MyFitnessPal

MyFitnessPal collects detailed diet, weight, and health data and has suffered a major data breach in the past. It shares data for ads and auto-renews premium plans.

🚨 Key things to watch out for

The clauses that could affect you the most. Read these even if you skip everything else.

You grant MyFitnessPal a perpetual, irrevocable license to all content you create — including food logs, photos, and recipes — which they can use forever even after you delete your account.

Mandatory binding arbitration and class action waiver means you can't sue in court or join a group lawsuit, making it extremely difficult to hold MyFitnessPal accountable for systemic issues.

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1Registration, Accounts, Services3 clauses

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Unrestricted service modifications without notice

📝Can change terms anytime

1-A

💬 MyFitnessPal can change, remove, or restrict any feature, content, or pricing at any time without warning you first.

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“Terminate, modify, or discontinue features, content, or data… Modify prices… Restrict access or impose limits without notice”

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Unilateral Terms changes with passive acceptance

📝Can change terms anytime

1-B

💬 They can change the rules whenever they want, and if you keep using the service after being notified, you're automatically bound by the new terms. Your only option to disagree is to delete your account entirely.

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“MyFitnessPal may update the Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated in advance. Continued use after notification constitutes acceptance. Unacceptable terms require account deletion and service discontinuation.”

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Permanent account deletion

⛔Account termination

1-C

💬 If your account is deleted — whether by you or by MyFitnessPal — all your data and history are gone for good with no way to get it back.

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“Account deletion is permanent and cannot typically be recovered.”

2Ownership and Use of Content4 clauses

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Perpetual, irrevocable license to all user content

📄Claims your content

2-A

💬 Everything you post — food logs, photos, recipes, comments — becomes permanently licensed to MyFitnessPal. They can use, modify, and redistribute it forever, even if you delete your account, without paying you or giving you credit.

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“By providing User-Generated Content, you grant MyFitnessPal and users a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, freely transferable, sublicensable, worldwide right to use, reproduce, display, distribute, modify, and create derivatives of your content in all media formats.”

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No credit or compensation for user content

📄Claims your content

2-B

💬 MyFitnessPal can use your content however they want without crediting you as the creator or paying you anything.

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“You acknowledge that: MyFitnessPal may arrange content posting as desired; No credit is required; No compensation is owed for content use”

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Deleted content may persist

📄Claims your content

2-C

💬 Even after you delete something you posted, other users or the platform may still have copies that remain accessible.

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“Deleted content may remain viewable or copied by other users.”

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Feedback treated as user content

📄Claims your content

2-D

💬 Any feedback, suggestions, or ideas you share with MyFitnessPal are treated the same as user content — they can use your ideas freely without compensating you.

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“Feedback is considered User-Generated Content subject to these terms.”

3Premium Services5 clauses

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Auto-renewal of subscriptions

🔄Auto-renews

3-A

💬 Your paid subscription will automatically renew and charge you again unless you actively cancel before the current period ends.

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“The Premium Services you are subscribed for will auto-renew unless you cancel your subscription prior to the end of the then-current subscription period.”

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Free trials auto-convert to paid subscriptions

🔄Auto-renews

3-B

💬 If you sign up for a free trial and forget to cancel, you'll automatically be charged for a paid subscription.

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“Unless you cancel before the end of the Free Trial period, your access to the Premium Service will automatically continue, and you will be billed the applicable fees.”

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Account deletion doesn't cancel subscriptions

📌Other

3-C

💬 Even if you delete your account or uninstall the app, you'll keep being charged unless you separately cancel your subscription through the platform where you signed up.

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“Account deletion does not automatically cancel subscriptions—you must specifically cancel through the original platform. Deleting the app also does not cancel subscriptions.”

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All purchases are final and non-refundable

📌Other

3-D

💬 Once you pay, you generally can't get your money back. Refunds are entirely at MyFitnessPal's discretion.

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“All purchases are final and non-refundable except at MyFitnessPal's discretion. Refunds may be limited by App Provider restrictions.”

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Unilateral price changes

📝Can change terms anytime

3-E

💬 They can raise prices whenever they want. If you don't cancel before the new price kicks in, you're automatically agreeing to pay more.

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“MyFitnessPal may change Premium Service prices at any time, subject to applicable law. Reasonable notice is provided. Users may cancel before price changes take effect. Failure to cancel results in automatic acceptance of new pricing at the next billing cycle.”

4Health and Safety3 clauses

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Users assume all health risks

🛡️Limits their liability

4-A

💬 By using the service, you accept all risk of injury or harm from following any exercise or wellness information found on the platform.

