Last updated: 7 October 2026
In short
Who is responsible for the data
Alex Churkin (Чуркин Александр Сергеевич, ChurkinApps), the independent developer of Truck Remote. For statistics and crash reports I am the operator of personal data under Russian Federal Law No. 152-FZ and Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 99-Z "On Personal Data Protection". For users in other countries I am the controller of this data in the sense of their laws: the GDPR in the European Union and the EEA, the UK GDPR, KVKK in Turkey, LGPD in Brazil, the Law of Ukraine "On Personal Data Protection". Contact: churkinapps@gmail.com.
1. What is stored on the phone
The settings: the address and port of the server, steering (calibration, dead zone, angle, curve, smoothness), pedals, force feedback, the layout of the quick actions panel, units, language, the mode of the app (controller or dashboard), separate settings for Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, the address of the last server, whether the guide and the release notes were shown, and whether ads are removed. All of it stays in the app's storage. You can delete it by clearing the app's data or uninstalling the app.
2. The local network and Truck Remote Server
The app is a controller for a truck simulator on your computer. It looks for Truck Remote Server in your local network (Wi-Fi or a hotspot) with broadcast messages, or connects to the address you entered or scanned from the QR code on the server's screen. Then, many times per second, it sends to the server the steering angle from the tilt of the phone, the pedals, the pressed buttons and the actions of the quick panel. The server sends back the state of the truck from the game (lights, speed, cruise control, fuel and similar) and force feedback for vibration. This data goes directly between your phone and your computer, is not stored and never reaches me or anyone else. A device in the dashboard mode only receives the state of the truck and controls nothing. The only thing Truck Remote Server uses the internet for is its own update: at start it asks GitHub whether a newer version exists, and downloads it from GitHub when you press the update button. Nothing about you, your game or your phone is sent with these requests; GitHub sees the IP address of the computer, as any website does.
3. Usage statistics and crash reports
To see what works and what breaks, the app sends to Yandex AppMetrica (Yandex LLC, servers in Russia):
Location and the advertising identifier are not collected: the AppMetrica modules for them are not included in the app. Server addresses, settings and the controls are not sent. The legal basis is my legitimate interest in keeping the app working and making it better; you can object to it (see "Your rights").
4. Ads
The app shows a full-screen Yandex ad (Yandex Mobile Ads, Yandex LLC) at most once per launch, for example when you open the settings. Truck Remote tells the ad service that there is no consent to personalisation or location, so ads are not personalised. The app has no access to the advertising identifier: the permission for it is removed. To show an ad the service still needs the IP address, device model, system and app versions and impression data. Yandex processes this data under its own policy; it never reaches me.
5. Where the data goes
Yandex LLC is a Russian company, and the statistics, crash reports and ad requests described above are sent to its servers in Russia, from whatever country you use the app in. If you live in the European Union, the EEA, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Brazil or another country whose law restricts sending personal data abroad: Russia is not on the list of countries that the European Commission or the United Kingdom recognise as giving adequate protection, so your data may be protected there less than at home. What is sent is limited to the technical data listed in sections 3 and 4: no name, no e-mail, no account, no location, no advertising identifier. I don't sell this data and don't give it to anyone else.
Starting with version 1.3 the app decides by the country of the device (the country of its mobile network, of its SIM card or of the system language; the location is not used) what it sends at all:
Where internet providers block Yandex services, the statistics and the ads simply don't work; the app itself works without them.
6. Purchase
Ads can be removed with a one-time purchase. Payment is made in Google Play: I don't see your card or account details. The app receives only the confirmation of the purchase from Google Play and keeps a mark on the phone that ads are removed; the purchase can be restored in the settings after reinstalling.
7. QR code scanner
The server's address can be scanned from a QR code. The scanner is a part of Google Play services: it shows the camera picture itself and gives the app only the text of the code. Truck Remote has no camera permission, and the picture doesn't reach the app or me.
8. Links
The links to the source code, to Truck Remote Server and to this policy open in your browser, which works under its own rules.
Permissions
The tilt sensor needs no permission. The app has no access to location, the camera, the microphone, contacts or files.
Backups
If backup is turned on in Android, Android may save the app's settings to your account to move them to a new phone; this is done by Android and the phone maker.
Children
Truck Remote is not aimed at children. I don't knowingly collect personal data of children. If you are a parent and believe your child's data has reached me, write to me.
How long the data is kept
On the phone, until you delete the app or its data. Statistics and crash reports are kept in Yandex AppMetrica for the period set by Yandex's terms. Everything sent to the internet goes over encrypted connections.
Your rights
Wherever you live, you can ask what data about you I have and object to its processing. Statistics don't contain names, so I can find your records by the approximate time of use and the device model. Uninstalling the app stops the sending.
You may also complain to the data protection authority of your country: in Russia, Roskomnadzor; in Belarus, the National Personal Data Protection Center; in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights; in the European Union and the EEA, the authority of the country you live in; in the United Kingdom, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO); in Turkey, the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK); in Brazil, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD).
Policies of the services
Changes
A new version of the policy is published on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions and complaints: churkinapps@gmail.com.