Privacy Policy
Who we are
The EVOLVE app is provided by Team Evolve Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 15919810), registered office 124 to 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX. Under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018) we are the controller of the personal data described here. Questions or requests: bryn@teamevolve.cc.
What stays on your phone
Everything you enter or the app works out is stored in your phone's own storage for the app, and nowhere else: your profile (name, email, age, sex, height, weight, goals), training history and plans, morning check-ins, food diary, gym workouts, body readings (such as body fat, heart rate and blood pressure), notes, coach conversations and the sign-in keys for any service you connect. Delete it any time in Settings, Reset, or by deleting the app.
What leaves your phone, and why
| When | What is sent | Who receives it | Why, and our lawful basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| You sign up | Name, email, your marketing choice and the date you made it | Netlify (our host) form storage | To recognise you as a tester and contact you about the app (legitimate interests). Marketing emails only if you tick the box (consent), which you can untick in Settings at any time. |
| You send feedback | Your answers, your email and the app version | Netlify form storage | To fix problems and improve the app (legitimate interests). |
| You ask the AI coach | Your question, the conversation so far and a summary of your data: first name, sports, goals, race, any notes you add to Your AI memory, readiness (including heart rate variability, resting heart rate and sleep), training load and sessions, fuel targets and intake, and body measures | Our server, then Anthropic, which provides the Claude AI model that writes the answer | To answer your question with your own numbers. Some of this is health data, so we only send it when you choose to ask the coach (explicit consent). We do not store your conversations on our servers. Under Anthropic's commercial terms, data sent through its API is not used to train its models. |
| You connect intervals.icu | Your intervals.icu athlete ID and API key, and the workouts you send | Our server, passed straight to intervals.icu | To import your activities and wellness data and to send sessions to your calendar (contract: you asked for it). Your key is kept on your phone, not by us. |
| You connect Strava | The access keys Strava gives you and, when you tap Save to Strava, that gym workout (name, length and the sets you did) | Our server, passed straight to Strava | To save the workouts you choose to your Strava (contract). EVOLVE does not read, import or keep any data from Strava, and nothing from Strava is ever sent to the AI coach. The keys stay on your phone; we do not store them. Disconnect any time in Settings, or remove EVOLVE in your Strava settings under My Apps. Strava may collect and use data about how EVOLVE uses its API, as its own API Agreement and privacy policy describe. |
| You search for a food or scan a barcode | The words you type or the barcode number | Open Food Facts and USDA FoodData Central | To find nutrition information. No personal details are sent. |
| You set your location for weather | Your town name, or your device location if you allow it | Open-Meteo | To show the local forecast for your ride. |
| You view an exercise | A normal web request for the exercise photo | jsDelivr (content delivery network) | To show form photos. Like any website, it sees your IP address. |
| You use the app | Standard connection details such as IP address and device type | Netlify (our host) | To deliver the app and keep it secure (legitimate interests). |
Health data such as heart rate variability, resting heart rate, sleep, weight and body composition is special category data under the UK GDPR. It stays on your phone unless you ask the AI coach a question, which is when we rely on your explicit consent. You can use the rest of EVOLVE without ever sending it.
What we do not do
- We do not sell or rent your data, or share it for advertising.
- We do not use advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. The app only uses your phone's storage to work.
- We do not make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. Training and fuel suggestions are advice you can always change.
International transfers
Netlify, Anthropic, USDA and jsDelivr are based in the United States, Open Food Facts in France and Open-Meteo in Switzerland. Where data goes outside the UK we rely on UK adequacy regulations or on appropriate safeguards such as the UK Extension to the EU to US Data Privacy Framework or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement.
How long we keep it
Data on your phone stays until you delete it. Sign-up and feedback form entries are kept while you use EVOLVE or we are in touch, and deleted within 24 months of your last contact, sooner if you ask. Our host keeps routine connection logs for a short period for security.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct, delete or move your data, object to or restrict how we use it, and withdraw consent at any time (for marketing in Settings, for the AI coach by not using it). Email bryn@teamevolve.cc and we will reply within one month. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk, though we would like the chance to put things right first.
Children
EVOLVE is for people aged 16 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from younger children.
Changes
If we change how EVOLVE uses data we will update this page and its date, and tell you in the app before any change that needs your consent.