Privacy Policy

Effective September 29, 2026 · 한국어

AT A GLANCE

You sign in to Runmate with Apple, Google or Kakao. The server keeps that account and the nickname you choose for rooms. Your runs and routes stay on your phone and are never sent to the server.

WHAT THE SERVER HANDLES, AND WHY

• AccountThe Apple, Google or Kakao account you sign in with, the email address that account shares, and a user number the server issues. Used to tell runners apart in a room and to keep you the same runner on another phone. If you sign in with Google or Kakao, that account's name (Kakao: nickname) and profile picture address are stored with the account too. The app doesn't use them — rooms show only the nickname you chose.
• NicknameOnly if you set one. Shown to the people in the same room. Your device name is never used.
• Room codes, join and leave timesUsed to run rooms: capacity, locking and expiry.
• Times of code attemptsUsed to stop people from guessing other rooms' codes.
• Run time, distance and pace while in a roomShown live to the people in the same room. The server only passes them on and doesn't store them.
• Heart rate while running (only if you turn it on)If you turn on “Show my heart rate to the room” in Settings, your heart rate is shown live to the people in the same room while you run. It's off by default. The server only passes it on and doesn't store it.
• Location while running in a roomRounded to about 10 m and shown as a dot on the map of the people in the same room. Not sent when you're not running. The server only passes it on and doesn't store it.
• People you ran withWho was in a room with you, and when you last ran together. Used to tell them when you open a room. You can turn this off in Settings.
• Notification address (push token)Used to notify this phone when a friend opens a room.
• App usageWhen you open and close the app, which screens you see and which features you use (making or joining a room, starting and stopping music sharing, the mic switch, starting and ending a run, your answer to the Health app question). Used only to find where people get stuck and fix it. It never includes your run's distance, time or pace, your location, heart rate or voice. Linked to your account; the app can write it but never read it back.
• Music and voiceRelayed when you're apart or more than two of you are running. Never recorded or stored. When you're close by, phones connect directly without the server. Your voice is sent only while the mic switch is on.

WHAT STAYS ON THIS PHONE

• Runs, routes and 1 km splitsNever sent to the server.
• What goes to and from the Health appIf you allow it, when a run ends the app saves it to the iOS Health app as a workout — distance, time, pace, pauses, climb and route, and calories when your weight is known. It also reads heart rate, resting heart rate, weight, VO₂ max, running form metrics, steps, date of birth and workouts from the Health app, only to show them beside your runs and to estimate calories. If a watch already recorded the same run, the app doesn't write a second one. What it reads isn't stored in the app or used for advertising or anything else. It isn't sent to the server either — except that if you turn on “Show my heart rate to the room” in Settings, your heart rate while running is passed live to the friends in the same room. It isn't stored anywhere and goes when you leave the room. It's off by default and you can turn it off at any time. Each item can be turned off in the app's Settings or in Health › Sharing › Apps.
• SettingsSuch as your goal, voice guidance, auto-pause and saving to Health.

HOW LONG IT'S KEPT

• Rooms and who joined themDeleted a day after the room ends or expires. A room expires 12 hours after the last person joined.
• Times of code attemptsDeleted after an hour.
• AccountKept until you delete it in Profile → Account. Deleting it removes the account, the rooms you made, the people you ran with and your notification address from the server.
• Anonymous user numbers from version 1.0Attached to your account when you sign in. Deleted after 30 days without use if you never sign in.
• People you ran withDeleted after 90 days without running together, and whenever either account is deleted.
• App usageDeleted after 180 days, and with your account.
• Notification addressDeleted when the account is deleted, or when Apple reports the address is no longer in use.
• Run data, location, music and voiceNot stored.

You can delete all your runs in Profile → Data & privacy. You can sign out of or delete your account in Profile → Account.

SERVICES WE USE

• SupabaseThe room server and sign-in. The server is in Seoul, South Korea (AWS ap-northeast-2).
• LiveKitRelays music and voice when you're apart. LiveKit Cloud doesn't pin its servers to one region, so a relay may pass through servers outside Korea. Nothing is recorded or stored.
• Apple, Google, KakaoVerify your account when you sign in. Their handling follows their own privacy policies.
• Apple Push Notification service (APNs)Delivers the notification that a friend opened a room.
• VercelServes the invite web page. Opening the page may leave an access log.

Maps are drawn with Apple Maps (MapKit). Apple's handling follows Apple's privacy policy.

SHARING WITH OTHERS

We don't sell or hand your personal information to anyone.

PHONE PERMISSIONS

• LocationMeasures your distance and pace, and shows you as a dot on your friends' map while you run in a room.
• MicrophoneKept ready during a session; your voice is sent only while the mic switch is on.
• NotificationsWhen a run ends, when a week has passed, and when a friend you ran with opens a room.
• Local networkFinds a friend's phone nearby and connects directly, without the server.
• Health (write and read)Saves your runs to the Health app as workouts, and reads values such as heart rate and weight to show beside your runs. Asked once, when you finish your first run.

CONTACT AND PRIVACY OFFICER

Privacy officer: Seongjoon Kim

Contact tovvcorp@gmail.com — including requests to delete records or see what we hold.