws and governments can reach your data

Ownership transparency72

How plainly the owner can be traced

Third-party exposure85

Documented analytics, advertising and attribution partners

Who owns it

Strava→Strava, Inc.

Parent based in: 🇺🇸 United States

Laws that can apply: US CLOUD Act, FISA 702

Where your data can go

Who	Country	Why they are involved
Google Analytics	🇺🇸 United States	Analytics (named in the cookie section of its privacy policy)
Amazon Web Services (Bedrock, Anthropic Claude)	🇺🇸 United States	Powers Athlete Intelligence insights, per AWS's case study

Jurisdictions touched: 🇺🇸 United States

What the public record says

mediumGlobal Heatmap revealed military base outlines

In January 2018 analysts found base and runway outlines in conflict zones on the Global Heatmap. Strava said it would work with military and government officials on sensitive areas. Source

mediumPublic activities let Le Monde trace French presidential bodyguards

In October 2024 Le Monde reported it could identify guards and the routes they used, from public Strava activities. Source

good to knowThe start and end of future maps are hidden by default

Strava says the first and last 200 m of future maps are hidden by default after a first upload; users can hide more. Source

Sources

Ownership, locations and data partners come from the company's own pages and filings where they exist. Last checked 2026-10-22.