I think some sort of GPS is required for Unbound XL, and I have a mini for my trips into the coastal mountains as a piece of mind. At least they’ll be able to find my body and close the life insurance claim.
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That sounds odd, and not something that they can likely enforce.
I’ve found the easiest way to download all your ride data is to push to Trainingpeaks. From there, you can download all in a handy zip file for whatever time duration you want (its in settings). You can also automatically push to dropbox, if you want. (I don’t think it would download photos, but not sure).
This is not correct.
That’s a good idea with the location tracking.
I haven’t noticed any impact on battery life using Garmin/Strava tracking though going back to when I was using an iPhone 8.
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Not in the data policy, but in the API agreement it says
All Data about an end user in your possession or control must be deleted by you upon such end user’s request or upon such end user’s termination or cancellation of the Developer Application subscriptions.
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You may cancel your access to the Strava API Materials at any time by notifying Strava at developers@strava.com, or by ceasing all use of the Strava API Materials and Strava Platform, and deleting all copies of all Strava API Materials (including all Strava Data) in your possession or control.
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Upon any termination of this Agreement, you will promptly cease using and permanently delete all the Strava API Materials, the Strava Platform, and Strava Data provided hereunder and so certify in writing to Strava.
As said elsewhere, though, it’s hard to see how that would be enforced, and I’m not even sure it would be legal, in the EU at least - it’s your data, you get to decide who has it.
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I should say that they don’t clearly define what ‘Strava Data’ means. It includes this section in the middle of the bit about data security:
all data you access or collect from the Strava API Materials including but not limited to Strava user personal and activity data and Strava segment and leaderboard data (collectively “Strava Data”)
So does that ‘collectively’ cover everything before it, or only the segment and leaderboard data - it’s not really clear.
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Hmmm. Good to know. @dcrainmaker shod do a deep dive comparing the different tracking (e.g., native Apple, Strava Beacon, Garmin Livetrack, etc.) systems 
As a security and compliance specialist I’ll chime in and say that it is highly unlikely that anywhere strava data was pushed, that those entries will need to be deleted. There is a reason the user needs to explicitly make the connection between Strava and TR/TP/Garmin/etc. and that is explicit consent.
The likely outcome of making a GDPR/CCDP request to be forgotten is that the strava data will be deleted on platforms strava has stewardship of, and data exported will remain, but have nothing to link to if one tries to click through. from say TR to Strava. “page not found” being the end result.
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That says to me that the third party app has to delete the user’s data if the user requestes it, not if strava requests it. Can’t see any problem with that?
This press release from strava reads just like a chat GPT response:
We updated our pricing. Our messaging was very confusing. So we are providing more clarity.
In an effort to roll out pricing updates for our subscription, we made a mistake by not providing enough information directly to our community. We sincerely apologize for the confusion and concern this has caused many of our valued subscribers.
Our intention was not to hide these pricing changes, we just moved too fast. We also missed the opportunity to inform long-standing monthly subscribers that, by shifting from paying monthly to annual, they can avoid a significant price increase altogether.
We sincerely hope that every member of our community can feel the value our team has added to Strava over the years to make your experience better (What's New).
I feel targeted by that, lol.
…right
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That, or as someone covered way above (Hanlon’s razor)… they are a huge company that just effed up hard from lack of planning, prep, proper release and/or too many cooks in the kitchen.
I doubt they were trying to pull the wool over many thousands of users to snatch some extra dough and thought it would slip by unnoticed.
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Right, I forgot… big corps = evil, no matter what 
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I get your point, but look at how they replied to Ray. They clearly were not trying to be transparent in the beginning.
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On the newer Edge models you can set live track to be triggered automatically as you start pedalling.
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I have this turned on. It seems to only work if I open Connect on my phone and let it pair with the Edge before I ride. I do that as part of my start up routine now and it seems to send the link every time.
I have background app refresh enabled for Connect. I don’t need to open the app to trigger live track.
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Ha. I don’t even know what that means. No wonder I have to open it 
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which comes down to a number of possible scenarios:
- management at the time had not made a final decision and couldn’t directly answer the questions from the press
- management was floating a “trial ballon” without considering how to publicly respond if the press noticed
- management planned to increase prices without calling it out on the renewal notice
A lot of our bills increase without notice.
For example our property tax usually increases every year without notice. A few days ago someone posted on the forum they noticed TR renewal went up - did the TR renewal email call out the increase (I don’t know)?
The exception is regulated industries, like electricity, where the company is required by law to send a notice of rate increases along with the bill.
FWIW, at my day job when I send a renewal notice to my customers, I specifically call out subscription pricing increases and provide details on the reasons for increase. My management didn’t ask me, I do it because I believe it is righteous and how I would want to be treated as a customer.
Check out the permissions for the Connect app, it’s a toggle switch.
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