Privacy Policy

Cape Trail is operated by Capetures (Pty) Ltd, South Africa.

Information we collect

When you create a Cape Trail account, we may collect:

• Email address
• Display name
• Profile information you choose to provide
• Route completions and challenge participation data
• Photos, comments, and content you choose to submit

If you choose to connect your Strava account, we may collect:

• Strava athlete ID
• Profile information provided through Strava authorization
• Activity information required to verify route completions
• Activity timestamps, distance, elevation gain, elapsed time, and related challenge verification data

How we collect information

Information is collected when:

• You create a Cape Trail account
• You submit content to Cape Trail
• You join a challenge
• You connect your Strava account through Strava OAuth authorization
• Strava sends activity updates to Cape Trail after you have authorized access

How we use information

We use your information to:

• Operate Cape Trail challenges
• Verify route completions
• Display challenge progress
• Maintain leaderboards and challenge results
• Provide support and account management
• Improve the operation and security of Cape Trail

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not use Strava data for advertising purposes.

We do not use Strava data for artificial intelligence or machine learning systems.

Strava integration

Cape Trail only accesses Strava data after you explicitly authorize the connection.

You may revoke Cape Trail's access at any time through your Strava account settings or through your Cape Trail account settings.

If Strava access is revoked, Cape Trail will stop receiving new activity data from Strava.

Data retention

We retain only the information necessary to operate Cape Trail and provide challenge functionality.

Strava related data is retained only as necessary to support challenge participation, route verification, account functionality, and legal obligations.

Your rights

You may request:

• A copy of your personal data
• Correction of inaccurate information
• Deletion of your account and associated data
• Removal of your Strava connected data

Requests can be made by emailing howzit@capetrail.com.

Account deletion

You may delete your Cape Trail account through your account settings or by contacting howzit@capetrail.com.

When your account is deleted, we will remove your personal information, challenge participation records, and Strava related data, except where retention is required by law.

Third party services

Cape Trail uses trusted third party providers to operate the platform, including:

• Strava
• Supabase
• Hosting and infrastructure providers

These providers process data only as required to deliver Cape Trail services.

Age requirement

Cape Trail is intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If we discover that an account belongs to someone under 18, we may remove the account and associated data.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be sent to howzit@capetrail.com.