Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 21, 2026

American Truck Drivers Inc. (“American Truck Drivers,” “ATD,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the American Truck Drivers mobile application, Atruckdrivers.com, ATD advertising services, and related services.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, protect, and delete information when you use our website, mobile application, accounts, profile features, comments, Community features, media submissions, advertising marketplace, notifications, and related services.

By using our services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to:

• The American Truck Drivers mobile application.
• Atruckdrivers.com and related web pages.
• American Truck Drivers user accounts.
• Profile and avatar features.
• News and Media features.
• Comments, replies, reactions, reports, and Community posts.
• User-submitted photos and videos.
• Push notifications.
• ATD / Sponsor advertising.
• Advertising orders and campaign management.
• Third-party advertising such as Google AdMob.
• Other services that link to this Privacy Policy.

Third-party websites, applications, social platforms, advertising providers, payment providers, and other external services have their own privacy practices.

2. Information You Provide to Us

Depending on how you use our services, you may provide:

Account Information

• First and last name.
• Display name.
• Username.
• Email address.
• Phone number.
• Location information you choose to provide.
• Authentication information necessary to access your account.

Profile Information

You may provide:

• Profile image.
• Display name.
• Username.
• Other profile information supported by the service.

Certain profile information may be publicly visible.

Comments and Community Information

We may process:

• Comments.
• Replies.
• Community posts.
• Likes and dislikes.
• Reports.
• Dates and times of interactions.
• Account information associated with interactions.

Communications

We may collect information when you:

• Contact support.
• Send email.
• Submit feedback.
• Report content.
• Communicate with our editorial team.
• Communicate about an advertising order.
• Submit a privacy or account request.

3. Media Submissions

American Truck Drivers allows users to submit photos, videos, and related material for possible editorial use.

A submission may include:

• Photos.
• Videos.
• Descriptions.
• Captions.
• Category information.
• Location information.
• Credit information.
• Contact information.
• Ownership or permission information.
• Electronic authorization.
• Date and time.
• Technical upload information.

Our systems may maintain records documenting acceptance of a Content Ownership and License Authorization or other applicable release.

Submitted media may be uploaded directly to cloud-storage infrastructure used by American Truck Drivers.

Submitting content does not guarantee publication.

4. Information From Third-Party Sign-In Providers

We may support sign-in through third-party authentication providers.

Supported services may include Google and, when enabled, Facebook/Meta, Apple, or other providers.

Depending on the provider and permissions granted, we may receive:

• Provider-specific account identifier.
• Name.
• Email.
• Profile image.
• Basic profile information.
• Authentication tokens necessary to verify sign-in.

We do not receive the password used to access your independent third-party account.

Deleting an American Truck Drivers account does not delete an external third-party account.

5. Information Collected Automatically

When you use our website or mobile application, we or our service providers may automatically process information such as:

• IP address.
• Approximate location derived from IP address.
• Device type.
• Operating system.
• Application version.
• Browser type.
• Device or application identifiers.
• Dates and times of requests.
• Authentication and session information.
• Security information.
• App interactions.
• Error and diagnostic information.
• Network and performance information.
• Referring or destination information.

We use this information to operate, secure, troubleshoot, measure, and improve our services.

6. Push Notifications

The American Truck Drivers mobile application may use Firebase Cloud Messaging or similar technologies for notifications.

We may process:

• Device or installation identifiers.
• Push notification tokens.
• Notification preferences.
• Information needed to determine which notifications to send.

Notifications may include News, Media, submission status, campaign information, or other service-related messages.

Users may control notifications through available app and device settings.

7. Advertising and Sponsored Content

American Truck Drivers may provide advertising and sponsored content through the website, mobile application, social-media channels, and other properties.

Advertising may be provided through:

• ATD / Sponsor Ads sold directly by American Truck Drivers.
• Website advertising.
• App advertising.
• Social-media advertising.
• Advertising packages.
• Google AdMob.
• Other advertising providers enabled in the future.

