Privacy Policy
Last updated: 17 October 2026
This policy explains what data the Motorsport Zone iPhone app (“the app”) and our websites handle, and why. The short version: there is no account, no advertising, no analytics and no tracking. The data the app collects from your car stays on your iPhone.
Who we are
The app and websites are operated by RACERANK S.R.L. (CUI 50021662), Baciu, Cluj, Romania (“we”). For any privacy question or request, email contact@simulate.zone.
Data that stays on your iPhone
The app stores the following only on your device. We never receive it.
- Vehicle data read through your OBD2 adapter: live readings such as RPM, speed and temperatures, fault codes, and your car’s VIN if it reports one.
- Recorded sessions: the readings above over time, together with the GPS positions and motion-sensor (G-force) data captured while you record.
- Your settings: dashboard layout, units, vehicle profile and fuel type, and the last adapter you connected to.
You can delete sessions in the app at any time. Deleting the app deletes all of this data. If your iPhone backups are on, iOS may include the app’s data in your iCloud or computer backup, under Apple’s terms.
Data that leaves your iPhone
Speed limit lookup (location)
If you allow location access and the speed-limit feature is on (Settings → Units → Speed limit detection), the app sends your current coordinates to the public Overpass API, an OpenStreetMap service run by third parties, to find the speed limit of the road you are on. The request contains a location and no identifier of you or your device beyond your IP address, which any internet request reveals. We do not receive or store these requests. You can turn the feature off in the app, or deny location access in iPhone Settings.
Subscriptions
If we offer paid features and you buy one, payment is handled entirely by Apple; we never see your payment details. To check which features you have unlocked, the app uses RevenueCat, which receives a random app user ID, your purchase receipts and basic device information (such as iOS version and country). This identifier is not linked to your name or email.
If you email us, we use your message and email address only to reply, and keep the conversation for as long as needed to help you.
Permissions the app asks for
- Bluetooth: to connect to your OBD2 adapter. The app talks only to the adapter you choose.
- Location (while using the app): for the speed limit lookup, and for distance and speed in recorded sessions.
- Motion sensors: for G-force figures in recorded sessions.
Our websites
Our websites, simulate.zone, app.simulate.zone and tracks.simulate.zone, use no cookies, analytics or trackers. They are hosted by Vercel, whose servers keep standard technical logs (such as IP address and pages requested) for security and operation. On the Tracks website, clicking a Buy button loads the checkout of Lemon Squeezy, our payment provider, under its own privacy policy. Our Windows app has its own privacy policy.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask to access, correct or delete personal data we hold about you, object to or restrict its use, and receive a copy of it. In practice we hold almost nothing: the app’s data is on your device, under your control. To make a request, email contact@simulate.zone. You can also complain to the Romanian data protection authority (ANSPDCP, dataprotection.ro) or the authority in your country.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Changes
If we change how the app handles data, we will update this page and the date above before the change takes effect.