Last updated: 31 July 2025.
Midnight Foundation (“Midnight”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a company registered in the Cayman Islands with its registered address at Harneys Fiduciary (Cayman) Limited, 4th Floor, Harbour Place, P.O. Box 10240, Grand Cayman KY1-1002, Cayman Islands.
This Website and Portal Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to all personal data collected through any website managed by Midnight, including but not limited to https://midnight.gd and https://midnight.foundation, the NIGHT Portal, and in connection with any services we provide to you (collectively, the “Website”). For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal data” has the meaning given to this phrase (or similar phrases such as ‘personal information’ or ‘personally identifiable information’) under the relevant data protection law applicable to us when we process your personal data.
In this Privacy Policy, we describe how we collect, use, store and share your personal data and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this Privacy Policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue access and use of our Website.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal data with us.
In addition, if you reside in any of the following countries, please note the following:
1. Collection of Personal Data
Midnight collects the following types of personal data:
Information you provide:
Information we receive from third parties:
2. Use of Personal Data
Midnight uses your personal data for the following purposes.
Processing Purpose
To allow you to participate in the features of the Website such as the airdrops of the NIGHT tokens, when you choose to do so and provide us with blockchain related information (please see the Token End-User Terms and NIGHT White Paper for further details on the airdrop services).
Categories of Personal Data
Blockchain personal data; sanctions or token data.
Processing Purpose
To provide you with support, updates and/or information about our services on the Website and/or marketing and promotional content which we think may be of interest to you.
Categories of Personal Data
Contact data; chat data.
Processing Purpose
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Website, monitor usage of the Website, and detect prevent and address technical issues.
Categories of Personal Data
Cookies data; usage data.
Processing Purpose
To comply with legal obligations, protect and defend our rights or property, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website, and to protect our interests.
Categories of Personal Data
Blockchain personal data; contact data; chat data; cookies data; usage data; sanctions or token data.
To the extent that you are based in the EEA or the UK, please refer to the EEA/UK Addendum for details on the legal bases we rely on for such processing.
3. Retention of Personal Data
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will also retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your personal data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain certain cookies and usage data for internal analysis purposes. Such data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security of, or to improve the functionality of the Website, or we are legally obligated to retain such data for longer time periods.
Midnight will disclose your personal data as necessary, or as required or permitted by applicable laws to the following categories of recipients:
5. Security of Personal Data
We use reasonable technical and organisational methods to safeguard your information.
You acknowledge that data transmissions over the internet are not 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that is transferred from you or to you via the internet. As such, any information you transfer to us is done at your own risk.
6. Links To Other Websites
The Website may contain links to other websites, products or services that are not operated by Midnight. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. You’re advised to review the privacy policy of each third-party site you decide to visit.
Midnight has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party website, product or service.
7. Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will inform you of changes, as required under applicable laws and we will post the updated “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
8. Data Controller and Data Privacy Contact
Midnight TGE Ltd. is the controller of your personal data processed under this Privacy Policy.
You can reach out to our legal team at legal@midnight.foundation for any questions related to this Privacy Policy. If you reside in the EEA or the UK, please also refer to the EEA/UK Addendum for further details.
EEA/UK Addendum
If you reside in the EEA or the UK, Midnight TGE Ltd. is the controller of your personal data processed under this Privacy Policy.
This EEA/UK Addendum complements the Privacy Policy and addresses specific requirements under EEA and UK privacy laws.
1. EEA and UK Representatives
If you reside in the EEA: Our representative in the EEA is European Data Protection Officer (“EDPO”). You can contact EDPO for any queries relating to this Privacy Policy and/or our processing of your personal data, by:
using EDPO’s online request form, available here; or writing to EDPO at Avenue Huart Hamoir 71, 1030 Brussels, Belgium.
If you reside in the UK: Our representative in the UK is EDPO UK Ltd (“EDPO UK”). You can contact EDPO for any queries relating to this Privacy Policy or our processing of your personal data, by:
using EDPO UK’s online request form, available here; or writing to EDPO UK at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BY, United Kingdom.
2. Use of personal data and legal bases
Midnight uses your personal data for the purposes, and in reliance on, the legal bases listed in the table below.
