Float Control — Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 8, 2026
SimtaCo LLC makes Float Control for iPhone, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS. This page explains what information Float Control uses, why, and where it goes.
Summary
Float Control works on your device. Your board data, ride logs and tunes stay on your phone. Data leaves your device only when you use a feature that needs it: Group Rides, or a service you connect yourself such as Hermes Racing or Floatrank.
Bluetooth
Float Control connects to your VESC controller directly over Bluetooth LE. That connection is local. It doesn't pass through our servers.
Location
Float Control uses your location to record GPS tracks of your rides, and to show you on the map. On Android, location permission is also needed to scan for Bluetooth devices. Ride GPS tracks are stored on your device. We only receive your location while you're in a Group Ride (see below).
Ride logs and tunes
Ride logs (distance, speed, GPS and telemetry) and tunes are stored on your device. You can export your logs to CSV, KML or GPX at any time. SimtaCo doesn't receive your ride logs or tunes.
Group Rides
When you join or host a Group Ride, Float Control sends the following to our Group Ride server:
- the rider name you choose, and a random rider ID created on your device (no account, email or phone number)
- your live location, speed and direction, while you're in the ride
- alerts you send, such as "Please wait" or "I crashed"
- reports you file about another rider
Only the riders in the same ride can see your name, location and alerts. Location sharing continues in the background while you're in a ride, and stops when you leave or the ride ends.
When a ride ends, the server deletes all of its data. Rides end when the host ends them, when their time runs out, or 6 hours after the last rider disconnects. Reports of abuse are the exception: we keep them so we can review them.
The Group Ride server runs on Cloudflare. Like any internet service, Cloudflare processes your IP address to deliver the connection and protect the service from abuse.
Services you connect
You choose whether to use these. Each one has its own privacy policy:
- Hermes Racing: if you enable it, your ride data is sent to Hermes to record segment times.
- Floatrank: if you enable it, your ride statistics are sent to Floatrank.
Apple Health
On iPhone, if you allow it, Float Control reads your heart rate from Apple Health to show it with your ride data. It doesn't write anything to Apple Health, and your health data stays on your device.
Subscriptions and payments
Subscriptions are handled entirely by the App Store or Google Play. SimtaCo never sees or stores your payment details.
Children's privacy
Float Control is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll change the "Last updated" date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Email us: Email us
SimtaCo LLC · San Clemente, CA · United States