POLICY
1. About us
TrailCore Radar is a GPS tracking application for athletes during races and sporting events. It is a free, amateur project, developed and maintained by a private individual on a personal basis, with no profit motive and no affiliation, sponsorship or collaboration with sports federations, event organisers, or public or private institutions.
GPS tracking is provided for informational and organisational purposes only. Location data is indicative and may be subject to inaccuracies due to environmental conditions, network coverage or device limitations. It does not constitute a certified emergency location system. In the event of a real emergency, always contact your local emergency services (eg. 112, 911, 120, 000, etc.). TrailCore Radar does not replace official rescue systems in any way.
The user is solely responsible for their own safety during sporting events, for assessing real conditions on the ground, and for complying with applicable regulations. Use of the application implies full acceptance of this limitation of liability.
2. Data collected
TrailCore Radar collects only the data necessary for the tracking service to function during races:
- GPS location — latitude, longitude, altitude, speed. Collected in foreground and background while tracking is active, exclusively during participation in a race.
- Battery level — device battery percentage, transmitted alongside location data to monitor the athlete's status.
- Name — name entered by the athlete when joining the race.
- Phone number — optional, entered by the athlete when joining the race. Transmitted to the server and visible to the organiser on the live map. Used in the event of an SOS or automatic alert (athlete stopped or signal lost) to allow the organiser to contact the athlete. Deleted from the server at the end of the race.
3. How we use data
- Display the athlete's position on the live map for organisers and authorised spectators.
- Detect emergency situations (lost signal, athlete stopped, SOS) and automatically notify the organiser by email.
- Calculate race statistics (distance covered, average speed).
Location data is not used for advertising or profiling purposes, and is not shared with third parties.
4. Background location
TrailCore Radar collects GPS location data even when the app is in the background, the screen is off, or the app is not actively in use, exclusively during an active tracking session (athlete racing).
This background collection is necessary for the app's core functionality: transmitting the athlete's position in real time to the organiser and spectators for the full duration of the sporting event, including moments when the athlete is not looking at their phone.
Background location is never collected outside an active race session started manually by the user. A persistent system notification informs the user at all times that tracking is active. The user can stop tracking at any time from within the app.
Location data collected in the background is transmitted exclusively to the TrailCore Radar server and made visible to the race organiser and authorised spectators via a shared link. It is not shared with third parties or used for advertising or profiling purposes.
TrailCore Radar collects location data to enable real-time GPS tracking even when the app is closed or not in use, for the duration of the sporting event the user has joined.
5. Data retention
- Location data is retained for the duration of the race plus a maximum of 7 days.
- After 7 days from creation, or 24 hours after all athletes have finished, the race is automatically archived and the location history deleted.
- Data is stored on servers located in Europe (Render.com, Ireland).
6. Your rights
At any time you may request:
- Access to your collected personal data.
- Deletion of your data.
- Correction of inaccurate data.
To exercise these rights, contact us at the address below.
7. Security
All communications between the app and the server use HTTPS/WSS (encrypted connections). Data is not transmitted to third-party analytics or advertising services.