cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33995436
I am looking for a good fitness tracker to start doing cardio in a more measured way.
I was interested in Polar and Oura as EU alternatives (both Finnish companies), but both send data (health data, which is sensitive according to Article 9 of the GDPR) to AWS.
Are you aware of any EU solutions, or at least non-US, Chinese, Russian, or Israeli solutions, that do not send my data to companies in those countries?
I would like to be able to organize something self-hosted, but I don’t think I’m capable of doing that yet.
Do you need an app/to upload your data to the cloud? I have a Garmin watch and keep it completely offline, similarly I had an Amazfit before that which I also kept offline (though that one did require and account an app for the initial setup). In both instances I’ve kept them in aeroplane mode 24/7 and just looked at data on the watch itself. An added bonus is that battery life is much improved.