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“Exercise and wellness activities carry risks of injury, death, or property damage. Users voluntarily assume all associated risks.”

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No guarantees on food database accuracy

📌Other

4-B

💬 The nutritional data you rely on for tracking calories and nutrients may be inaccurate — much of it is user-submitted — and MyFitnessPal takes zero responsibility if wrong information causes you harm, including allergic reactions.

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“MyFitnessPal does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any nutritional information in the Food Database. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND FOR AND EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO FOOD SAFETY, ALLERGENS OR CONTRAINDICATIONS TO MEDICATIONS.”

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AI/ML use with no accuracy guarantees

🤖AI training on your data

4-C

💬 MyFitnessPal may use AI technologies (including third-party ones) in its services, but takes no responsibility if the AI gives you wrong, misleading, or biased information — including about your health and nutrition.

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“Services may use proprietary or third-party AI/ML technologies including large language models. Such technology may contain errors, misleading information, inaccuracy, or perpetuate training-data biases. MyFitnessPal does not guarantee accuracy or usefulness of AI output and bears no liability for technology use.”

5Restrictions1 clause

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Broad prohibition on scraping and data extraction

📌Other

5-A

💬 You cannot use any automated tools to extract data from the service, including the food database that is largely user-contributed.

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“You may not engage in data mining or similar data gathering or extraction activities using automated means including robots, spiders, crawlers, scrapers, or indexing agents. Bypassing access-prevention measures (CAPTCHA, IP blocking, authentication) is prohibited.”

8No Warranties2 clauses

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Complete disclaimer of all warranties

🛡️Limits their liability

8-A

💬 MyFitnessPal makes absolutely no promises that the service will work properly, be accurate, be available, or be fit for any purpose. You use it entirely at your own risk.

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“EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, MYFITNESSPAL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND. This includes implied warranties of merchantability, accuracy, title, validity, fitness, and non-infringement. THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."”

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No guarantee of error correction or uptime

🛡️Limits their liability

8-B

💬 They don't promise the service will always work, be bug-free, or that they'll fix problems when they arise.

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“No warranty exists that: Services meet requirements or provide specific results; Services operate uninterrupted, virus-free, or error-free; Errors will be corrected”

9Limitation of Liability3 clauses

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No liability for indirect or consequential damages

🛡️Limits their liability

9-A

💬 Even if MyFitnessPal's service causes you significant harm — lost data, health issues from bad nutritional info, etc. — they won't pay for indirect damages no matter what.

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“TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL MYFITNESSPAL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, RELIANCE, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER.”

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Liability capped at $500

🛡️Limits their liability

9-B

💬 The most money you could ever recover from MyFitnessPal is $500 or whatever you paid them in the last year — whichever is more. For a health and nutrition app, this is a very low cap.

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“THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF MYFITNESSPAL, FOR ANY CLAIM UNDER THESE TERMS is limited to the greater of five hundred dollars ($500) or amounts paid for applicable Services in the past twelve months.”

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Liability limitations framed as essential bargain

🛡️Limits their liability

9-C

💬 MyFitnessPal frames these liability limits as a fundamental part of the deal, making it harder to challenge them legally.

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“Users acknowledge and agree that MyFitnessPal prices Services relying on warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, which represent fair risk allocation and essential bargain terms. Without these provisions, economically reasonable Services provision would be impossible.”

10Indemnification2 clauses

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Broad user indemnification obligation

📌Other

10-A

💬 If anyone sues MyFitnessPal because of something related to your use of the service, you're on the hook to pay for their legal defense and any resulting costs, even if the situation wasn't entirely your fault.

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“To maximum extent permitted by law, users indemnify and hold MyFitnessPal harmless from third-party liabilities, claims, losses, or expenses (including legal fees) arising from: User-Generated Content accessed or shared through Services; Service use; Service-related activities; Terms violation; Third-party rights violations”

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MyFitnessPal controls your legal defense

📌Other

10-B

💬 If you're forced to indemnify them, MyFitnessPal can take over the legal case and make decisions on your behalf, and you can't settle without their permission.

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“MyFitnessPal reserves the right to assume exclusive defense control of indemnification matters, with user cooperation. Users may not settle claims without prior written MyFitnessPal consent.”

11Governing Law1 clause

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New York law governs

📍Jurisdiction

11-A

💬 Any legal disputes will be interpreted under New York state law, regardless of where you live.

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“MyFitnessPal Terms are governed by and construed per New York law and controlling federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.”

