Privacy Policy — Ruhl Method

Information you provide: name and email; account credentials; quiz responses (goal, experience, equipment, time, how you identify); workout activity you log (sessions, exercises, sets, reps, weights, effort); readiness check-ins (self-reported sleep, stress, soreness); habit logs (walks, hikes, Zone 2 cardio type, minutes and an optional note you write about what you did); messages you send us.

Collected automatically: basic technical data (device/browser type, usage needed to operate and secure the Services). We use local storage to keep you signed in and remember quiz results.

From Apple Health we only receive what you choose to log with one tap, as described in section 4. We do not collect medical records or diagnoses.

Subscriptions: memberships are bought in the iPhone app through Apple. Apple handles the payment; we never receive or store your card details. We receive only whether your subscription is active (through RevenueCat, the service that confirms App Store subscriptions for us), linked to your account so your access opens.

To personalize your program, operate app features (progress, progression, Foundation Points and ranks), send communications you signed up for, respond to you, improve the Services, and prevent misuse. Wellness inputs (sleep/stress/soreness) only adjust your training volume — they are general fitness guidance, never medical advice.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information, and we do not share it with third parties for their marketing.

Connecting Apple Health is optional. The app works fully without it. If you connect it, the Ruhl Method iPhone app can read your step count, heart rate, active calories burned and workouts, and can save the workouts you finish in Ruhl Method to Apple Health. You choose which of these to allow on Apple's permission screen.

Data read from Apple Health stays on your iPhone, except for the two items below that you choose to log with a tap. The app shows your steps, heart rate, calories and workout details to you on your device. We do not send them to our servers, we do not store them, and we do not share them with anyone, including our service providers.

We never use Apple Health data for advertising, marketing or data mining, and we never sell it. We do not store Apple Health data in iCloud.

What we save only when you tap to log it:

• Hikes. If Apple Health shows a hike, the app may ask whether to log it as your hike for the week. If you tap Log hike, we save the same thing as when you log a hike yourself: that you hiked that week.
• Zone 2 cardio. If Apple Health shows a cardio workout today (for example a walk, bike ride or row), the Zone 2 card lists it with a Log this button. If you tap it, we save only the type of cardio and how many minutes, rounded to the nearest minute.

We never save the heart rate, calories, distance, route or time of day of those workouts. They stay in Apple Health. Nothing is logged unless you tap. These logs are part of your training history: they count toward your progress and Foundation Points, they are not used for advertising or sold, and you can remove any of them in the app. Deleting your account deletes them.

Workouts the app saves to Apple Health are written from the sessions you log in Ruhl Method. Once saved, they belong to your Apple Health and you control them there. Deleting your Ruhl Method account does not remove them.

To change or stop access at any time: iPhone Settings → Health → Data Access & Devices → Ruhl Method.

This is separate from the workout activity and readiness check-ins you enter in Ruhl Method, which are saved to your account as described in section 1.

Only with: service providers that host and operate the Services on our behalf (bound to use data only for that purpose — for example our database and login provider, our web host, our email provider, and RevenueCat for App Store subscription status); legal authorities when required by law; or a successor entity if our business is merged or acquired (protections carry over; you'd be notified).

Unsubscribe from emails anytime. Access or correct your info in the app. Delete your account yourself, anytime: in the app go to Settings → Account → Delete account. This permanently removes your login and everything saved in your account right away. Request a copy of your data, or ask us to delete it for you: brian@ruhlfitness.com — honored within 30 days, for all users regardless of location.

We keep data while your account is active. When you delete your account in the app, your account data is removed immediately. Deletion requests sent by email are completed within 30 days. We keep only minimal records required for legal, security, or accounting purposes. Feedback you sent us is kept without your name or email.

Encrypted connections, authenticated access, and per-user database access controls. No system is 100% secure; breaches affecting you will be disclosed as required by law.

The Services are for adults 18+. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18 — contact us and we will delete it.

We may update this policy; material changes will be announced in the app or by email before taking effect.

Ruhl Method · brian@ruhlfitness.com