Terms, Privacy & Payments

"Brain Rot IRL", "we", "us" or "our" refers to the operator of the Brain Rot IRL app, an augmented-reality meme-catching game accessible via web browser at brainrotirl.com and related domains (the "Service"). "You" means the individual using the Service. These Terms (together with our Privacy notice in section 8 and any in-app notices) form a legally binding agreement between you and us. If you do not agree, do not access or use the Service.

• You must be at least 13 years old (or 16 in the European Economic Area / United Kingdom, where required by local data-protection law) to create an account.
• If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and accepted these Terms on your behalf, including the payment terms.
• You confirm you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract and that your use of the Service does not violate any law applicable to you.
• We may refuse, suspend or terminate accounts where eligibility cannot be verified.

BRAIN ROT IRL IS AN AUGMENTED-REALITY GAME THAT ENCOURAGES REAL-WORLD MOVEMENT. YOU PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

• You assume all risk of injury, illness, death, property damage, arrest, fine or other loss arising from your use of the Service or your real-world actions while playing.
• Never play while driving, cycling, skating, operating machinery, or in any situation where looking at a screen is unsafe.
• Stay aware of traffic, hazards, weather, terrain, water, wildlife, electrical equipment, and other people at all times. The Service does not detect real-world danger.
• Respect private property, restricted areas, places of worship, memorials, hospitals, schools and local laws — only catch Rotmons in places you have a legal right to be.
• Do not trespass, climb, enter waterways, cross fences, or violate any rules to catch a Rotmon. No virtual item is worth your safety.
• Do not use the Service to harass, bully, dox, threaten, defame, stalk, impersonate, discriminate against, or otherwise harm any person.
• Do not upload or post content that is unlawful, hateful, sexually explicit, violent, infringing, deceptive, spam, or harmful to minors.
• Do not reverse-engineer, decompile, scrape, exploit bugs, automate gameplay (bots, GPS spoofing, multi-accounting), interfere with other users, or attempt to bypass security or rate limits.
• Parents and guardians are responsible for supervising minors' use of the Service, including in-app spending.

• You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.
• Notify us immediately of any unauthorised access. We are not liable for losses caused by your failure to keep credentials secure.
• You must provide accurate information and keep it up to date.
• By submitting content (e.g. a username, character idea via the Contact page, or any other input), you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable licence to host, store, reproduce, modify, display and use that content to operate, improve and promote the Service. You retain ownership of your content.
• You represent that you own or have all necessary rights to any content you submit and that it does not infringe any third-party right.
• We may, but have no obligation to, review, edit, or remove user content at our discretion.

• Prices are shown in your local currency where supported and are inclusive of applicable taxes (VAT/GST/sales tax) unless stated otherwise.
• Payments are processed by our third-party payment provider (currently Paddle.com Market Limited, which acts as merchant of record where applicable). We do not store full payment-card numbers on our servers.
• Digital goods (removing ads, cosmetic items, premium Rotmons, coin packs, bundles) are delivered to your account immediately on purchase. To the extent permitted by law, you expressly request immediate performance and acknowledge that you lose any statutory right of withdrawal (including the EU 14-day cooling-off period under Directive 2011/83/EU and UK equivalents) once delivery has begun.
• Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period at the then-current price until cancelled. We will notify you of material price changes in advance and you may cancel before the change takes effect.
• Failed payments may result in temporary loss of premium features until payment succeeds.
• You are responsible for ensuring sufficient funds, valid card details, and any currency-conversion or bank fees charged by your payment provider.
• Initiating a chargeback or payment dispute without first contacting us may result in immediate suspension of your account and forfeiture of virtual items.

• You may cancel any subscription at any time from your account settings or from your payment provider's portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you keep access until then. We do not pro-rate partial periods.
• Outside any mandatory consumer-law right (see below), all sales of digital goods and consumed in-game currency are final.
• We honour refund rights granted to you by mandatory consumer protection law in your country of residence — including, where applicable, the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the EU Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU), and equivalent laws in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and elsewhere.
• For all other refund requests, contact us within 14 days of the charge with your order ID; we review in good faith on a case-by-case basis. Approved refunds are issued to the original payment method.

Rotmons, in-game currency (e.g. coins), Rizz Balls, cosmetic items, titles, badges and any other virtual items (collectively "Virtual Items") are licensed to you, not sold. You receive only a personal, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to use them within the Service.

• Virtual Items have no real-world monetary value, cannot be redeemed for cash, gifted, sold, or exchanged with other users outside official in-game mechanics.
• We may, at any time and without liability, modify, balance, suspend, expire, or remove Virtual Items, change their availability or price, or discontinue the Service.
• You have no ownership, property right or any other interest in Virtual Items, and they are not insured.
• Trading or selling Virtual Items or accounts on third-party sites is prohibited and may result in account termination without refund.

We collect the minimum data needed to operate the Service:

• Account info — email address, hashed password, display name and any profile data you provide.
• Game data — Rotmons caught, XP, battles, friendships, purchases.
• Approximate location — used in-browser only to spawn Rotmons near you. We do not store precise GPS coordinates on our servers.
• Camera access — used in AR mode on your device only; camera frames are never uploaded.
• Contact form submissions — name, email, message and category.
• Technical & security data — IP address, device/browser type, basic usage logs and crash reports, used to keep the Service secure and operational.

