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Who we are
kovaa is made by [Company legal name], [Registered address] ("kovaa", "we"). This policy covers the kovaa app for iPhone and Apple Watch and this website, kovaasport.com. Questions about privacy go to privacy@kovaasport.com.
What the app uses, and where it stays
kovaa needs information about you and your training to build and adjust your plan. All of it is stored and processed on your iPhone (and your Apple Watch, for workouts you start there). None of it is sent to us.
| Information | Why kovaa uses it | Where it's kept |
|---|---|---|
| Your answers in setup: name, birth year, sex, height and weight, experience, races, the days and hours you can train, pool and equipment access | To size your plan, set heart-rate and pace estimates, and schedule sessions | On your iPhone |
| Health screening answers and injuries you report | To keep the plan safe, for example by pausing a sport when something hurts | On your iPhone |
| Thresholds (FTP, threshold pace, CSS, threshold heart rate) and training zones | To set every session's targets | On your iPhone |
| Workouts, routes, heart rate, sleep and other Apple Health data (see Health data) | To match workouts to your plan and judge how ready you are each morning | In Apple Health, read by kovaa on your iPhone |
| Files you import (FIT, GPX, TCX, Garmin export ZIPs) | To add workouts from other devices | On your iPhone |
| Your plan, its history of changes, and notes and effort ratings you add | So the plan can adapt and show you why it changed | On your iPhone |
Your iPhone includes kovaa's data in its own backups (to your computer or iCloud Backup, depending on your settings), so a restored iPhone keeps your plan. Those backups are managed by you and Apple, not by us.
Apple Health
kovaa reads health and fitness data from Apple Health only with your permission, and writes back only the strength sessions you log and how hard each workout felt. Health data is used only to plan and adjust your training. It is never used for advertising or marketing, never sold, never shared with third parties, and never used for data mining. You can change kovaa's access at any time in Settings › Privacy & Security › Health › kovaa. The full list is on the Health data page.
What leaves your iPhone
kovaa itself sends nothing to us or to anyone else. Information only leaves your iPhone in these cases:
- When you choose to. If you export a workout or your data, or share a route or a file, it goes where you send it. Shared routes can hide the area around your home.
- To your Apple Watch. Your next seven days of workouts are scheduled in Apple's Workout app on your own Watch.
- Apple services. Subscriptions are bought and managed through the App Store; Apple handles the payment and tells kovaa only whether your subscription is active. If you've chosen to share app analytics or crash reports with developers in your iPhone's settings, Apple may share anonymous diagnostics with us under Apple's privacy policy. The short coaching sentences in the app are written on your iPhone by Apple Intelligence when it's available, and are not sent to us.
- Email. If you email us, we receive what you send and use it only to reply. We keep support emails for up to two years, then delete them.
This website
kovaasport.com doesn't use cookies, advertising or tracking. Our hosting provider processes standard request data (such as IP address and browser type) to deliver and protect the site, and keeps it briefly in server logs. We may use privacy-friendly, cookie-free statistics that count page views without identifying you.
Your choices
- Export. In the app, go to You › Export all data for one ZIP with your plan and every activity as a FIT file. You can also export single workouts.
- Erase. You › Erase all data removes your profile, thresholds, races, plan, its history, every activity and kovaa's workouts, reminders and widgets from your iPhone and Watch. Workouts in Apple Health stay there, because they belong to Health. Your subscription is billed by Apple and is canceled separately in your Apple Account settings.
- Uninstall. Deleting the app also removes its data from your iPhone.
- Health access. Turn any Apple Health permission on or off in Settings › Privacy & Security › Health › kovaa.
- Notifications. Turn them off in Settings › Notifications › kovaa.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or move your personal data, and to object to how it's used. Because kovaa keeps your data on your device and we don't hold a copy, you can do all of this yourself in the app. If you contact us about a support email we hold, we'll respond within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
kovaa isn't intended for children under 16, and we don't knowingly receive information from them.
Changes to this policy
If we change how kovaa handles data, for example by adding an optional account or sync, we'll update this page and the date above, and tell you in the app before anything changes.
Contact
[Company legal name], [Registered address]. Email privacy@kovaasport.com.