Privacy Policy

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy explains how LearningSpoons Corp. ("LearningSpoons," "we," "us") collects, uses, and shares information when you use Midnight Crush at midnightcrush.chat, the progressive web app, and related digital features (the "Service").

By using the Service, you acknowledge this Policy and our Terms of Service.

2. Information We Collect

Account information

When you create an account or sign in, we may collect your email address, display name, handle, password (stored in hashed form for email accounts), login-provider identifiers (such as a Google account ID), avatar, timezone, birth date, gender, preferred genres, and account preferences. We use birth date to confirm you are 13 or older and to set adult status at 18.

Service information

We collect the information needed to run character chat and related features, including:

• chat messages, scene state, and conversation metadata;
• character interactions, favorites, follows, comments, and collection saves;
• persona details you choose to save;
• memory records such as user facts, session summaries, relationship notes, and retrieved conversation context;
• images or files you upload for collections, characters, or profile use;
• carot balances, purchase records, rewards, and related transaction logs;
• push-notification subscription data if you enable notifications.

Device and log information

We may collect IP address, browser type, device type, language, referring URL, pages viewed, and timestamps. This helps us operate, secure, and debug the Service.

Payment information

Web Carot purchases may be processed by PayPal or Paddle. We receive payment status, order and transaction identifiers, currency, amount purchased, and any tax or invoicing details required by our payment processors. We do not store your full payment-card number on our servers. For Paddle transactions, Paddle.com Market Ltd acts as the Merchant of Record. If you pay through a mobile app store, Apple or Google processes that payment and sends us the confirmation needed to credit Carots.

Information from third parties

If you sign in with Google or another supported provider, that provider shares the account identifiers needed to create or recognize your Midnight Crush account. If the same verified email already belongs to an account, we may connect that sign-in method to the existing account.

3. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• provide AI chat, character pages, memory, personas, and account features;
• maintain conversation continuity across sessions and devices;
• process carot purchases, rewards, and a ledger of credits and debits;
• send optional push notifications you enable;
• secure accounts, prevent abuse, and enforce our Terms;
• measure traffic, diagnose errors, and improve the Service;
• show advertising and measure ad performance, as described below;
• respond to support requests and required legal process.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies. Some are required for the Service to work. Others help us understand usage or show ads.

For users accessing the Service from the United States, non-essential analytics and marketing technologies may be enabled when the Service loads rather than waiting for a separate cookie banner. We use these technologies to measure campaigns, attribute registrations and purchases, understand feature use, and improve our advertising. Depending on where you live, you may have additional privacy choices or rights.

These technologies may be used to:

• keep you signed in and protect against cross-site request forgery;
• remember preferences on your device, including install-prompt choices;
• measure visits and feature use;
• deliver and measure advertising, including personalized ads where allowed.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking required cookies may prevent sign-in or other features from working.

5. Advertising

We use Google AdSense and related Google advertising products to show ads, including display ads and, where enabled, rewarded or Offerwall ads. Google and its advertising partners may collect information such as cookie identifiers, IP address, and pages viewed to select and measure ads.

We may also use Meta and X advertising technologies to measure campaign performance, attribute visits and purchases to advertising campaigns, and build or measure advertising audiences. These providers may receive identifiers, device and browser information, IP address, referring URL, campaign parameters, page activity, and limited event data such as registration or purchase value. We do not intentionally send chat message text, memory records, or private conversation content to advertising partners.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also learn how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

If you opt out of personalized ads, you may still see ads. Those ads may be less relevant because they are based on the page you are viewing or other non-personalized signals.

6. Analytics and Marketing Measurement

We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Service. Google Analytics uses cookies or similar identifiers and may receive page URLs, device information, and approximate location derived from IP address. Learn more in the Google Privacy Policy.

We may also use Meta (Facebook) and X (Twitter) pixels or similar tools to measure campaign performance and understand whether a visit or signup came from an ad. Those companies process data under their own policies.

For purchase measurement, we may use server-side conversion measurement through Meta in addition to browser-based pixels. Server-side events may include hashed contact or account identifiers, advertising click identifiers, device and network information, event identifiers, and purchase amount and currency. We use event identifiers to reduce duplicate conversion reporting.

7. AI and Memory

Chat content is sent to AI model providers so the Service can generate a reply. We also use chat content to build character-specific memories, such as user facts, session summaries, relationship notes, and retrieved conversation context. These records help a character stay consistent when you return.

Memory records are used to operate the Service. We do not sell your chat history. Model providers process prompts and outputs to generate replies and may process that data under their own terms.

8. How We Share Information

We share information with service providers that help us operate Midnight Crush, including:

• hosting, database, storage, and content-delivery providers;
• authentication providers, such as Google sign-in;
• payment providers, such as PayPal, Paddle, and, for app-store purchases, Apple or Google;
• AI model providers that generate replies or extract memory;
• analytics, advertising, and measurement partners, including Google;
• push-notification providers if you enable notifications;
• Discord or other support tools we publish for customer support.

We may also share information if required by law, to protect users or the Service, or as part of a merger, acquisition, or asset transfer. We do not sell your personal information for money. We do not use personal information for behavioral advertising about anyone we know is under 18.

9. Data Retention

We keep account, chat, memory, upload, and payment records for as long as needed to provide the Service and to meet security, accounting, and legal obligations. If you delete your account, we delete or de-identify personal data we no longer need, except records we must retain for fraud prevention, payment disputes, or legal compliance.

10. Your Choices

• You may update account information in Settings where that option is available.
• You may delete your account in Settings.
• You may request a copy of your data through hi@midnightcrush.chat.
• You may control cookies in your browser and opt out of personalized Google ads as described above.
• You may disable push notifications in your device or browser settings.
• You may disconnect a third-party login through that provider's account settings.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain personal information, or to object to certain processing. To use those rights, contact us. We may need to verify your request.

11. International Transfers

We may process information on servers located outside your country, including in the United States and other regions where our providers operate. Those locations may have different data-protection laws than your home country.

12. Children and Age Eligibility

The Service is not directed to, and is not intended for, children under 13. A child under 13 may not use the Service under any circumstances, including with the consent of a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, contact us through hi@midnightcrush.chat and we will investigate and, where appropriate, delete that information.

Users who are 13 or older but under the age of majority may use the Service and purchase Carots only with a legal guardian's consent and supervision. Any adult-designated features we offer are limited to users who are 18 or older.

13. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will change when we do. If a change is material, we may also provide an additional notice in the Service.

14. Contact

LearningSpoons Corp. operates Midnight Crush.

Principal office address: 15, Gangnam-daero 94-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 3F

Privacy questions and data requests can be sent through hi@midnightcrush.chat.