Breakroom is operated by The Social Experiment LLC, a Wyoming Limited Liability Company (“The Social Experiment LLC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

30 N Gould St Ste R, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States, 82801
[email protected]
+19045944427
[email protected]

2.1 Account Information

When you create a Breakroom account, we collect: your email address; your username (which may be a pseudonym); your date of birth; your password (stored in hashed form); and your state or country of residence (used to determine applicable privacy law and Cash Prize Program eligibility). If you register using Google Sign-In, we receive your name and email address from Google's authentication service. Our use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

2.2 Conversation Data

When you play Breakroom, we automatically collect the following from every gameplay session:

• Message Content. The full text of every message you send to a Pirate NPC and every response generated by the Pirate NPC.
• Classification Labels. Automated labels applied to each message and response using our proprietary tagging taxonomy. Labels may categorize your messages by conversational strategy (e.g., persuasion, deception, social engineering, emotional appeal, logical argument, roleplay, prompt injection, rule exploitation), by content type, by AI safety relevance (e.g., jailbreak attempt, alignment-testing, refusal bypass), by difficulty level, and by outcome.
• Interaction Metadata. Timestamps for each message, session start and end times, session duration, response latency, message count per session, message length, game mode (free play or Cash Prize Round), and game outcome (win, loss, or abandon).
• Game State Data. Your current level, cumulative win/loss record, Cash Prize Round history, active game mode, and progression history.

2.3 Technical Information

We automatically collect: device type and operating system; browser type and version; IP address (used for geolocation to determine applicable privacy law, Cash Prize Program jurisdiction eligibility, fraud detection, and security purposes; IP addresses are not included in commercial datasets and are hashed or discarded after processing); unique device identifiers (hashed); and referral source.

2.4 Information You Voluntarily Disclose in Conversations

During gameplay, you may voluntarily disclose personal information within your messages to Pirate NPCs. We do not solicit this information, and we strongly advise against sharing it (see Section 10 below). Any personal information you voluntarily include in your messages will be processed as part of your Conversation Data and will be subject to our anonymization and content filtering processes described in Sections 5 and 6 below.

2.5 X (Twitter) Account Data

If you choose to link your X (Twitter) account to Breakroom, we collect and store your X user ID and X handle (@username). We do not collect your X password, direct messages, follower lists, post history, or any other data from your X account. Your X user ID and handle are stored solely for the purpose of verifying your account link. Your X user ID and handle are never associated with your Conversation Data, never included in any dataset prepared for third-party sale, and never used to classify, tag, or enrich conversation records. If you disconnect your X account from Breakroom, we will delete your X user ID and handle within thirty (30) days. Our use of data received from the X API is subject to the X Developer Agreement.

2.6 Cash Prize and Payment Information

If you win a Cash Prize Round and elect to receive a payout, we collect: your payment information (e.g., PayPal account, bank account details, or other payment method); and, where required by law, your tax identification information (Social Security number or ITIN for U.S. residents) for IRS reporting purposes. Payment and tax information is used solely for prize disbursement and tax compliance and is not included in commercial datasets. Payment and tax information is encrypted at rest and in transit and is retained for the period required by applicable tax law (typically seven years for IRS reporting purposes).

2.7 Referral Activity Data

We track the following data related to your referral activity: which referral code or link you used to register (if any); referral bonuses earned and the accounts that triggered them; social media follow rewards claimed (recording only the platform and date of claim, not your social media profile data); and X account linking status and date. This data is used for fraud detection and platform analytics. It is not included in Conversation Data datasets sold to third parties.

2.8 API-Generated Data

Authorized API Clients access Breakroom's Pirate NPC models through the Breakroom API under separately executed Enterprise API Agreements. Conversation Data generated through the API is collected, classified, and labeled using the same tagging taxonomy applied to Consumer Game data. All API-generated data is tagged with a machine-origin flag distinguishing it from human-generated data and is maintained in a separate data pool. API-generated data may be included in commercial datasets sold to third parties, but only with clear labeling identifying it as machine-generated.

