Privacy Policy
1. Who We Are
- Controller: Monkey Gaming Community
- Registered in: The UK
- Operating name: Monkey Logistics VTC (Virtual Trucking Company activities)
- Contact e-mail: Admin@monkeylogisics.uk
Monkey Gaming Community is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data in connection with Monkey Logistics VTC.
2. Who This Policy Applies To
This Privacy Policy applies to:
- Visitors of our website
- Registered members worldwide
Although we are based in the UK, this policy applies globally wherever our members are located.
3. Personal Data We Collect
When you create an account and use member features of our Service, we collect the personal data required to create and manage your membership.
We collect the following information:
- Username
- Date of Birth
- Country of residence (Optional)
- E-mail address
- Discord name
- TruckersMP profile link
- Steam Profile Link
Optional fields are only collected if you choose to provide them.
4. Cookies & Tracking
We use cookies only with your consent, except where cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. Full details are available in our Cookie Policy.
5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Article 6)
We process personal data only where we have a lawful basis to do so, including:
- Contract – to provide membership and related services
- Consent – for optional features and analytics
- Legitimate interest – including retaining limited data after account closure to prevent abuse, enforce bans and blacklists, and protect the integrity of our community
- Legal obligation – to comply with applicable laws
6. Data Retention
When you close your account or leave Monkey logisics VTC, we will delete or anonymise your personal data within 90 days, except where retention is required for legitimate purposes.
Deleted after 90 days:
- Active account data
- Job and driving statistics
- Public profile information
Retained beyond 90 days (restricted access):
- Internal join and leave history
- Records of disciplinary actions, HR cases, or blacklist decisions
- Limited identifiers required to prevent ban evasion (such as e-mail address, Steam ID, TruckersMP ID, or internal unique identifiers)
This data is retained solely for:
- Enforcing bans and blacklists
- Preventing rejoining under a different account
- Protecting the integrity and safety of the VTC
Access to this data is restricted to authorised staff and is not made public. We will periodically review retained data and delete it when it is no longer necessary.
7. Disclosure of Data
We may disclose personal data:
- To comply with legal obligations
- To protect our rights or users
- To prevent fraud or abuse
We never sell your personal data.
8. Children’s Privacy
Monkey Logistics VTC is not intended for persons under 16 years of age.
If an application is submitted by an individual under 16, the application will be rejected. The application data is deleted as soon as reasonably possible.
For the purpose of preventing repeated or abusive applications, we may retain limited identifying information (such as an email address or platform ID) for a limited and proportionate period under our legitimate interest to prevent repeated abuse.
9. Third-Party Platforms (TruckersMP, Trucky & Discord)
Membership of Monkey Logistics VTC requires a valid TruckersMP account.
When you apply to or are accepted into Monkey Logistics VTC, certain personal data may be shared with third-party platforms used for VTC administration, including:
TruckersMP (truckersmp.com)
Trucky VTC Hub (hub.truckyapp.com)
Discord (when a member chooses to link their account)
The shared data may include:
Username
TruckersMP ID
Steam ID
Discord username and Discord ID (if linked)
Membership status (join / leave)
If you do not already have an account on Trucky, a basic account may be created automatically in order to manage VTC membership and synchronisation.
Members may optionally link their Discord account to enable role synchronisation and access to community features. When linked, our in-house developed bots use the Discord ID to assign and manage roles within Monkey Logistics VTC Discord server.
These platforms act as independent data controllers.
Monkey Gaming Community, operating under the name Monkey Logistics VTC, does not control how these platforms process your personal data.
We strongly encourage you to review their privacy policies:
TruckersMP (truckersmp.com)
Trucky (hub.truckyapp.com)
Discord (discord.com)
Data shared with these platforms is limited to what is necessary to manage VTC membership.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be announced on the website or Discord. The effective date will always be updated.