Direct ATD / Sponsor Advertising

Direct advertisements may include:

• Images.
• Videos.
• Sponsor names.
• Logos.
• Promotional messages.
• Calls to action.
• Destination links.

We may process advertising-related information such as:

• Impressions.
• Clicks.
• Placement.
• Campaign identifier.
• Sponsor identifier.
• Campaign duration.
• Aggregate campaign performance.

Advertising Orders and Campaign Records

When you purchase advertising from American Truck Drivers, we may collect and process information necessary to create, administer, review, publish, measure, document, and support the campaign.

This information may include:

• Customer name.
• Company or brand name.
• Email address.
• Phone number.
• Order number.
• Platform.
• Channel.
• Placement.
• Advertising product.
• Package selected.
• Campaign duration.
• Campaign start and end dates.
• Requested publishing information.
• Uploaded images or videos.
• Ad headline.
• Ad text or message.
• CTA label.
• Destination URL.
• Social-media information when applicable.
• Creative-change requests.
• Review status.
• Approval history.
• Campaign status.
• Internal administrative notes.
• Communications relating to the advertising order.

Payment Information

Advertising payments may be processed through payment providers such as Stripe.

American Truck Drivers may receive and retain:

• Payment status.
• Transaction or checkout identifiers.
• Amount paid.
• Currency.
• Date and time of payment.
• Refund status where applicable.
• Other transaction information necessary to reconcile an order.

When card information is collected directly by the payment provider, American Truck Drivers does not need to receive or store your complete payment-card number.

Payment providers process payment information according to their own privacy policies, security practices, and legal obligations.

Advertising Creative and DigitalOcean Spaces

Advertising images, videos, and other creative material may be uploaded to private cloud storage used by American Truck Drivers, including DigitalOcean Spaces.

We may use that storage to:

• Review submitted advertising.
• Prepare a campaign.
• Publish approved advertising.
• Reuse approved creative across compatible purchased placements.
• Allow replacement creative to be submitted.
• Maintain records of campaign delivery.

Access to private advertising media may be provided through time-limited or otherwise controlled URLs.

Proof of Publication and Campaign Delivery

American Truck Drivers may create and retain evidence that an advertising service was delivered.

Proof may include:

• Screenshots of published advertisements.
• Published post URLs.
• Publication dates and times.
• Campaign activation records.
• Campaign completion records.
• Website or App campaign dates.
• Order status history.
• Approval records.

For social-media campaigns, screenshots and published links may be sent to the advertiser after publication.

These records may be retained for business administration, customer support, accounting, fraud prevention, and dispute resolution.

Website and App Advertising Measurement

Our own Website or App advertising systems may record:

• Campaign impressions.
• Clicks.
• Placement.
• Active campaign dates.
• Campaign identifiers.
• Aggregate performance.
• Other operational measurements.

We may provide some of this information to the advertiser through reports, email, dashboards, or other campaign documentation.

Advertising Rotation

Direct advertisements may rotate according to campaign eligibility, date, placement, priority, technical availability, or other operational factors.

We do not need to create a behavioral advertising profile merely to rotate direct ATD advertisements.

Google AdMob and Other Advertising Providers

Our mobile application may use Google AdMob or other third-party advertising technology.

Depending on configuration and applicable privacy choices, such providers may process:

• IP addresses.
• Device or advertising identifiers.
• App interactions.
• Advertising impressions.
• Advertising interactions.
• Diagnostic information.
• Performance information.
• Information used for analytics, security, measurement, and fraud prevention.

Third-party advertising providers operate according to their own privacy policies and legal obligations.

Advertising Privacy Choices

Where applicable law requires consent or privacy choices for advertising, we may provide consent notices, restricted-data-processing settings, opt-out controls, or similar mechanisms.

American Truck Drivers does not sell personal information for money.

Certain advertising technologies may nevertheless be classified as “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” under some privacy laws. Where applicable, required rights and controls will be provided.

