Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 11th, 2026
Last Updated: September 11th, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how SLOW GIRLS RUN CLUB DC (“SLOW GIRLS,” “SGRC,” “SGRC DC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information about you when you visit our website at slowgirlsrunclubdc.com, attend our events, purchase our products or services, or otherwise interact with us. By using our services, you agree to the practices described in this Policy.
If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use our services or attend our events. Questions about this Policy can be sent to slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com.
1. Who We Are
Slow Girls Run Club DC (SGRC DC) is a pace-inclusive women and non-binary running community based in Washington, DC. We bring together runners of all speeds and experience levels through group runs, training programs, and events, both in person and through our online community on platforms including but not limited to Instagram, Strava, and Discord.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information you give us directly, information collected automatically when you interact with us, and information from third parties.
2.1 Information You Provide
Account information: name, email address, phone number, date of birth, mailing address, emergency contact, and account password.
Payment information: credit or debit card details, billing address, and transaction history. Payment card data is processed and stored by our payment processor, Stripe, Inc. We do not store full payment card numbers on our systems.
Health and fitness information: information you choose to share through waivers, intake forms, coach conversations, or in-person interactions, including injuries, pregnancy status, medical conditions you disclose, and fitness goals. We treat this information with heightened care. We do not require it except where reasonably necessary for safety.
Community and app interactions: your username, profile photo, posts, comments, likes, reactions, and any other content you share through apps SGRC DC has a community on.
Marketing and survey responses: information you provide when you sign up for email lists and respond to surveys.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
Device and usage information: IP address, browser type, operating system, mobile device identifiers, referring URL, pages viewed, links clicked, and time spent on pages.
Cookies and similar technologies: we and our service providers use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to remember your preferences, analyze usage, and (where you have consented or where permitted by law) deliver advertising. See Section 8 for more on cookies and your choices.
Location information: approximate location derived from IP address. We do not collect precise GPS location.
2.3 Information from Third Parties
Service providers: our payment processor (Stripe, Inc.) will provide us with information necessary to operate your account and process transactions.
Public sources: we may collect publicly available information from social media platforms where you have tagged us or interacted with our content.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
To create and manage your account, process payments, and deliver services you sign up for.
To send you marketing communications about SGRC DC runs, events, promotions, and community programming, subject to your right to opt out.
To protect the safety of our members, volunteers, and community partners, including investigating incidents, enforcing our rules, and responding to emergencies.
To comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, and protect our legal rights.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
Where required by applicable law, we process your personal information on the following legal bases: to perform our contract with you (for example, to deliver experiences or services you have paid for); with your consent (for example, for marketing emails and for sensitive health information); to comply with legal obligations; and for our legitimate interests in operating, improving, and securing our business, where those interests are not overridden by your rights.
5. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We share your information only as described below.
Important: We do not share, sell, or transfer mobile phone numbers or SMS consent information with any third party or affiliate for that party’s own marketing or promotional purposes. The sharing described in this section does not apply to mobile phone numbers collected for text messaging or to SMS opt-in data, except as needed to operate our own SMS program. See Section 9 (SMS / Text Message Communications) for details.
5.1 Service Providers
We share information with vendors that help us operate SGRC DC, under contracts that restrict their use of your information to providing services to us. Key service providers include:
Stripe, Inc. (payment processing).
Email and SMS providers, analytics providers, and customer support tools (used to send communications and analyze website and app usage).
Hosting, security, and infrastructure providers.
5.2 Community Partners
Our runs and events occasionally operate inside facilities of another business. These businesses are separate companies. Under our agreement with any community partner, they are not permitted to access, copy, use, or retain SGRC DC member data, except as strictly necessary for facility operations and only with our prior written consent.
5.3 Other Members
If you participate in features on any apps SGRC DC has a community on, your profile information, posts, and interactions may be visible to other SGRC DC members. Do not share information through community features that you do not want other members to see.
5.4 Legal and Safety
We may share information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with applicable law, legal process, or government requests; (b) enforce our agreements or investigate potential violations; (c) protect the rights, safety, or property of SGRC DC, our members, or others; or (d) respond to an emergency.
5.5 With Your Consent
We may share information with other parties when you direct us to do so or otherwise consent.
