Last updated 19 August 2026
Privacy Policy
Podopechny is a coaching application operated by Aleksandr Nikitin, a self-employed coach. This page explains what data is collected, why, and how to have it removed.
Who processes your data
Aleksandr Nikitin, self-employed (professional income tax regime), Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region, Russia.
Privacy and security matters: privacy@podopechny.ru.
What we collect
- Account data — email, name, password stored as a hash.
- Training profile — sex, date of birth, height, body weight, training goal, activity level.
- Training data — plans, completed sessions, sets and loads, distance, pace, heart rate, power, routes, perceived exertion.
- Self-reported wellbeing data — sleep, how you feel, body weight, nutrition, menstrual cycle. This falls under special categories and is processed only with your explicit consent, solely to adjust training load.
- Data from connected services — Strava, Apple Health, Health Connect: workouts and related metrics. Connecting is always voluntary.
- Messages with your coach — text, voice messages and photos sent inside the app.
Why we process it
For one purpose only: coaching. To build a programme, see what was actually done, adjust the load and discuss results. We do not sell data, do not share it with advertising networks, and do not profile users outside the training context.
Third-party integrations
Connections are opt-in and can be revoked at any time in the app or in the web login portal. Revoking stops any further import immediately. Data received from a partner service is used only to display and analyse your own training, is never resold or aggregated into a third-party product, and is deleted together with your account.
Who we share it with
- Your coach — the coach your account is assigned to.
- Connected services — only to the extent you authorised when connecting.
- Processors — services that keep the app running: push notification delivery, voice message transcription, workout and nutrition analysis. They receive only the minimum necessary.
Where data is stored
On our own server in a data centre located in the Russian Federation. Traffic is encrypted with TLS; row-level security policies in the database restrict every record to its owner and their assigned coach, so another user's training data is unreachable even with a valid application key.
Retention and deletion
Data is retained while the account exists. After a deletion request we erase it within 30 days, backups included.
Data from watches and connected services
Connecting any external service — Strava, Apple Health, Health Connect — is opt-in and enabled by you inside the app. Once connected, we import workout records and their metrics only: duration, distance, pace, heart rate, power, elevation gain, route and, where the service provides them, sleep and heart-rate variability.
This data is used solely to show you your own training and to let your coach adjust the load. We never resell it, never pass it to advertising networks, never aggregate it into anonymised datasets for third-party products, and never use it to train models.
Algorithmic workout review. When you tap the button, the metrics of that one workout and an anonymised summary of previous ones are sent to a language model, which returns a written review. The data travels over an encrypted channel, is processed only to produce that answer, and is not used by the provider to train models. The review is about training and fitness, not health: it is not medical advice and not a diagnosis. You can simply not use the button.
Your coach sees your workouts. That is the point of the app, but it is still disclosure of your data to another person — the coach you are assigned to, and nobody else. Connecting a service means agreeing to that; disconnecting it also ends the sharing.
You can disconnect a service in the app at any time. Import stops immediately and everything already imported from that service is deleted right then, without waiting for account deletion. Reconnecting the service imports the history again.
Deleting your account and data
Email privacy@podopechny.ru from the address your account is registered with and ask for deletion. No separate form is required and we ask for no identification beyond that matching address.
We erase your profile, workouts, tracks, coach conversation and everything imported from connected services within 30 days of the request, backups included — usually the same day.
To remove the data of a single integration only, disconnecting it in the app is enough: what was imported is deleted immediately and the rest is left untouched.
Your rights
- Obtain a copy of your data.
- Correct inaccurate information, in the app profile or through support.
- Withdraw consent and disconnect any external service.
- Delete your account entirely.
Email privacy@podopechny.ru from your account address — we respond within 30 days.
Children
The application is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.
Changes
Material changes to this policy are published on this page with a new update date.