8. Third-Party and Embedded Content

American Truck Drivers may display or link to third-party content and platforms such as:

• YouTube.
• Facebook / Meta.
• Instagram.
• X.
• TikTok.
• Vimeo.
• Other services.

When third-party content is loaded or opened, the third-party provider may receive technical or interaction information.

Third-party content is governed by the applicable provider’s own privacy policy and terms.

9. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• Create and maintain accounts.
• Authenticate users.
• Restore secure sessions.
• Provide profile functionality.
• Provide News and Media.
• Operate comments and Community features.
• Process media submissions.
• Review and moderate content.
• Publish authorized content.
• Maintain records of licenses and permissions.
• Send notifications.
• Create and manage advertising orders.
• Process campaign approvals.
• Publish advertisements.
• Measure advertising activity.
• Provide advertising reports.
• Document proof of publication.
• Process creative replacement requests.
• Provide customer support.
• Respond to privacy and account requests.
• Detect fraud, spam, abuse, and unauthorized access.
• Protect users and systems.
• Diagnose errors.
• Improve performance.
• Enforce our agreements and policies.
• Comply with legal obligations.
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.

10. How We Share Information

We may disclose information to service providers that help us operate our services.

These may include providers supporting:

• Website hosting.
• WordPress infrastructure.
• Cloud storage.
• Content delivery.
• Authentication.
• Notifications.
• Security.
• Email.
• Payment processing.
• Advertising.
• Analytics and measurement.
• Technical support.

Our technical environment may include services such as:

• Google Firebase.
• Google Sign-In.
• Firebase Cloud Messaging.
• Google AdMob.
• DigitalOcean and DigitalOcean Spaces.
• Stripe.
• YouTube.
• Social-media platforms.

We may also disclose information:

• To comply with law.
• To respond to lawful government requests.
• To investigate fraud or security incidents.
• To enforce agreements.
• To protect rights, property, or safety.
• In connection with a merger, financing, sale, reorganization, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.

We do not provide advertisers with users’ complete payment-card information.

11. Public Information

Information you intentionally make public may be visible, copied, or shared by others.

Public information may include:

• Username.
• Display name.
• Avatar.
• Community posts.
• Comments and replies.
• Public reactions.
• Published user-submitted content.
• Public credit associated with content.

Do not publish information you do not want others to see.

12. Data Storage and Security

We use administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information.

Depending on the feature, information may be processed or stored using:

• WordPress/backend infrastructure.
• DigitalOcean infrastructure.
• DigitalOcean Spaces.
• Google/Firebase services.
• Payment processors.
• Email providers.
• Other service providers.

We use encrypted network connections where supported and appropriate.

No website, application, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Do not send passwords, API keys, authentication tokens, payment credentials, or other sensitive secrets to us by ordinary email.

13. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for purposes including:

• Providing the service.
• Account security.
• Moderation.
• Business records.
• Advertising records.
• Payment and accounting records.
• Campaign administration.
• Proof of advertising delivery.
• Fraud prevention.
• Dispute resolution.
• Enforcement of agreements.
• Documentation of licenses or permissions.
• Exercise or defense of legal rights.
• Compliance with applicable law.

Different categories of information may have different retention periods.

Advertising Records

Advertising-related records may be retained after a campaign ends.

These may include:

• Orders.
• Payment records.
• Campaign status history.
• Creative files where reasonably necessary.
• Published URLs.
• Screenshots.
• Campaign dates.
• Approval history.
• Impression and click reports.
• Customer communications.
• Evidence that the purchased service was provided.

These records may be retained for accounting, tax, contractual, fraud-prevention, customer-service, chargeback, dispute-resolution, and legal purposes.

Licensed Media and Submission Records

Where permitted by law and applicable agreements, we may retain:

• Submitted original media.
• Submission records.
• Signed releases.
• Authorization records.
• Evidence documenting ownership or licensing.
• Editorial records reasonably necessary to document rights.