3.1 Account Information

We use your account information to: create and maintain your account; authenticate your identity; communicate with you about your account, game updates, and policy changes; determine applicable privacy law obligations based on your jurisdiction of residence; determine Cash Prize Program eligibility; and comply with legal obligations.

3.2 Conversation Data — Internal Uses

We use your Conversation Data to: operate, maintain, and improve Breakroom and the Pirate NPC experience; adjust game difficulty and balancing; train, test, and improve our own AI models and classification systems; develop and refine our tagging taxonomy; detect and enforce Prohibited Content policies; generate aggregate analytics about game performance and player interaction patterns; and conduct internal AI safety research.

3.3 Conversation Data — Commercial Uses

We use your Conversation Data for the following commercial purposes, which constitute the core business model of Breakroom:

• Anonymization and Packaging. We process Conversation Data through our anonymization pipeline (Section 5) to create anonymized datasets segmented by topic, strategy type, difficulty level, AI safety category, and other research-relevant dimensions.
• Sale and Licensing to Third Parties. We sell, license, or otherwise commercially transfer anonymized, labeled datasets to third parties including frontier AI laboratories, AI safety research organizations, academic institutions, and companies that develop, train, test, evaluate, fine-tune, or benchmark AI systems.
• Derivative Works. We create and commercialize derivative works from Conversation Data, including synthetic datasets, statistical analyses, benchmark suites, adversarial prompt libraries, AI safety evaluation frameworks, and aggregate research reports.

3.4 Technical Information

We use technical information for: platform security and fraud detection; Cash Prize Program jurisdiction verification; analytics to improve platform performance; and compliance with applicable law.

We may use masked session replay and ClickOps review tools for internal fraud, abuse, and product diagnostics on configured internal review routes. These tools are configured to mask page text by default and support reviewer investigation; they do not make automated prize, account, or gameplay decisions by themselves.

3.5 Payment and Tax Information

We use payment and tax information solely for: disbursing cash prizes to winners; issuing IRS Form 1099-MISC or other required tax documentation for prizes of $600 or more in a calendar year; and complying with applicable tax, financial reporting, and anti-money-laundering laws.

For users in jurisdictions that require a stated legal basis for data processing:

• Contract Performance. Processing of Account Information and Conversation Data necessary to provide the Breakroom game service, including the Cash Prize Program, is based on the performance of our contract with you (the Terms of Service).
• Consent. Processing of Conversation Data for commercial sale and licensing to third parties is based on your explicit consent, which you provide by agreeing to our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. You may withdraw consent for the sale of your data at any time by exercising your opt-out rights (Section 7).
• Legitimate Interests. Processing for platform security, fraud detection, Cash Prize Program integrity, and aggregate analytics is based on our legitimate interests, balanced against your rights and interests.
• Legal Obligation. Processing of payment and tax information for IRS reporting and financial compliance is based on legal obligation.

5.1 Anonymization Pipeline

Before any Conversation Data is included in a dataset prepared for third-party sale or license, we apply the following anonymization process:

• Direct Identifier Removal. We strip all direct personal identifiers from conversation records, including your username, account ID, email address, IP address, device identifiers, X user ID, X handle, and session identifiers that could be linked to your account.
• Named Entity Recognition and Scrubbing. We apply automated named entity recognition (NER) to identify and remove or replace references to real people, specific addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, financial account numbers, Social Security numbers, and other personal identifiers. Identified entities are replaced with generic placeholders (e.g., “[NAME],” “[LOCATION],” “[NUMBER]”).
• Sensitive Content Filtering. We apply automated classifiers designed to identify and flag messages containing information that could reveal health conditions, religious beliefs, political opinions, sexual orientation, gender identity, racial or ethnic origin, immigration status, or other categories of sensitive personal information.
• Stylometric Mitigation. We apply techniques designed to reduce the risk that your conversation data could be attributed to you through analysis of writing style, vocabulary, or linguistic patterns.
• Temporal and Contextual De-Linking. We remove or generalize timestamps, session ordering, and sequential conversation flow that could be used to correlate anonymized records with specific user accounts or sessions.
• Minimum Population Thresholds. For niche datasets segmented by narrow categories, we apply minimum population thresholds to ensure that each dataset category contains a sufficient number of distinct users to prevent re-identification.

5.2 Limitations of Anonymization

No anonymization process eliminates all re-identification risk. Despite our efforts, there is an inherent residual risk that sufficiently motivated parties with access to auxiliary data sources could potentially re-identify some users from conversation content, particularly if you disclosed highly specific personal information during gameplay. We continuously assess and update our anonymization techniques in light of evolving re-identification methodologies.

You can reduce your re-identification risk by following the guidance in Section 10 (User Responsibilities Regarding Sensitive Disclosures).

5.3 Contractual Protections Against Re-Identification

All third-party purchasers of anonymized Breakroom datasets are contractually required to: refrain from attempting to re-identify any individual from the data; refrain from combining the data with other data sources for the purpose of re-identification; maintain technical and organizational safeguards to prevent unauthorized access; notify us promptly if they discover that any record in the dataset may be linked to an identifiable individual; and delete or return all datasets upon termination of their license agreement.

5.4 Architectural Separation of Identity Data

Your X user ID, X handle, payment information, tax identification information, and referral relationship data are stored in systems that are architecturally separated from the Conversation Data processing pipeline. No process that touches Conversation Data has access to these identity data points. This separation is enforced at the database architecture level.

Before Conversation Data is included in datasets prepared for third-party sale, we apply automated content filtering to identify and exclude:

• Conversations containing Prohibited Content as defined in our Terms of Service;
• Conversations containing personal information about identifiable third parties;
• Conversations containing information classified as sensitive personal information under applicable law that has not been adequately anonymized;
• Conversations that our content moderation systems determine present an unacceptable risk of harm if included in AI training datasets, including conversations containing detailed instructions for illegal activity, self-harm content, and content that could contribute to the development of dangerous AI capabilities.

Conversations excluded from commercial datasets may still be retained for internal content moderation training and enforcement purposes.

7.1 Rights Available to All Users

Regardless of your state of residence, all Breakroom users may: access the categories of Conversation Data we have collected about them; request deletion of their Account Information and pre-anonymization Conversation Data; and opt out of the sale of their Conversation Data to third parties.

7.2 California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act:

• Right to Know. You may request disclosure of the categories of personal information collected, sources, business purposes, and specific pieces of personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Delete. You may request deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to the exceptions in Section 8.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing. You may opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. See Section 7.5.
• Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information. You may limit our use and disclosure of sensitive personal information. See Section 7.6.
• Right to Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights. You will retain full access to all game modes, levels, features, and the Cash Prize Program regardless of any privacy election.

We sell or share anonymized Conversation Data and associated classification labels to the following categories of third parties: frontier AI laboratories, AI safety research organizations, AI development companies, and academic research institutions.

7.3 Connecticut Residents

Effective July 1, 2026, Connecticut law requires us to disclose that we collect, use, and sell personal data for the purpose of training large language models. Sale of sensitive data requires your affirmative consent.

7.4 Residents of Other States with Privacy Laws

If you reside in Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Montana, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Iowa, Tennessee, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, or any other state with a comprehensive privacy law, you may have similar rights including: the right to access, correct, and delete your personal information; the right to opt out of the sale of personal data, targeted advertising, and profiling; the right to appeal our response to your privacy request; and the right to data portability.

7.5 How to Opt Out of the Sale of Your Data

You may opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information by:

• Clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link available on the Breakroom homepage, in-app navigation menu, and your account settings page;
• Enabling a Global Privacy Control ("GPC") signal or equivalent privacy preference signal in your browser or device settings, which we will detect and process as a valid opt-out request;
• Submitting a request by email to [email protected].

