Privacy
Coil's Bluetooth key keeps what it knows on your watch. This page says exactly what that is.
Last updated 1 October 2026
The short version
The Bluetooth key has no internet access and no account. It talks to your car over Bluetooth and to nothing else, so we never collect, see or store anything about you or your car.
What stays on your watch
- Your car's VIN, which you type into Coil's settings in Garmin Connect. Coil uses it to address every message to your car.
- Coil's key. The watch makes it during setup. The private half never leaves the watch.
- Your car's model and colour, as you chose them, to draw your car.
- What Coil last heard from your car: the battery, the locks and when, for Home and the glance.
- Your car's Bluetooth identity, so the watch can find it again.
Removing Coil from your watch deletes all of this. To take the key off the car as well, delete it under Controls, Locks in the car.
What we receive
Nothing from the app. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you send, and use them only to help you. If you send us a log from your watch to help us fix a problem, it can include your car's VIN and the messages between the watch and the car; we use it only for that problem and delete it once the problem is solved.
Buying Coil
Coil is sold through Garmin's Connect IQ Store. Garmin takes the payment, and we never see your card details. Your Garmin account, Garmin Connect and your purchases are covered by Garmin's own privacy policy.
This website
This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics, adverts or trackers. Its fonts and images come from this site, not from anyone else. Our web host may keep standard access logs, such as IP addresses and the pages requested, for security; we don't use them to follow anyone.
Coil Away
Coil Away, coming later, will reach your car through our server and will need an account. Before it launches we'll update this page to say exactly what Away stores, where, and for how long. None of that changes the Bluetooth key.
Your rights, and who we are
Under UK and EU data protection law you can ask what we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. For the app that is nothing; for anything you've emailed us, write to support@coilkey.com. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.