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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 6, 2026

The Short Version

No account. No profile. No ads.

Random Run sends anonymous, aggregated usage signals — which screens you visit, which buttons you tap — so we can see what's working and what isn't. We never see your location, your routes, your runs, or anything that could identify you. Optional Apple Health and Strava integrations send data directly from your device to those services — never through us.

Information We Do Not Collect

Random Run does not collect, store, or transmit any of the following:

  • Your location or GPS coordinates
  • Routes you generate or run
  • Personal information (name, email, phone number)
  • Device identifiers (IDFA, IDFV) or cross-app tracking data
  • Health or fitness information

How the App Works

Random Run generates running routes entirely on your device. When you use the app:

  • Your device's GPS determines your current location locally
  • Route calculations happen on your device
  • Map data is fetched from standard mapping services (Apple Maps/Google Maps) which have their own privacy policies
  • No data about your location or routes is ever sent to Random Run servers

Anonymous Analytics

Random Run uses TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service, to understand which features people use and where the app gets in their way. This is the only analytics provider in the app, and it is the only place any usage data is sent.

What gets sent:

  • App version, OS version, and device class (e.g. "iPhone")
  • Country, derived from your IP address at the moment of receipt; the IP address itself is then discarded and never stored
  • Names of in-app events (e.g. "route generation succeeded", "run completed", "onboarding completed")
  • Bucketed event parameters — for example, distance is sent as a range like "5–10 km", never as a precise value like "5.37 km"

What is never sent:

  • Your precise location or any GPS coordinates
  • The geometry of any route you generate or run
  • Any health or fitness data (pace, heart rate, etc.)
  • Any free-text input, including the contents of feedback you submit
  • IDFA, IDFV, name, email, contacts, or any other identifier we could use to find you
  • Anything tied to a specific timestamp; receipt time is added at the server

How identity works. Each device is represented to us by an anonymous user ID that is hashed on-device with a salt that rotates every day. We cannot link signals back to you, and we cannot correlate signals from the same device across days. There is no profile of you anywhere in our systems because there is no way for us to build one.

No App Tracking Transparency prompt. Apple's ATT framework governs apps that track users across other companies' apps and websites, or that share data with data brokers. Random Run does neither. There are no ad networks, no third-party SDKs beyond TelemetryDeck, and no persistent identifier that could follow you anywhere. For the same reason, on the App Store privacy nutrition label our answer to "Data Used to Track You" is None.

TelemetryDeck publishes their own privacy policy and Apple privacy manifest, which we reference in ours.

Third-Party Services

Random Run uses mapping services to display routes. These services (Apple Maps, Google Maps) operate under their own privacy policies:

We do not share any of your data with these services beyond the standard map tile requests required to display your route, and the anonymous signals described in the section above.

Data Storage

Any preferences or saved routes you create are stored locally on your device using iOS's built-in storage mechanisms. This data:

  • Never leaves your device
  • Is protected by your device's security features
  • Is deleted when you uninstall the app
  • Can be cleared at any time within the app

HealthKit Integration

If you choose to connect Random Run with Apple HealthKit to use your running pace:

  • This connection is entirely optional
  • Data is read locally and never transmitted
  • We only access the specific data types you approve
  • You can revoke access at any time in iOS Settings

Strava Integration

If you choose to connect Random Run to Strava, your finished runs can upload to Strava automatically. This integration is entirely optional and off by default:

  • You must explicitly authorize the connection in Settings using Strava's official OAuth flow
  • Run data (route, time, distance, pace, elevation) is sent directly from your device to Strava — it never passes through our servers
  • We do not see, store, or transmit your runs ourselves
  • Strava handles your uploaded activity under Strava's Privacy Policy; activity visibility is controlled by your Strava privacy settings
  • You can disconnect at any time from Random Run's Settings or from Strava's app-permissions page

Children's Privacy

Random Run does not collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13. Since we collect no data, there is no risk of collecting data from minors.

Changes to This Policy

If we ever change this privacy policy, we will:

  • Update the "Effective Date" at the top of this page
  • Notify users within the app of any material changes
  • Disclose any new categories of data clearly and in plain language before they are collected

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or Random Run's privacy practices, please contact us:

playintraffic.ca@gmail.com