12Dispute Resolution8 clauses

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Mandatory binding arbitration

⚖️Forced arbitration

12-A

💬 You give up your right to sue MyFitnessPal in court. Instead, disputes must go through a private arbitration process where a single arbitrator makes the final decision.

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“You and MyFitnessPal agree that DISPUTES SHALL BE RESOLVED THROUGH BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION, RATHER THAN IN COURT.”

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Class action and jury trial waiver

🚫No class action

12-B

💬 You cannot join a class action lawsuit or have a jury trial against MyFitnessPal. You must fight any dispute alone, which makes it much harder and more expensive to hold the company accountable.

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“YOU AND MYFITNESSPAL AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. Parties mutually waive jury trial rights and state/federal court general jurisdiction litigation rights to fullest legal extent.”

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Mandatory 60-day informal dispute resolution

📌Other

12-C

💬 Before you can even start arbitration, you must go through a 60-day negotiation process with MyFitnessPal. If you skip this step, your case can be thrown out.

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“Before arbitration or litigation, parties must attempt 60-day good-faith informal dispute resolution. Informal Dispute Resolution completion and 60-day expiration are express prerequisites to Arbitration Demand service or lawsuit initiation. Actions commenced without exhausting this process are defective and subject to dismissal.”

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One-year statute of limitations on claims

📌Other

12-D

💬 You only have one year to bring any claim against MyFitnessPal. Many legal claims normally have 2-6 year windows, so this dramatically shortens your time to act.

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“TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO ANY DISPUTE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, THAT ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.”

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Mass arbitration restrictions

⚖️Forced arbitration

12-E

💬 If many users file similar claims, MyFitnessPal uses a staged process that could significantly delay resolution of your individual dispute, as only 30 cases proceed at a time.

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“In the initial staged process, each party selects 15 disputes (30 total) for individual arbitration with different single arbitrators unless parties agree otherwise. Remaining disputes are not filed, deemed filed, or assessed fees until selected for staged processing.”

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Opt-out of arbitration for mass filings over 300

⚖️Forced arbitration

12-F

💬 If more than 300 people file similar arbitration claims, either side can switch to court — which mainly benefits MyFitnessPal as they can choose the venue.

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“In mass arbitrations exceeding 300 disputes, either party may opt out of arbitration and elect court hearing.”

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30-day opt-out window for arbitration

⚖️Forced arbitration

12-G

💬 You have only 30 days from when you first agree to the terms to opt out of the arbitration clause. If you miss this narrow window, you're locked in.

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“YOU MAY OPT OUT OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE EARLIER OF: (1) THE DATE YOU FIRST ACCEPT THESE TERMS, OR (2) THE DATE YOU FIRST AGREED OR ASSENTED TO AN AGREEMENT WITH MYFITNESSPAL THAT CONTAINED AN ARBITRATION PROVISION.”

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Confidentiality requirement in arbitration

📌Other

12-H

💬 Arbitration proceedings are confidential, meaning you can't publicly share what MyFitnessPal reveals during the process, which limits public accountability.

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“Confidential information disclosed during arbitration (documents or oral) may not be used or disclosed except in arbitration or enforcement/vacation proceedings. Court-filed confidential information must be sealed to the furthest legal extent.”

13International Terms1 clause

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International data transfer consent

🔗Shares with third parties

13-A

💬 If you're outside the US, your personal data and content will be transferred to and stored in the US (and potentially other countries), which may have weaker data protection laws than your home country.

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“Non-US residents accessing Services outside the United States agree to transfer certain information outside their location per MyFitnessPal possession, following all applicable laws. Consent to US and other-country information transfer, storage, and processing (User-Generated Content, personal information) per the Privacy Policy”

14Survival1 clause

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Key restrictions survive termination

📌Other

14-A

💬 Even after you stop using the service, MyFitnessPal retains its license to your content, its liability protections, your indemnification obligations, and the arbitration requirement — all survive indefinitely.

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“Provisions essential to intent and purpose survive termination, including: Section 2 (Ownership and Use of Content), Section 8 (No Warranties), Section 9 (Limitation of Liability), Section 10 (Indemnification), Section 12 (Dispute Resolution)”

15Miscellaneous1 clause

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Asymmetric assignment rights

📌Other

15-A

💬 You can't transfer your account, but MyFitnessPal can sell, transfer, or assign its rights and obligations to any other company without your permission — meaning you could suddenly be bound to terms with a company you never signed up with.

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“Users may not assign, delegate, or transfer accounts or Terms obligations without prior written MyFitnessPal consent. MyFitnessPal may transfer or assign all or part of its rights in sole discretion and delegate duties or use third-party contractors fulfilling obligations and Services connection.”

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