What you're agreeing to
AllTrails' Terms of Service govern its trail navigation and community platform. Content you contribute including trail reviews and photos is licensed to AllTrails permanently.
Privacy in plain English
AllTrails collects your GPS location during hikes, activity history, and contributed photos and reviews. AllTrails shares data with advertising partners on its free tier.
Terms of Service: Breakdown
Concerning Clauses- - Content you contribute to AllTrails, including trail reviews and photos, is licensed to AllTrails permanently.
- AllTrails can change its subscription pricing and features with notice.
- - GPS activity and behavioral data from free users is shared with advertising partners.
- AllTrails shares aggregated trail usage data with land management and conservation partners.
Verdict:
AllTrails is a low-risk outdoor app with standard data practices; paid subscribers avoid the advertising data sharing.
Privacy Policy: Breakdown
Privacy Issues- - AllTrails logs your precise GPS routes during hikes, which can reveal where you live if you start hikes from home.
- Free tier advertising involves third-party data collection beyond AllTrails' own practices.
- - Trail GPS data and behavioral patterns from free users are shared with advertising partners. - Aggregated, anonymized trail usage data is shared with outdoor and conservation organizations.
Verdict:
AllTrails is a low-risk app — GPS collection during hikes is expected for its core function and practices are transparent.
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