🔒 Privacy Policy

At cAIcle, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.

Last updated: August 2025

At cAIcle, we value your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your data when you use our app.

1. What Data We Access

When you connect your Strava account via OAuth, we access the following information:

  • Your cycling activity data (distance, time, elevation, speed, heart rate)
  • Your public Strava profile (name, profile photo)
  • Your location data from activities (e.g., GPS tracks)
    ✅ Used now for training analysis, and in the future to suggest nearby routes

We do not access:

  • Your private messages or followers

2. Why We Use Your Data

We use your data only for:

  • Generating personalized training rides using AI
  • Evaluating your current training progress
  • Recommending routes and efforts based on your fitness and available time
  • (Coming soon) Suggesting rides or intervals based on your location

We never use your data to train models or for marketing purposes.

3. How AI Is Used (OpenAI GPT-4)

To generate smart training advice, we send a summary of your ride data and your goal to OpenAI's API. This may include:

  • Distances, elevations, heart rates, durations
  • Your goal (e.g., "prepare for alpine stage race")
  • Your time available for your next ride

✅ This data is:

  • Sent once per request
  • Encrypted in transit
  • Not stored or reused by us or OpenAI

4. Data Storage and Retention

We do not store Strava activity data on our servers unless explicitly saved by you
All analysis is done locally or temporarily in memory
You may revoke your Strava connection at any time

5. Data Sharing

We do not share your data with any third party except:

Strava

As data source

OpenAI

For temporary AI-based training generation

We don't use advertising or tracking services.

6. Your Rights & Control

You have the right to:

  • Revoke access to Strava
  • Delete your saved data (on-device)
  • Contact us to ask questions or raise concerns

7. Contact

If you have any privacy questions or want your data deleted: