Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Voluntarily Provided Information

We collect personal information that you provide to us when you:

• Register for an account: Names, email addresses, usernames, and passwords
• Contact us: Contact details including phone numbers and addresses
• Make a purchase: Payment information and billing details
• Use social login: Social media account information including name, email, gender, birthday, current city, and profile picture URL

Automatically Collected Information

Some information is collected automatically when you visit our sites or apps, including:

• IP address and browser/device characteristics
• Device usage information and operating system details
• Language preferences
• Analytics data for understanding how users interact with our services

Mobile App Data

Our mobile applications may collect additional information:

• Camera and microphone, only while you take or record something to send
• Photos, videos, audio and files that you choose to share
• Push notification preferences
• Crash and diagnostic reports, which you can turn off in the app
• Advertising identifier, used for the ads shown in the free version
• Purchase history, if you buy a premium option

The app does not request or collect your location, your contacts, or your calendar.

Third-Party Sources

We may receive information about you from:

• Public databases
• Marketing partners and affiliates
• Social media platforms

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

• Account Management: To create and manage your user accounts
• Communications: To send administrative information, marketing materials, and updates
• Service Delivery: To fulfill orders and deliver requested services
• Security: To protect our services and prevent fraud
• Improvements: To analyze usage patterns and improve our services
• Advertising: To deliver targeted advertisements
• Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and enforce our policies
• User Communication: To enable user-to-user communications where applicable

3. Information Sharing

We may share your information with the following parties:

• Service Providers: Vendors handling payments, hosting, customer service, and other business operations
• Business Partners: Trusted affiliates and partners who assist in providing our services
• Advertising Companies: For ad placement and targeted marketing
• Business Transfers: In connection with mergers, acquisitions, or asset sales
• Other Users: When you choose to make your profile or information public
• Offer Wall Providers: In mobile applications featuring third-party offers
• AI Providers: If you enable the optional AI features, message content you submit is transmitted directly to the AI provider you configured, under your own account with that provider

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. These help us:

• Remember your preferences and settings
• Understand how you use our services
• Improve user experience
• Deliver relevant advertisements

You can configure your browser settings to reject cookies or opt-out through aboutads.info/choices.

5. Third-Party Services

Google Maps Integration

Our service integrates Google Maps APIs. By using this feature, you consent to allow us to obtain or cache your location. You can revoke this consent at any time through your device settings.

Social Media Login

When you use third-party social authentication (Facebook, Google, etc.), we receive profile data from these platforms. We will use the information we receive only for the purposes described in this privacy policy.

AI Providers (optional, bring your own)

AndroidIRCX includes optional AI features. The app does not provide an AI model of its own and does not operate one on your behalf. If you choose to enable them, you supply your own API key for a third-party provider (such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or DeepSeek), or point the app at a model server running on your own network.

When you use these features, the text you send — which may include messages written by other people in a channel — is transmitted directly from your device to the provider you configured. We never receive, store or proxy that content. Its handling is governed by the agreement between you and that provider.

These features are off by default. Nothing is sent until you add a provider, give explicit consent in the app, and enable AI for the specific channel concerned. Before anything is transmitted, the app removes IP addresses, IRC hostmasks and e-mail addresses, and replaces nicknames with placeholders. You can withdraw consent at any time, and a master switch stops all AI activity immediately. If you use a model server on your own network, no data leaves your network at all.

Your API key is stored in your device's secure keychain and is excluded from backup exports.

Documentation the assistant reads

The optional in-app assistant can fetch a web page when you ask it something about how the app works, so that it answers from documentation rather than from memory. Only the page address is sent; none of your messages, credentials or personal data go with the request.

The app's own documentation on GitHub and the project's public knowledge base (mempalace-mcp.dbase.in.rs) are available from the start, and you can remove either. Any other site is refused until you allow it, either for one request or by adding it to a list you can review and edit in the app at any time. Addresses on private networks are never fetched at all. We do not receive, log or see any of these requests — they go from your device straight to the site.

The app also ships the project's knowledge base as an optional MCP server, switched off. It is read-only and run by the project. If you turn it on, the assistant sends it search queries about the app so it can look up the answer. Nothing you write in IRC is sent unless the assistant puts it into a query.

Monthly Supporter subscription and the supporters list

If you subscribe as a Monthly Supporter, Google Play handles the payment. We never see your card or payment details. Your device sends us the purchase token that Google issues, and we use it only to confirm with Google that the subscription is active.

You can choose to appear on the in-app supporters list. You decide what is shown: a display name of your choosing, or "Anonymous", together with the emoji you picked and, for Big Monthly Supporters, a short message. The list is shown to everyone who uses the app. We store only what you entered, the purchase token, and the subscription status Google reports. We do not link it to your Google account name, your e-mail address or your IRC identity.

Your entry disappears from the list automatically when the subscription ends. You can change it, or switch to "Anonymous", at any time in the app. We may hide an entry that is offensive. To have your entry deleted, contact us at the address below.

External Websites

Our service may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Maximum Retention: We will keep your information for no longer than 2 years past the termination of your account, except when we are legally required to retain it longer.

7. Security Measures

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please note that no electronic transmission or storage method is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Protection of Minors

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a user under 18 years of age, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

9. Your Privacy Rights

European Economic Area (EEA) Residents

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the following data protection rights:

• Access: Request access to your personal data
• Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service
• Object: Object to our processing of your personal data
• Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Account Management

You can update your account information directly through your account settings or by contacting us. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate it. Some information may be retained for fraud prevention and legal compliance.

Marketing Communications

You can opt-out of marketing emails by:

• Clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email
• Adjusting preferences in your account settings
• Contacting us directly

California Residents

Under California's "Shine The Light" law, residents may annually request disclosure of categories and recipients of shared personal information. Users under 18 residing in California may request removal of publicly posted data.

10. Do-Not-Track Signals

We do not currently respond to Do-Not-Track (DNT) browser signals, as no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized.

11. Policy Updates

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. We will communicate material changes through:

• Prominent notices on our website or app
• Direct notification to your registered email
• In-app notifications

The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.