6. Specific Data Scenarios
6.1 Health and Sensitive Information
Information you share about pregnancy, injuries, medical conditions, or other health matters is treated as sensitive. We use it only for the purpose you share it for (typically, your safety and event experience), and we do not use it for marketing or share it outside the staff who need it. We do not knowingly sell sensitive personal information. We do not process sensitive personal information for purposes of targeted advertising.
7. How Long We Keep Your Information
We keep your information for as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period afterward to: (a) comply with legal, tax, and accounting obligations; (b) resolve disputes; (c) enforce our agreements; and (d) understand and improve our services. When we no longer need your information, we delete it or anonymize it. You can request deletion of your account at any time as described in Section 10.
8. Cookies, Analytics, and Online Advertising
We use cookies and similar technologies for three purposes:
Strictly necessary: to operate the website, process payments, and remember your booking session. These cannot be turned off.
Analytics: to understand how visitors and members use our website, so we can improve them. We use providers such as Google Analytics. You can opt out of Google Analytics at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising and social media: to measure the performance of our ads and show you SGRC DC content on platforms such as Meta (Facebook and Instagram), TikTok, and Google. These technologies share limited information about your interactions with our website with the advertising platform.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Many browsers also offer a “Do Not Track” signal; because there is no industry-standard interpretation, we do not currently respond to Do Not Track signals. We do honor recognized Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where required by law as a request to opt out of sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
9. SMS / Text Message Communications
If you provide us with your mobile phone number and consent to receive text messages from SGRC DC, we may send you messages about schedule changes, and (with separate consent) marketing communications about SGRC events and promotions.
9.1 Consent
By providing your mobile phone number on a SGRC website form, app, or event check-in screen and checking the SMS opt-in box, you consent to receive recurring automated text messages from SGRC DC at the number provided. Consent is not a condition of membership. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies depending on your activity and the messages you have opted into.
9.2 Opt-Out
You can opt out of receiving text messages from us at any time by replying STOP to any text message from SGRC DC. After you send STOP, we will send one confirmation message and will not send you further marketing texts unless you opt back in. You may continue to receive transactional or service messages where required (for example, confirmation of an event cancellation). For help, reply HELP or email slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com.
9.3 No Sharing of Mobile Data for Marketing
Mobile phone numbers and SMS consent information collected by Slow Girls Run Club are never sold, shared, or transferred to third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. We share mobile phone numbers and SMS consent data only with the service providers that operate text messaging infrastructure on our behalf, and only as necessary to deliver messages from SGRC DC to you. Any sharing of personal information described elsewhere in this Policy excludes mobile phone numbers collected for SMS and SMS opt-in data.
9.4 Carrier Disclaimer
Wireless carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. SGRC DC is not responsible for any delays, failures in delivery, or other issues related to the transmission of text messages.
10. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Access: request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Correction: ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
Deletion: ask us to delete your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
Opt-out of marketing: unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link in any email, or text STOP to opt out of SMS marketing. You will continue to receive transactional messages (such as booking confirmations) necessary to provide the service.
Opt-out of targeted advertising and sale/sharing: where required by law, opt out of the sharing of personal information with advertising platforms for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Limit use of sensitive personal information: where required by law, ask us to limit the use of sensitive personal information to what is necessary to provide the service.
Appeal: if we decline a request, you may appeal by contacting us at slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com.
To exercise any of these rights, email slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com or contact us using the details in Section 14. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law (generally 45 days, with one extension permitted where reasonably necessary). We will verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests, typically by confirming information you have already provided to us. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
10.1 Virginia Residents
Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, if you are a Virginia resident you have the rights described above. We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. We may share limited personal information with advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising; you may opt out at slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com. We do not process personal information for profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects without your consent.
10.2 District of Columbia Residents
We comply with the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act. You may contact us at slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com with questions or complaints, and you may also contact the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General.
10.3 Other U.S. State Residents
Residents of other U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws may have rights similar to those described above. Contact us at slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com to exercise applicable rights.
11. Data Security
We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information, including encryption in transit, access controls, and vendor due diligence. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If we become aware of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you and applicable regulators as required by law.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email, through the app, or by posting a prominent notice on our website before the changes take effect. Your continued use of our services after the effective date of the updated Policy means you accept the updated terms.
14. How to Contact Us
If you have questions about this Policy or our privacy practices, or to exercise any of your rights, please contact us:
SLOW GIRLS RUN CLUB DC
Email: slowgirlsrunclubdc@gmail.com