Privacy policy

Who is responsible?

Truckers, WalkAround Checks and Irish-truckers.com are provided by Diarmuid Keane. Contact info@irish-truckers.com about this policy or your personal information. Diarmuid Keane is the controller for support correspondence and information processed to operate this website.

Your personal details stay in the app

Your name, telephone number, email address, company/contact details and truck or trailer registration are used within Truckers to personalise your records, create PDF reports and prepare features you choose to use, such as a leave-request email. Truckers does not collect these details from your device or automatically send them to Truckers, its developer or any third party.

In Truckers for iPhone and iPad version 1.3.4 and later, these profile details are optional. You can leave them blank during setup and in Settings and still use the core features, save work and walkaround checks and generate reports. Enter them only if you want them included in your records or reports. The optional leave-request email action needs a sender name and recipient email for that action.

Truckers records

Truckers stores the information you enter in local storage on your device. This may include profile details and company logos; work dates, destinations, quantities, pay rates, bonuses and allowances; vehicle checks, defects and photos; maintenance records, reminders and receipt attachments; and annual leave and sick-leave records.

Calculations, PDF reports, spreadsheets and full backup files are generated on your device. No Truckers account is required. Truckers does not automatically upload your profile details, work or earnings records, checks, maintenance records, leave records, photos, receipts or reports to the developer or third parties. We cannot view or retrieve those records through the app. The app does not use them for advertising, marketing or profiling and does not include third-party analytics.

On Apple devices, app data may be included in device backups depending on your settings. Apple handles those services under its own terms and privacy information. The current Android app disables automatic app-data backup and device-transfer backup; use Settings → Backup / Download to keep your own exported copies. There is no automatic record sync between Apple and Android. Your employer has separate responsibilities for any copies you choose to send to it.

Optional location and device features

If you enable automatic load tracking in the Apple app and grant location permission, location and movement are processed on your device to detect driving and stops and prompt you to verify a delivery. Routes are not saved, and Truckers does not send this location information to the developer or third parties. You can leave automatic tracking off and record work manually. Local maintenance reminders and supported widgets use saved data on the device; they do not upload your records to Truckers.

Android app security checks

Android versions with Google Play Integrity security checks send encrypted security tokens, the app version and a random identifier for each check to our Cloudflare-hosted security verifier and Google. Cloudflare processes the connection IP address to deliver and rate-limit this service. These checks do not send your name, phone number, email, vehicle/company details, work or earnings records, checks, maintenance or leave records, photos, receipts or backups. Connection problems or unsuccessful checks do not prevent access to your saved records. Google and Cloudflare handle technical service data under their own privacy policies.

WalkAround Checks records

WalkAround Checks stores driver and company details, vehicle identifiers, odometer readings, check results, defect descriptions, attached photos, rectification timestamps and repair notes locally on your Apple or Android device. It does not require an account or send these inspection records to a developer-operated records server. Draft checks and previous-version inspections are also stored on your device.

You can add a photograph using the camera or system photo picker. Camera access requires your device permission. Individual and date-range PDF reports are generated locally and shared only through the actions you choose. Apple device backups may include app data according to your device settings. The Android app has no network permission, analytics or advertising, and disables automatic backup and device transfer. Android offers PDF and ZIP/CSV exports; keep these before uninstalling. It does not import or sync iPhone records. Android photo capture uses the installed camera app and a temporary file permission, rather than direct camera access.

You control exports, photos and email

You choose which images to add through the device’s photo picker; WalkAround Checks also offers camera capture with permission. Creating a PDF or other export does not automatically send it anywhere. If you choose to share a report, save an export to a cloud service, send a leave-request email or send information to support, you decide what to share and which recipient, app or storage destination receives it. Those copies can contain the personal/company details you entered and work or financial information. Your chosen email, storage or sharing provider handles those copies under its own policies.

Sending a report to a company gives that recipient a copy. Deleting a record in either app does not delete an exported file, email, recipient’s copy or device backup. A company email entered in Truckers Settings is used to prepare a leave request; entering it does not send a message. You review and send the email yourself.

When you contact support

Our contact form sends your name, email address, selected subject and message through Cloudflare to our support inbox, which is handled in Gmail. We use your email address to reply. The form does not store a separate message database. Cloudflare processes technical security information to limit repeat submissions. For Android tester signups, we also use your Google Play email to add you to the closed-testing lists for both apps in Google Play Console, send testing instructions and arrange your free launch copies if you are among the first 15 signups. You can ask to leave testing by contacting us. We do not add your details to a marketing mailing list.

We receive your email address, message and any attachments you choose to send. We use them to respond, diagnose a problem and keep track of the support enquiry. Our basis is our legitimate interest in providing support and maintaining the app; where an enquiry is necessary to fulfil a contract with you, we also rely on that contract.

Send only the information needed for your enquiry. We retain correspondence while the enquiry is open and afterwards only as needed for related follow-up, recurring fault investigation or an applicable legal obligation. Retention is assessed by the purpose of the enquiry and any remaining need to keep it. You can ask us to delete correspondence we no longer need.

Website hosting and cookies

This marketing and support website is hosted through Cloudflare. Its contact form uses a Cloudflare Worker to send your enquiry securely. When you visit, Cloudflare processes technical information such as your IP address, requested URL, request time, browser information and security signals to deliver and protect the site. Our basis for necessary site operation and security is legitimate interests.

We have not added advertising trackers, a marketing mailing list, analytics scripts, embedded third-party videos or a contact-form database. Website security features may use strictly necessary cookies. See our cookie notice for more detail.

Technical data retention depends on the hosting and security services used and the need to investigate faults or abuse. We do not build individual browsing profiles. Cloudflare's privacy information explains its processing and international safeguards.

Who can receive information?

The apps do not automatically give anyone access to your profile details or saved records. You control the copies you share and your device-backup settings. Website hosting, support correspondence and Android security checks involve the limited service information described above; they do not provide access to app records stored only on your device.

For website visits, support correspondence and Android app-security checks, our service providers process the limited information needed to supply those services. We may disclose information where legally required, to respond to a lawful request or to protect legal rights. We do not sell personal information.

Service providers may process information outside Ireland or the EEA. Where we arrange a restricted international transfer, applicable safeguards, such as an adequacy decision or approved contractual protections, must be in place. Contact us for information about safeguards relevant to your enquiry.

Keeping and deleting app records

Truckers supports a 24-month record review. This feature does not apply to the standalone WalkAround Checks app. Older records are identified for removal, but stay on the device until you confirm deletion. You have an opportunity to export them first. Settings and future records remain as needed for the app. You control the retention of exported copies and your device backups. Removing the app may remove its locally stored records.

Your choices and rights

You can edit records and export data in the app, and control what you share. For personal information we hold, you may request access, correction, erasure, restriction or portability where applicable, and object to processing based on legitimate interests. If processing relies on consent, you may withdraw it without affecting earlier lawful processing.

Email info@irish-truckers.com to exercise these rights. We may need to verify your identity before disclosing information. We cannot access or remotely delete records held only on your device. You can complain to Ireland's Data Protection Commission or your local supervisory authority.

Security, children and changes

Protect your device with a passcode and keep the app and operating system updated. Take care when sharing reports and backups. Both apps are intended for working drivers and are not directed at children. We do not use your information for automated eligibility decisions or profiling.

This policy will be updated if the app or website's handling of information changes. The date above identifies this version. Material changes will be explained through an appropriate notice.