Privacy notice

Data use for GPX Audit

GPX Audit on this site requires an account. By creating one, you agree that Metric Trails stores and uses:

• your Google account name and email address,
• every GPX file you audit and the report it produces,
• when and how you use the audit.

If you would rather not share your data, you can run the same audit yourself with the open-source metrictrails R package, which runs on your own computer and sends nothing to us.

Who we are

Metric Trails is a research lab led by Raimundo Sanchez. This notice covers GPX Audit at metrictrails.com.

What we collect

When you create an account, we receive your name, email address and profile picture from Google. When you audit a file, we store the GPX file, the audit report, the date and time of the audit, and the browser used.

How we use it

We use your data to provide the audit, to maintain and improve our methods, to understand how the audit is used, and for scientific research on trail running and human movement.

Scientific use

Data used in research is anonymised before any analysis is shared or published. Names and email addresses are never published. Tracks are not published in a form that could identify a person or their home, such as the start and end of a track. Your data stays within Metric Trails.

Where it is stored

Data is stored on Cloudflare infrastructure. We do not sell your data or share it for advertising.

How long we keep it

We keep your data until you ask us to delete it.

Your choices

You can ask us to delete your account and all your files at any time by writing to hello@metrictrails.com. Data already included in published anonymised results cannot be withdrawn from those results.

Changes

If this notice changes, we will update this page and the date below, and ask you to accept the new version.

Last updated: 24 October 2026.