Peloton Bike

Waarschuwing: *bij dit product is privacy niet inbegrepen

Peloton Bike

Peloton
Wifi Bluetooth

Beoordelingsdatum: 8 november 2021

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Getting outside to exercise can be hard. Which has made Peloton's connected exercise bike a must have for those who can afford the $1,500+ price tag. The networked bike comes with a 20+ inch touchscreen display that streams thousands of live or on-demand workouts. The Peloton app tracks your every drop of sweat to make sure you're burning enough calories for that creepy boyfriend (yeah Peloton, we haven't forgotten your creepy boyfriend ad!). We do like that Peloton took quick action to shut down the spread of QAnon conspiracy theories from their forums and leaderboards. We don't like that they had to.

Wat kan er gebeuren als er iets misgaat?

Peloton became one of the go-to workout machines for those who could afford them during the pandemic. They’ve had a rough 2021 though. Here’s what happened. Peloton sells expensive treadmills alongside their popular exercise bikes. Tragically, a 6-year old was killed in an accident on one of these treadmills. Due to safety concerns, Peloton issued a recall and added a feature called Tread Lock that requires a four-digit passcode to keep their treadmills from starting up for anyone without authorized access.

Sounds great, right? Here’s the problem. Peloton treadmill users needed that Tread Lock four-digit passcode to unlock their treadmill and Tread Lock required a $39 per month subscription. If users cannot unlock their treadmill, they can’t use the machine at all. Peleton offered the Tread Lock subscription at no cost for three months and in August updated that so all Tread owners could access Tread Lock and Just Run without a subscription. This is good as many Peloton users worried their costly treadmills would turn into expensive towel racks - not something they signed up for when they bought the treadmill. This issue of who owns and controls a connected device after purchase will almost certainly be a growing concern in the years ahead. Especially with a company like Peloton, which makes quite a lot of money off the content sold to users of their workout equipment.

As for Peloton’s privacy, they do a decent job. They say they don’t sell your personal information. They may share your information with third parties for marketing after they de-identify it, which is normal and generally ok, although we should probably put out that many privacy researchers have demonstrated how it can be relatively easy to de-anonymize such data. Unfortunately, we could find no mention of their data retention or deletion policies. In early 2021, a bug in the Peloton system reportedly exposed personal user data on their servers, including gender, age, location, and more, to anyone on the internet. It appears to be fixed now, but what's not good is that it took Peloton more than three months — and a call from a journalist — to address the vulnerability, according to the security researcher who discovered the problem.

What’s the worst that could happen? Well, a child dying is pretty much the worst thing that could happen. We’re glad Peloton worked to fix this problem. We hope nothing like that ever happens again.

Tips om uzelf te beschermen

  • Opt out from sharing of your information with third parties for marketing purposes via the form
  • Be very careful what third party companies you consent to share your health data with. If you do decide to share your health data with another company, read their privacy policy to see how they protect, secure, and share or sell your data.
  • Once you do not use a device any more, make sure to request deletion of all your data
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Kan het me bespioneren? informatie

Camera

Apparaat: Ja

App: Ja

Microfoon

Apparaat: Ja

App: Ja

Volgt locatie

Apparaat: Ja

App: Ja

Wat is er nodig om u aan te melden?

Welke gegevens verzamelt het bedrijf?

Hoe gebruikt het bedrijf deze gegevens?

Peloton does not sell personal information. Peloton may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, in de-identified form.

Hoe kunt u uw gegevens beheren?

No deletion rights are stated for users not covered by CCPA and GDPR. Peloton says they retain the Personal Information they receive for as long as you use their Services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected. Peloton says, "When we are no longer required to retain your Personal Information as described above, we will destroy, erase, or de-identify it in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law."

Hoe staat het bedrijf bekend als het gaat om het beschermen van gebruikersgegevens?

Verbetering nodig

Peloton had a reported security vulnerability in 2021 that may have leaked user privacy account data from their servers and apparently didn't fix it in a timely manner.

Kan dit product offline worden gebruikt?

Nee

Gebruikersvriendelijke privacy-informatie?

Nee

Koppelingen naar privacy-informatie

Voldoet dit product aan onze minimale beveiligingsnormen? informatie

Ja

Versleuteling

Ja

Sterk wachtwoord

Ja

Beveiligingsupdates

Ja

Beheert kwetsbaarheden

Ja

Privacybeleid

Ja

Gebruikt het product AI? informatie

Ja

Is deze AI onbetrouwbaar?

Kan niet bepalen

Wat voor soort beslissingen neemt de AI over u of voor u?

Peloton provides recommendations on your workout.

Is het bedrijf transparant over hoe de AI werkt?

Kan niet bepalen

Heeft de gebruiker controle over de AI-functies?

Ja

*privacy niet inbegrepen

Dieper duiken

  • Peloton’s leaky API let anyone grab riders’ private account data
    TechCrunch
  • Peloton is figuring out how to moderate extremist content
    Axios
  • We read Peloton’s privacy policy for you – here’s what you need to know
    James Gelinas
  • Peloton Studio Security Breach
    Tom
  • Tour de Peloton: Exposed user data
    Pen Test Partners

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