Backups

Residual copies of information may temporarily remain in backup, security, or disaster-recovery systems until overwritten or expired through normal retention cycles.

14. Account and Data Deletion

Users may request deletion of their American Truck Drivers account and associated personal information.

Where supported, account deletion may be initiated through the mobile application.

Users may also use the public Account Deletion page.

For assistance, contact:

app@atruckdrivers.com

We may verify identity before processing a deletion request.

Deleting an American Truck Drivers account does not delete external Google, Facebook, Apple, Stripe, or other third-party accounts.

Some information may be retained where reasonably necessary or permitted for:

• Legal compliance.
• Security.
• Fraud prevention.
• Dispute resolution.
• Exercise or defense of legal rights.
• Enforcement of agreements.
• Financial records.
• Advertising records.
• Payment records.
• Proof of campaign delivery.
• Documentation of licenses and permissions.
• Other legitimate retention obligations.

15. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide rights concerning personal information.

These may include rights to:

• Request access.
• Request correction.
• Request deletion.
• Request a portable copy of certain information.
• Request restriction of certain processing.
• Object to certain processing.
• Withdraw consent where applicable.
• Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing.
• Appeal certain privacy-request decisions.

To make a privacy request, contact:

app@atruckdrivers.com

We may need to verify your identity.

We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.

16. European Economic Area and United Kingdom

Where European Union, EEA, or United Kingdom data-protection law applies, our legal basis may include:

• Contract, where processing is necessary to provide a service you request, including processing an advertising order.
• Legitimate interests, where reasonably necessary to operate, secure, improve, moderate, advertise, administer campaigns, prevent fraud, or protect our services.
• Consent, where legally required.
• Legal obligation, where processing is required by law.
• Legal claims, where processing is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.

Where processing is based on consent, consent may be withdrawn as permitted by law.

Withdrawal does not make prior lawful processing unlawful.

17. United States Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights.

Depending on applicable law, these may include rights to:

• Know or access personal information.
• Correct information.
• Delete information.
• Obtain certain information in portable form.
• Opt out of targeted advertising.
• Opt out of certain sales or sharing.
• Appeal a denied privacy request.

American Truck Drivers does not sell personal information for money.

Some third-party advertising activities may be classified as targeted advertising, sale, or sharing under certain state laws. Where applicable, required controls will be provided.

18. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website or application may use cookies, local storage, pixels, SDKs, or similar technologies to:

• Maintain security.
• Remember preferences.
• Support authentication.
• Maintain advertising-order sessions.
• Measure traffic.
• Provide analytics.
• Support advertising.
• Measure campaign interactions.
• Prevent fraud and abuse.

Your browser or device may provide controls for certain technologies.

Blocking certain technologies may affect operation of some features.

19. Children’s Privacy

American Truck Drivers is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal information in violation of applicable law, contact us so we can review the matter and take appropriate action.

20. International Users and Transfers

American Truck Drivers is based in the United States.

If you access our services from another country, information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

Privacy laws may differ between jurisdictions.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, we will take reasonable steps to use legally recognized protections.

21. Third-Party Links

Our services may contain links to:

• Sponsors.
• Advertisers.
• News sources.
• Social networks.
• Video platforms.
• Payment providers.
• Other websites or applications.

We are not responsible for independent third-party privacy practices.

Review the third party’s privacy policy before providing personal information.

22. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, mobile application, advertising marketplace, authentication providers, payment providers, service providers, features, or legal obligations change.

When updated, we will post the revised version and change the Last Updated date.

Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent, we will provide it.

23. Contact Us

American Truck Drivers Inc.

Privacy, mobile app, and account requests:
app@atruckdrivers.com

General and advertising inquiries:
info@atruckdrivers.com

Website:
Atruckdrivers.com

For account deletion, use the Account Deletion page available on Atruckdrivers.com or the Delete Account feature inside the mobile application where available.