Privacy policy
Last updated: 4 November 2026
Track Your Trail is a website and app for following long-distance walks. It's run by Petr Sevcovic, who is responsible for your data. Questions or requests: sevcovicp@gmail.com.
What we store
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Email address | To sign you in with a code. If you switch on the newsletter, also to send it. |
| Profile photo, if you add one | To show on your account. |
| Trails, stages, notes and links | To run the service. |
| Walks: name, date, distance and route, including GPS points | To show your progress. These come from walks you record, GPX files, Apple Health or Strava. |
| Strava connection, if you connect it | To import the activities you choose. |
Location
The app uses your location only while you're recording a walk you started, including with the screen off. It doesn't collect your location at any other time.
Apple Health and Apple Watch
Connecting Apple Health is optional. Walks you record can be saved to Apple Health as workouts, and you can choose past walks to import. For an imported walk we store its date, distance and route. Heart rate and energy are shown on your Apple Watch during a walk and aren't sent to us. We never use Health data for advertising or sell it.
What other people can see
Your trails are private by default. If you create a share link, anyone with that link can see that trail and your progress, but not your live position. If you submit a trail for publication and we approve it, it becomes visible to everyone. You can turn sharing off at any time.
Ads
The app may show sponsored banners that we place ourselves. They aren't personalised, and we don't track you for advertising or share your data with advertisers.
Who helps us run this
- Convex: database, hosted in the EU (Ireland)
- Macaly: builds the website, stores its images and handles sending sign-in codes and emails
- Vercel: hosts the website
- Strava: only if you connect it
- Apple Maps on iPhone and Google Maps on Android: show maps, under their own privacy policies
Some of these companies may process data outside the EU, under the safeguards the GDPR requires. We don't sell your data.
How long we keep it, and your rights
We keep your data until you delete your account. To delete your account and your data, go to Account → Delete Account in the app, choose Delete account in your profile menu on the website, or email us and we'll do it within 30 days. Trails we've already published in Explore stay there without your name or email; tell us if you want one removed.
Under the GDPR you can ask to see, correct, export or delete your data, and you can object to how we use it. You can also complain to your local data protection authority; in Czechia that's the Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů. We process your data to provide the service you asked for and, for the newsletter, with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time in the app.
Children
Track Your Trail isn't intended for children under 16.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above.