Legal basis (UK/EU GDPR): we process this data to perform our contract with you (running the Service), for our legitimate interests in keeping the Service safe and improving it, with your consent (e.g. for personalised advertising), and to comply with legal obligations.

International transfers: data is hosted by our backend provider (Supabase Inc., on AWS infrastructure) and may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries. Where required, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent safeguards.

Retention: account data is retained while your account is active and for up to 90 days after deletion to handle disputes, fraud and legal obligations. Anonymised analytics may be retained longer.

Your rights (subject to applicable law) include the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict or object to processing, data portability, and to withdraw consent. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority (e.g. the UK ICO at ico.org.uk).

California residents (CCPA/CPRA): you have the right to know what personal information we collect, to request deletion or correction, to opt out of "sale" or "sharing" of personal information (we do not sell personal information for money, but ad cookies may qualify as "sharing" — use the consent prompt to opt out), and to non-discrimination for exercising your rights.

Children: the Service is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA/UK where required). We do not knowingly collect personal information from such children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.

Security: we implement reasonable technical and organisational measures, but no system is completely secure. You use the Service at your own risk and accept that unauthorised access is possible.

You can change your username, password and email at any time from the Profile screen in the app. You can permanently delete your account from the same screen — this removes your profile, collection, progress, friendships, and battles from our backend, and cannot be undone. If self-service deletion fails, contact us and we will process the request within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

We use essential cookies and browser local storage required to keep you signed in, remember settings, and operate the Service. These cannot be disabled without breaking the app.

We may display advertisements via Google AdSense and equivalent ad partners. These partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. EEA, UK and California users will see a consent prompt before non-essential cookies are set. You may opt out of personalised advertising via Google Ads Settings and aboutads.info. Premium users with ads disabled will not be shown advertising cookies.

The Service relies on third-party providers to operate. Their use of your data is governed by their own terms and privacy policies:

• Supabase Inc. — backend hosting, authentication and database.
• Paddle.com Market Limited — payment processing and merchant of record (where applicable).
• Google LLC — AdSense advertising and OAuth sign-in (where used).
• Apple Inc. — Sign-in with Apple (where used).
• Cloudflare, Inc. — content delivery, DDoS protection and edge runtime.

We are not responsible for the acts or omissions of these providers, but we choose them carefully and require appropriate data-protection commitments where applicable.

"Brain Rot IRL", the logo, original artwork, code, sounds and game design are owned by us or our licensors and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual-property laws. Except for the limited licence to use the Service granted in these Terms, no rights are granted to you.

Meme characters depicted in the game are parodies, satire or commentary on internet culture and are used for entertainment and transformative purposes. If you believe content in the Service infringes your rights, send a written notice via the Contact form including: (a) identification of the work; (b) the URL or location of the allegedly infringing content; (c) your contact details; (d) a statement of good-faith belief that use is unauthorised; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and you are authorised to act. We will respond promptly in accordance with the US DMCA, the EU Digital Services Act and equivalent laws.

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, uninterrupted or error-free operation, security, or non-infringement.

We do not warrant that Rotmon spawn locations, maps, challenges, or any in-game information are accurate, current, or safe to act on. Real-world conditions may differ.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we and our officers, employees, contributors and affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages — including without limitation personal injury, death, property damage, lost profits, lost data, lost virtual items, or losses arising from your real-world actions, interactions with other players, or reliance on in-game information — even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total aggregate liability to you for all claims relating to the Service in any 12-month period will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in that 12-month period, or (b) USD 50.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law, including liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or your statutory consumer rights.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any claim, demand, loss, liability, damages, fines or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your breach of these Terms; (b) your violation of any law or third-party right; (c) your content; or (d) your real-world conduct while using the Service.

• You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time (see section 9).
• We may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms, infringed third-party rights, abused other users, attempted fraud or chargeback abuse, or if required by law.
• On termination, your licence to the Service and to all Virtual Items ends immediately. We are not obliged to refund any fees or compensate you for lost Virtual Items, except as required by law.
• Sections that by their nature should survive termination (e.g. payments owed, IP, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnity, governing law) survive.

We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, civil unrest, government action, pandemic, internet or power outages, third-party service failures, or cyber attacks.

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of residence (which give you the right to bring proceedings in your local courts), you and we agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales for any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service.

Informal resolution: before filing any formal claim, you agree to first contact us via the Contact form and attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute for at least 30 days.

EU online dispute resolution: if you are an EU consumer, the European Commission's ODR platform is available at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged to use an alternative dispute-resolution body.

No class actions: to the maximum extent permitted by law, all claims must be brought in your individual capacity and not as part of any class, collective, or representative action.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date above will change. Material changes will be announced in the app or by email at least 14 days before taking effect, where reasonably practicable. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

• Severability: if any part of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.
• No waiver: our failure to enforce any right or provision is not a waiver of that right or provision.
• Assignment: you may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of assets, on notice to you.
• No agency: nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship between you and us.
• Entire agreement: these Terms (together with any in-app notices and our policies referenced here) constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
• Third-party rights: a person who is not a party to these Terms has no rights under the UK Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or equivalent laws to enforce any term.

Questions, refund requests, data-subject requests, takedown notices or legal notices: use our contact form. We aim to respond within a reasonable time, and within statutory deadlines for data-protection requests.