Privacy and Data controls

If you prefer to limit access to your information, here are the ways you can opt-out of tracking and data collection and still use Gaia GPS to its fullest. 

Once you have accepted the privacy modal, your default setting will be PUBLIC. The privacy of your previously recorded tracks will retain their prior privacy settings but any new tracks will revert to public unless you change your privacy settings. 

For more information on privacy settings across our connected platforms (Outside, Trailforks, and Gaia GPS), please see this article. 

Change your default privacy settings 

• On iOS: Settings > Account > Privacy and Default Visibility 
• On Android: Settings > Account > Privacy Controls 
• On web: Visit your Profile page > Edit Outside Profile > Manage Privacy Settings 

Make sure your default sharing setting is 'Private' (iOS)

• Sharing settings in the iOS app
• Sharing settings are always private by default on Android
• You can also change the public/private status of individual items from the web like this

Disable analytics

• Visit your Settings page on the web 
  • disable Web and Discover analytics
    
• In the app: 
  • iOS: Settings > Other > toggle Disable Analytics 
  • Android: Settings > Account > toggle Disable Analytics
    • Please note, this will significantly limit how well the Support team is able to assist you, should you request customer support. 

If you’re concerned about background location tracking

• On iOS: Open the Settings app > Gaia GPS > Location > While Using
• On Android: Open the Settings app > Applications > Gaia GPS > Permissions > toggle on "Location". 
  • If you are running version 2020.11 of the app or newer, set the location permission for Gaia GPS to Allow only while using the app
  • Earlier versions of the app require the location permissions to be set to Allow all the time.
    

And if you want to opt out of marketing emails or disable notifications

• Manage email preferences here: How to Set Email Preferences 
• Manage notification preferences here: Manage Notifications 

Note: Absent a separate opt-in consent mechanism, Gaia GPS does NOT sell or share email addresses or personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Your privacy is incredibly important to us. For more information, please take a look at the Information Disclosure section of our Privacy Policy.