Privacy & Compliance — Daily Grind Rust

Who We Are

Daily Grind Rust is a community-operated network of modded Rust game servers and companion websites, run by hobbyist administrators from the United Kingdom. The network currently comprises Daily Grind 3x (dailygrind3x.com) and Daily Grind 2x (dailygrind2x.com), with the network hub at dailygrindrust.com. For the purposes of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, the operator of Daily Grind Rust is the “data controller” responsible for your personal data.

Service: Daily Grind Rust — our Rust game servers (Daily Grind 3x and Daily Grind 2x) and their websites.
Data controller: the operator of Daily Grind Rust, United Kingdom.
Contact for privacy matters: [email protected]

What We Collect

We only collect what we need to run our servers, show stats, keep play fair, and let you log in. What applies to you depends on how you use the service.

If you log in with Steam

Your 17-digit SteamID.
Your public Steam display name (persona) and avatar image.
We never receive or store your Steam password — login is handled entirely by Steam (Valve).

If you log in with Discord

Your Discord ID, username, email address, and avatar.
Used to identify staff and unlock the member dashboard.

From in-game play

Your in-game name and SteamID.
Gameplay statistics (e.g. resources farmed, raid actions) shown on leaderboards.
Messages you send in the in-game GLOBAL chat — team/private chat is never captured.
Server event records such as connections, deaths, and similar gameplay events.
Moderation records (e.g. chat mutes) where applicable.

Technical & security data

Your IP address, browser type, and request logs — processed by us and our network provider (Cloudflare) to serve the sites securely and prevent abuse.
The game servers log connection data (including IP address) for anti-cheat, security, and ban enforcement.

Purchases & supporter perks (optional)

If you purchase a supporter perk, payment is handled by a third-party payment provider — we do not see or store your full card details.
We may receive confirmation of a payment plus any username or note you choose to include.

How We Use It & Why (Lawful Bases)

Under the UK GDPR we must have a lawful basis for using your data. Ours are:

Legitimate interests

Operating and securing our servers and websites.
Displaying stats, leaderboards, and the live status/chat feed.
Moderation, anti-cheat, and enforcing bans.
Preventing fraud, abuse, and disruption.

Performance of a contract / your request

Authenticating you when you log in and keeping you signed in.
Processing a supporter purchase you choose to make.

Consent

Where we ask for it specifically (e.g. optional features). You can withdraw consent at any time.

Information Shown Publicly

Some information is, by design, visible to anyone on our websites. Please keep this in mind while you play and chat:

Your in-game name and SteamID can appear on leaderboards and the live player list.
Your gameplay stats (farming/raiding totals) appear on public leaderboards.
Messages you send in GLOBAL chat are shown in the public web chat feed — do not share anything private there.
Team and private chat is never published.

Cookies

We keep cookies to an absolute minimum.

When you log in, our authentication system sets strictly-necessary cookies to keep you signed in and to protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
We do NOT use analytics, advertising, or tracking cookies.
Because our only cookies are strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested (logging in), they are exempt from the consent requirement under PECR — we disclose them here for transparency.
If you never log in, no cookies are required to browse the sites.

Who We Share It With

We do not sell your data. We share limited data only with the service providers (“processors”) needed to run the service:

Service providers

Valve / Steam — login and public profile lookup.
Discord — optional login.
Cloudflare — secure delivery, network protection, and DDoS mitigation.
Our payment provider — to process supporter purchases.
Our AI provider — to power the in-game/website assistant on servers that offer it.
Image hosts (e.g. Steam’s content CDN, Dropbox) used to display images.

Legal

We may disclose data where required by law, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of our servers, our players, or others.

International Transfers

Some providers (such as Steam, Discord, and Cloudflare) operate outside the UK, so your data may be transferred internationally. Where it is, we rely on the safeguards UK law recognises — such as UK “adequacy” regulations or the International Data Transfer Agreement / Standard Contractual Clauses — and on those providers’ own compliance frameworks.

How Long We Keep It

Gameplay stats (farming/raiding) are reset each server wipe.
Chat and event feeds are kept for a limited period to power the live sites, then age out.
Account data (Steam/Discord identifiers) is kept while your account is active, and deleted on request.
Security and connection logs are kept only as long as needed for anti-cheat, moderation, and ban enforcement.
Purchase confirmations are kept as needed for basic record-keeping.

Your Rights

Under the UK GDPR you have the right to:

Be informed about how your data is used (this page).
Access a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.
Erasure — the “right to be forgotten” — ask us to delete your data.
Restrict or object to certain processing.
Data portability, where applicable.
Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on it.

To exercise any of these, email [email protected]. We aim to respond within one month, as required by law. Some data (such as ban records) may be retained where we have a lawful reason — for example, to prevent ban evasion.

How We Protect It

Administrative access to our servers and websites is restricted to the operator and trusted staff.
Admin and remote-control access is protected by strong credentials and, where supported, two-factor authentication.
We follow good-practice security measures, though no online service can guarantee absolute security.

Children

Rust is a mature, violent game (rated PEGI 16). Daily Grind Rust servers are not intended for anyone under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from under-16s. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will remove it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the network evolves. The “last updated” date at the top reflects the current version, and significant changes may also be announced in our Discord.

Complaints

If you have a concern about how we handle your data, please contact us first so we can help. You also have the right to complain to the UK’s data protection regulator:

Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Website: ico.org.uk
Helpline: 0303 123 1113