1. Introduction

Welcome to DriverMP

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of DriverMP, including our website, software, multiplayer services, modifications, associated applications and community platforms.

By creating an account, accessing, downloading or using any part of our services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree with these Terms, you must not use our services.

In these Terms, "we", "us" and "our" refer to the operators of DriverMP. "You" and "your" refer to any individual accessing or using our services.

2. About Our Service

DriverMP is an independently developed multiplayer modification and associated service for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Our service is designed to provide users with multiplayer functionality, networking features, community events and other associated services.

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or officially connected to SCS Software.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a product of SCS Software, and all associated trademarks, names and intellectual property remain the property of their respective owners.

DriverMP is an independent third-party project.

3. Eligibility and Minimum Age

You must be at least 13 years old to register for or use DriverMP

By creating an account or accessing our services, you confirm that:

• You are at least 13 years of age.

• The information you provide is accurate and up to date.

• You will maintain the security of your account and associated credentials.

• You will not impersonate another individual or misrepresent your identity.

• You will comply with these Terms and applicable laws.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts where we reasonably believe that a user does not meet our minimum age requirement.

If we become aware that an account belongs to someone under the age of 13, we may restrict access and take appropriate steps to close the account and handle associated personal information in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

4. Accounts and Registration

To use our services, you may be required to create an account and connect third-party accounts, including Steam and Discord.

You agree to:

• Provide accurate information when creating or managing an account.

• Maintain the security of your account and associated credentials.

• Not share your account with others where this could compromise its security.

• Not use another person's account without permission.

• Notify us if you believe your account has been compromised.

You are responsible for activity carried out through your account, unless that activity results from circumstances outside your reasonable control.

We reserve the right to restrict, suspend or terminate accounts that breach these Terms or pose a risk to our services or community.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree to use DriverMP responsibly and not to:

• Cheat, exploit, manipulate or interfere with multiplayer functionality.

• Use unauthorised modifications, tools or software to gain an unfair advantage.

• Attempt to disrupt, overload or damage our servers, infrastructure or network.

• Attempt to access accounts, systems or data without authorisation.

• Reverse engineer, exploit or interfere with our infrastructure except where expressly permitted by law.

• Harass, threaten, discriminate against or abuse other users.

• Evade bans, suspensions or other moderation measures.

• Distribute malicious software or attempt to compromise the security of our services.

• Abuse bugs, vulnerabilities or unintended functionality.

• Use our services for unlawful purposes.

We may investigate suspected breaches and take appropriate action.

6. Multiplayer Rules and Moderation

We aim to provide a fair, enjoyable and welcoming multiplayer environment.

Our moderation team may monitor activity, review reports, investigate incidents and take action where necessary.

Depending on the circumstances, moderation action may include:

• Verbal or written warnings.

• Temporary restrictions.

• Temporary suspensions.

• Permanent bans.

• Removal from events or community activities.

• Restrictions on access to specific services.

We reserve the right to determine appropriate moderation action based on the available evidence and circumstances.

Users may be asked to provide relevant information when appealing a moderation decision.

We may decline appeals where there are insufficient grounds to reconsider the original decision.

Attempting to evade moderation action may result in further restrictions.

7. Networking Events

DriverMP may organise, facilitate or support multiplayer networking events.

By participating in an event, you agree to:

• Follow event instructions and organiser guidance.

• Respect other participants.

• Follow any published event-specific rules.

• Avoid deliberately disrupting or interfering with the event.

We reserve the right to remove participants from events where their behaviour negatively affects other users or the event itself.

Events may be changed, postponed or cancelled without prior notice where reasonably necessary.

8. Service Availability

We aim to maintain reliable and accessible services. However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability.

Our services may occasionally be unavailable due to:

• Scheduled maintenance.

• Emergency maintenance.

• Server or infrastructure failures.

• Network disruptions.

• Security incidents.

• Third-party service outages.

• Circumstances outside our reasonable control.

We reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue any part of our services where reasonably necessary.

We will endeavour to provide notice of significant planned changes where practical.

9. Intellectual Property

All original software, branding, website content, graphics, designs and materials created by DriverMPremain our property or are used under appropriate permissions.

You must not reproduce, redistribute, sell, commercially exploit or otherwise use our original materials without prior permission, unless permitted by applicable law.

Third-party intellectual property remains the property of its respective owners.

Nothing in these Terms grants you ownership of our software, services or intellectual property.

10. Account Deletion and Termination

Users may request deletion of their DriverMP account through our available account management facilities or by contacting our support team.

When an account deletion request is processed:

• Your active account will be closed.

• Your account will no longer be available for normal use.

• Account information that is no longer required will be deleted or anonymised where appropriate.

• Certain records may be retained for legitimate security, moderation, fraud prevention or legal purposes.

10.1 Information That May Be Retained

Deleting your account does not automatically mean that every record associated with your previous use of DriverMP will be deleted.

We may retain certain information, including:

• Previous moderation actions, warnings and disciplinary records.

• Previous suspensions and permanent bans.

• Hardware and device identifiers used for security and ban prevention.

• Information necessary to identify repeat abuse or attempts to circumvent enforcement actions.

• Relevant security and incident records.

This information may be retained where we have an appropriate lawful basis and it remains necessary for the purposes for which it is held.

Retained records will not be used to maintain an active user account and access will be restricted to authorised personnel with legitimate operational requirements.

We will periodically review retained information and delete or anonymise information when it is no longer necessary or when we are legally required to do so.

Nothing in this section removes your statutory data protection rights.

11. Privacy and Data Collection

Your use of DriverMP is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

We collect and process certain information to operate, maintain, secure and improve our services.

This may include:

• Steam identifiers.

• Discord identifiers.

• IP addresses.

• Cookies and similar technologies.

• Certain hardware or device identifiers.

• Connection timestamps and service activity information.

• Account and moderation-related information.

We use this information for account management, authentication, multiplayer networking, security, moderation, event organisation and service administration.

IP address information is subject to restricted internal access, as explained in our Privacy Policy.

Further details about our data processing practices and your rights are available in our Privacy Policy.

12. Third-Party Services

Our services may integrate with or rely upon third-party platforms, including Steam, Discord, hosting providers and other external services.

Your use of those platforms is subject to their respective terms, conditions and privacy policies.

We are not responsible for the availability, operation or policies of third-party services outside our control.

13. Disclaimers

DriverMP is provided on an independent, third-party basis.

We make no representation that our services are officially supported by or endorsed by SCS Software, Valve Corporation, Discord or any other third-party organisation.

To the extent permitted by law, we make no guarantee that our services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure or compatible with every system or configuration.

Nothing in these Terms affects any rights you may have under applicable consumer protection legislation.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we shall not be liable for:

• Indirect or consequential losses.

• Loss of data resulting from circumstances outside our reasonable control.

• Service interruptions caused by third-party infrastructure.

• Losses arising from misuse of our services.

• Issues arising from incompatible or unauthorised third-party modifications.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

Where you use our services as a consumer, your statutory rights remain unaffected.

15. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes to our services, operational requirements or legal obligations.

The latest version will be published on our website, together with its updated revision date.

Where changes are material, we will endeavour to provide reasonable notice.

Continued use of our services following changes does not remove any rights you have under applicable law.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory consumer protection laws that apply in your country of residence.

Nothing in this section removes any mandatory rights you may have under applicable law.

17. Contact

For questions regarding these Terms, account restrictions or our services, please contact us through:

Support: hello@drivermp.com

Service operator: DriverMP