Fitness trackers
Google Fit privacy rating
Google's activity tracking app for Android, iOS and Wear OS that records steps, workouts and Heart Points in a Google Account. Google has deprecated the Google Fit APIs in favor of Health Connect and closed them to new developers.
Summary
Google Fit scores 20 out of 100 (grade F) on the fitness trackers criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 20 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Exodus finds no third-party trackers, but the Play data safety listing declares required collection of crash logs, app interactions and device IDs for analytics.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Free app with no ads. The Play data safety listing declares no sharing with third parties and no data use for advertising.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.