If you opt out, we will continue to collect your Conversation Data as necessary to operate the game, but will not include it in any dataset sold or licensed to third parties after the date of your opt-out. You retain full access to all game features and the Cash Prize Program. We will process your opt-out request within fifteen (15) business days.

7.6 How to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information

If you disclose sensitive personal information during gameplay, you may limit our use of that information by clicking the “Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information” link available on the Breakroom homepage, in-app navigation, and account settings.

7.7 Authorized Agents and Verification

You may designate an authorized agent to submit privacy requests on your behalf with proof of authorization. We will verify your identity before processing access, deletion, or other privacy requests. For requests submitted via GPC signal, no additional verification is required for opt-out requests.

8.1 What We Delete

Upon receiving a verified deletion request, we will:

• Delete your Account Information (username, email address, date of birth, hashed password) from our active systems within thirty (30) days;
• Delete your X user ID and handle, if linked, within thirty (30) days;
• Delete all pre-anonymization Conversation Data associated with your account from our active databases within thirty (30) days;
• Exclude your Conversation Data from any future datasets prepared for third-party sale or license;
• Direct our service providers to delete your personal information from their systems.

8.2 Limitations on Deletion

• Anonymized Data in Sold Datasets. Conversation Data that has been anonymized and incorporated into datasets already sold or licensed to third parties prior to your deletion request will not be recalled. Properly de-identified data is not personal information under CCPA §1798.145(a)(5).
• Anonymized Data in Internal Datasets. Conversation Data that has been anonymized and incorporated into internal datasets prior to your deletion request will be retained in anonymized form only.
• Derivative Works. Statistical models, aggregate analyses, classification improvements, synthetic datasets, and other derivative works will not be deleted, as these do not contain your personal information in identifiable form.
• Payment and Tax Records. Payment and tax information will be retained for the period required by applicable tax law (typically seven years), even after account deletion.
• Legal Retention. We may retain personal information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our Terms of Service, and detect and prevent fraud.

8.3 Timing

We will confirm completion of your deletion request within forty-five (45) days of receipt. If we require additional time (up to an additional forty-five days), we will notify you of the extension and the reason for the delay.

Breakroom is not directed to children under the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under eighteen. Because the primary purpose of data collection on Breakroom is commercial resale for AI training, we cannot rely on COPPA's integral-use exception for any data collected from users under thirteen (13).

If we discover that a user is under eighteen, we will: immediately suspend the account; delete all personal information and Conversation Data associated with the account; forfeit all pending cash prizes; exclude all Conversation Data from that account from datasets prepared for third-party sale; and instruct third-party purchasers who may have received datasets containing that user's data to delete any traceable records.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has used Breakroom, please contact us immediately at contact.breakroom.gg.

10.1 In-Game Reminder

At the start of each gameplay session, you will be presented with a brief reminder that your conversations are recorded and may be commercially distributed.

10.2 Categories of Information to Avoid

We strongly advise you not to share the following during gameplay:

• Your real name, home address, phone number, email address, or financial information;
• Health or medical information;
• Information about your religious beliefs, political opinions, sexual orientation, or gender identity;
• Information about your immigration status or criminal history;
• Personal information about real third parties;
• Trade secrets, confidential business information, or information subject to NDAs;
• Passwords or authentication credentials.

10.3 Our Filtering Is Not Perfect

Our anonymization and content filtering processes are designed to identify and handle sensitive disclosures, but no automated system achieves perfect accuracy. Some sensitive disclosures may not be detected and may be included in commercial datasets in anonymized form. We continuously work to improve filtering accuracy but cannot guarantee that all sensitive information will be identified and removed.

11.1 Account Information

We retain your Account Information for as long as your account is active and for30 days after account termination or deletion.

11.2 Pre-Anonymization Conversation Data

We retain identifiable Conversation Data linked to your account for as long as necessary to complete anonymization processing and classification labeling, which typically occurs within 30 days of collection. After anonymization is complete, identifiable Conversation Data is deleted from our active systems.

11.3 Anonymized Datasets

Anonymized, classified datasets may be retained indefinitely, as properly anonymized data is not subject to retention limitations under applicable privacy law.

