Security and Privacy

At Open Fitness Network, your privacy is our priority. In a world full of bad actors, the best way for us to protect your identity is to not know who you are in the first place. However, personalization requires us to ask you personal questions to tailor workouts, enable social connections, and deliver seamless communication. So, how do we solve this problem?

Here's how: When you sign up, we don't ask for your name or address. Instead, we ask for your email address and/or phone number only to send you a confirmation link for sign-in. You might think, "Aha! OFN can certainly identify me with that information!". But no, we can't. We use your email address and/or phone number solely to send you an anonymous username (which you can later change). You'll reply, select a password, and set up three challenge questions. Crucially, we never store your email or phone number in our database.

Once your account is set up, the only things we retain about your login are your anonymous username, an encrypted (hashed) password, and your answers to the three challenge questions. That's it. We can't email, call, text, or spam you because we have no way of identifying you. All of the data that we collect about your profile and progress are tied to the anonymous username, not you!

At OFN, your privacy is not just a feature: it's foundational to how we operate.

Frequently Asked Questions

We use your email address or phone number only during the initial sign-up process to verify your account and send you an anonymous username. Once you confirm your account, we do not store your email address or phone number on our servers. After the verification step, your account is represented only by your anonymous username, password, and challenge questions.

When you sign up, we securely store your username and challenge question answers. If you forget your password, you’ll need to answer these challenge questions. If you lose access to both your password and your challenge question answers, we cannot reset your account because we have no way to verify your identity.

We use state-of-the-art encryption, anonymous identifiers, and zero-knowledge security practices to ensure your data is never linked to your real identity. Even our administrators cannot access your personal details because we simply don’t store them.

Your fitness data is securely stored using anonymized identifiers that are not linked to your real identity. This means that while the system can provide you with personalized workouts and track your progress, no one—including us—can trace this data back to you.

We use your anonymous username to connect you with other users for social features like group workouts or virtual classes. Friends and group members only see your username—not your real identity.