Le Petit Badger · Navigation & tracking
Privacy policy.
Updated 23 September 2026
The short version
Le Petit Badger has no advertising or developer-operated analytics. Navigation works without an account. Invited athletes may choose to sign in with Apple and publicly share their name, profile photo, current position, and last-seen time. Sharing is off until the athlete turns it on. Turning it off stops new uploads; removing the last public position requires the service to receive that request.
Data the app uses
Location
With your permission, the app uses precise location to show your position, route progress, distance to landmarks, and nearby route or equipment information. If you enable race tracking, location can continue while the app is in the background. A last trusted navigation snapshot may be stored locally so the app can restore your route context. If an invited athlete explicitly turns on public sharing, the app periodically sends a current coordinate, accuracy, altitude when available, and capture time to the Le Petit Badger service. The service replaces the previous coordinate and does not retain a route history.
Race context
In versions that support multiple races, your selected race keeps navigation, roadbook, map downloads and saved progress together. Public sharing also sends the race identifier so viewers can find you in that race’s athlete list. Race and Challenge editions can have separate lists even when they use the same course. Your Apple sign-in and profile photo are shared across your race selections.
Changing races does not grant new sharing permission. The app must successfully stop an active sharing session before changing races; you then choose whether to share in the new race. Race lists are public, not private groups or an access restriction.
Athlete accounts and photos
Athlete enrollment uses Sign in with Apple and a reusable race invitation. We store Apple’s app-specific user identifier, the name supplied during Apple sign-in, an optional profile photo, and a revocable session. Apple does not provide a profile photo; athletes choose the photo they want to publish. Viewer access does not require an account.
Microphone and speech recognition
The microphone is used only when you start a voice question. Speech recognition runs on the iPhone when an on-device model is available. If it is not available, Apple’s connected speech-recognition service may process the audio. Le Petit Badger does not send audio or transcripts to a developer-operated server and does not retain them after the voice interaction.
Maps and Mapbox telemetry
The app connects to Mapbox to display and download map styles and offline map tiles. The Mapbox Maps SDK may send de-identified location and usage telemetry to Mapbox. You can open the Mapbox attribution control on the map to opt out of Mapbox telemetry. See the Mapbox privacy policy.
Local settings
Race selection, route progress, map readiness, and other setup state may be stored on your iPhone. Saved navigation progress stays on your device. The selected race identifier is also sent when loading an athlete list or using public sharing.
Sharing
We do not sell personal data. When an athlete turns on sharing, their display name, optional photo, most recently received position, and last-seen time are intentionally available to anyone using the app. Cloudflare Workers, D1, and R2 operate the athlete service and store its current records. The app also relies on Apple for device services and sign-in, and Mapbox for maps and related telemetry. Their handling of information is governed by their own privacy policies and platform controls.
Your choices and deletion
- Location, microphone, and speech permissions can be changed in iOS Settings.
- Race tracking can be turned off in the app.
- Public athlete sharing can be turned off in the Athletes tab. Once the service confirms the request, it removes the current coordinate from its public feed. Cached copies may take a short time to refresh. Check that sharing has stopped before closing the app, especially when connectivity is poor.
- Mapbox telemetry can be disabled through the map attribution control.
- Athletes can delete their account in the app. This deletes the athlete profile, photo, sessions, and current coordinate.
Deleting the app removes locally stored settings and route state, but does not itself delete an athlete account. Athletes must stop sharing or use Delete account before removing the app. Apple, Cloudflare, and Mapbox apply their own retention practices to information they process for the service.
Children
The app is designed for adult trail-race participants, followers and support teams. It is not directed to children under 13.
Changes and contact
We will update this page if the app’s data practices change. Questions about this policy can be sent to adp@livelabs.ventures.