11.4 Payment and Tax Information

Payment method details are retained for 30 days after the last prize disbursement. Tax identification information (SSN/ITIN) and IRS reporting records are retained for seven (7) years as required by applicable tax law.

11.5 X Account Data

X user ID and handle are retained for as long as the X account remains linked to Breakroom and deleted within thirty (30) days after unlinking or account termination.

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your personal information, including: encryption of data in transit (TLS 1.2 or higher) and at rest (AES-256); access controls limiting personnel access to personal information on a need-to-know basis; architectural separation of identity data from the Conversation Data processing pipeline; regular security assessments and penetration testing; incident response procedures for data breaches; and secure deletion procedures for data that is no longer needed.

No security measures are perfect, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. In the event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you and applicable regulatory authorities in accordance with applicable breach notification laws.

13.1 Who Purchases Our Datasets

We sell anonymized, labeled datasets to the following categories of third parties:

• Frontier AI laboratories that develop, train, and deploy large language models;
• AI safety research organizations conducting research on AI alignment, robustness, adversarial attacks, and safety evaluation;
• AI development companies that develop AI products and services;
• Academic research institutions studying human-AI interaction and natural language processing.

13.2 Contractual Requirements for Purchasers

All third-party purchasers of Breakroom datasets are bound by Data License Agreements that include: use restrictions limiting datasets to AI training, testing, evaluation, and research purposes; prohibition on re-identification attempts; prohibition on using datasets to develop AI systems for mass surveillance, discriminatory profiling, weapons development, or CSAM generation; deletion of all datasets upon license termination with written certification within thirty days; downstream transfer restrictions; audit rights; and breach remedies including immediate termination and mandatory data destruction for any re-identification attempt.

Breakroom offers a game where players can qualify for Cash Prize Rounds where they can win real money. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, we are required to disclose that this program may constitute a “financial incentive” related to the collection and sale of personal information.

Material Terms. By participating in Breakroom, you provide Conversation Data that we anonymize and sell to third parties. In exchange, you receive access to the Breakroom game, including the Cash Prize Program.

Right to Withdraw. You may withdraw at any time by opting out of the sale of your personal information (Section 7.5) and/or by deleting your account (Section 8). Opting out will not affect your ability to play the game or participate in the Cash Prize Program.

Good-Faith Estimate of Data Value. We estimate the value of the Conversation Data collected from an average player at approximately $$5 per year, based on average revenue from dataset sales divided by active player count.

The Social Experiment LLC is registered as a data broker in the following jurisdictions:

• California: Registered with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy). Registration No. +19045944427. We comply with the California Delete Act (SB 362) and its amendments (SB 361).
• Vermont: Registered with the Vermont Secretary of State. Registration No. +19045944427.
• Texas: Registered with the Texas Secretary of State pursuant to the Texas Data Broker Act.
• Oregon: Registered with the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation.

We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals and other universal opt-out preference signals recognized under applicable state law. When we detect a GPC signal from your browser, we will treat it as a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information associated with that browser. We do not respond to generic Do Not Track (DNT) browser signals, as there is no uniform industry standard for DNT compliance.

Breakroom is operated from the United States. If you access Breakroom from outside the United States, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email and by prominent notice within Breakroom at least thirty (30) days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of Breakroom after the effective date of an updated Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

For changes that materially expand the commercial use of your data, we may implement a re-consent flow requiring your affirmative acknowledgment. We will not apply materially expanded data use practices retroactively to previously collected data without your affirmative consent, consistent with FTC guidance.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise any privacy right, or have concerns about our data practices, please contact us:

Privacy Requests:
[email protected]

General Inquiries:
The Social Experiment LLC
30 N Gould St Ste R, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States, 82801
[email protected]
+19045944427

If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy request, you have the right to appeal by contacting us at [email protected]. California residents may file a complaint with the California Privacy Protection Agency. Residents of other states with comprehensive privacy laws may file a complaint with their state Attorney General's office.