WHAT THE POLICIES SAY

Cronometer is a nutrition- and biometric-tracking app operated by Cronometer Software Inc., a private company headquartered in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, founded by Aaron Davidson in 2005. Its privacy policy states 'We Do Not Sell Your Personal Information' and that PHI (protected health information) is not sold or provided to third parties without consent, but it separately discloses that free-tier users are shown targeted advertisements served by third-party 'network advertisers, sponsors, and/or traffic measurement services' that engage in behavioral advertising using cookies, while paying (Gold) subscribers are 'generally speaking...not subject to the targeted advertisements' -- confirming the task brief's premise that the paid tier is materially ad-free while the free tier is not. The policy also reserves a broad right to 'share or sell aggregated, anonymous or deidentified information...with non-affiliated entities for marketing, advertising, research or other purposes, without restriction.' No breach or regulator action was found in this research.

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[2025-06-23] · COLLECTION

Cronometer's privacy policy discloses categories of Personal Information collected from users, including Identifiers (real name, alias, online identifier, IP address, email address), Internet or Similar Network Activity (browsing history within the Site, search history, interactions with the Site, Application, or advertisements), and Geolocation Data (physical location or movements), collected directly from users and automatically through use of the Site and Services.

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OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY

Cronometer's own About page names its founder directly: 'It all started back in 2005 when our founder, Aaron Davidson, was experimenting with the CRON diet...he built one,' and states the company's headquarters is in Revelstoke, British Columbia.

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[2025-06-23] · OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY

Cronometer's privacy policy identifies the operating entity as 'Cronometer Software Inc. and its affiliates,' with a registered address at 'Cronometer Software Inc., PO Box 3270, Revelstoke, B.C., Canada, V0E 2S0.'

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[2025-06-23] · SHARING

Cronometer's privacy policy states 'We Do Not Sell Your Personal Information' and that Cronometer 'will not share the details of your Cronometer account for commercial purposes without the express permission of the end-user,' and separately that it does not sell PHI or provide it to third parties without consent. The same policy reserves the right to 'share or sell aggregated, anonymous or deidentified information about any individuals with non-affiliated entities for marketing, advertising, research or other purposes, without restriction,' stating 'We do not limit the third parties' use of the aggregated information.'

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[2025-06-23] · TRACK RECORD

Cronometer's privacy policy states in its Security section: 'It is Cronometer's policy to treat your Personal Information with complete confidentiality. We minimize the Personal Information we store and employ commercially appropriate and reasonable safeguards both online and offline to maintain the security, confidentiality, and integrity of information that we collect about you.' No breach disclosure, regulator action, or independent named-firm audit was found in this research.

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[2025-06-23] · TRACKING TECH

Cronometer's privacy policy states that persistent cookies help the company 'recognize you when you view a resource belonging to our Site from another website or app (such as an advertisement),' and that for users on the free tier, Cronometer discloses limited information to third-party 'network advertisers, sponsors, and/or traffic measurement services' and allows some of these Advertisers 'to assist us with behavioral advertising by collecting and analyzing certain information when you visit our Site'; the same section states that paying subscribers are 'generally speaking...not subject to the targeted advertisements mentioned above.'

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LAST REVIEWED 2026-08-19 · METHODOLOGY v1.7