Processing Purpose
To allow you to participate in the features of the Website such as the airdrops of the NIGHT tokens, when you choose to do so and provide us with blockchain related information (please see the Token End-User Terms and the NIGHT White Paper for further details on the airdrop services).
Categories of Personal Data
Blockchain personal data; sanctions or token data.
Legal Bases
Contractual necessity, in order for us to perform our obligations under any contract with you, such as the Website Terms of Use, and/or the Token End-User Terms, or to comply with our legal obligations.
Processing Purpose
To provide you with support, updates and/or information about our services on the Website and/or marketing and promotional content which we think may be of interest to you.
Categories of Personal Data
Contact data; chat data.
Legal Bases
Your consent when you opt-in to receive such communications by providing your contact data.
For our legitimate interests of providing our customers with support in the case of chat data.
Processing Purpose
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Website, monitor usage of the Website, and detect prevent and address technical issues.
Categories of Personal Data
Cookies data; usage data.
Legal Bases
Your consent for processing of cookies data, where required for non-essential cookies.
For our legitimate interests of maintaining our relationship with you and ensuring efficient and successful management of our Website and efficient performance or management of our relationship with you, where your consent is not required (i.e., when we use essential cookies).
Processing Purpose
To comply with legal obligations, protect and defend our rights or property, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website, and to protect our interests.
Categories of Personal Data
Blockchain personal data; contact data; chat data; cookies data; usage data; sanctions or token data.
Legal Bases
To comply with our legal obligations or in our legitimate interests to maintain a secure and successful business.
3. Transfer of Personal Data
We are based in the British Virgin Islands, therefore we operate our services, collect and process your personal data from the British Virgin Islands. In addition, when we engage with third parties, we may onward transfer and/or process your personal data outside the EEA and the UK, to jurisdictions where data protection laws may differ. For additional information on how we handle transfers of personal data, please contact us by using the contact details in the “Data Privacy Contact” section of the Privacy Policy.
4. Your Rights
You have certain data protection rights under EEA and UK privacy laws:
If you want to exercise your rights or if you have complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us via email at legal@midnight.foundation, or our EEA or UK representatives at the details provided above. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
If you think we have infringed data protection laws, you can file a claim with the data protection supervisory authority in the EEA country in which you are based in or where you think we have infringed data protection laws, or with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, as applicable to you.
US Addendum
This US Addendum complements the Privacy Policy and addresses specific requirements under: (i) the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and (ii) other US state privacy laws, where applicable.
A. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
This section applies to you only if you are a California resident. For purposes of this section, references to “personal data” shall include “sensitive personal data”, as these terms are defined under the CCPA.
In the preceding 12 months, we collected and (where indicated below) disclosed for a business purpose the following categories of personal data about California residents:
Identifiers: such as contact data, IP address and where applicable, chat data.
Commercial information: such as blockchain personal data, sanctions or token data, chat data where applicable, and related personal data you choose to share with us.
Internet or other similar network activity: such as cookies data, usage data, and other personal data that we collect automatically when you use the Website.
Inferences drawn from other personal data: using the other pieces of personal data collected about you, we may draw inferences about you, reflecting what we believe to be your preferences, characteristics, predispositions, and attitudes.
The categories of sources from which we collect your personal data are described in Section 1 of this Privacy Policy: “Collection of Personal Data.” The specific business or commercial purposes for which we collect your personal data are described in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy: “Use of Personal Data”. The criteria we use to determine how long to retain your personal data is described in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy: “Retention of Personal Data.” We disclosed personal data over the preceding 12 months for the business or commercial purposes described in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy with the categories of third parties listed in Section 4 of this Privacy Policy: “Disclosure of Personal Data.”
2. Selling and/or Sharing of Personal Data
We do not “sell” or “share” (as those terms are defined under the CCPA) personal data, nor have we done so in the preceding 12 months. Further, we do not have actual knowledge that we “sell” or “share” personal data of residents under 16 years of age.
3. Your California Privacy Rights
As a California resident, you may make the following requests in relation to personal data that we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions:
You may exercise any of these rights by sending us an email at legal@midnight.foundation and including “California Privacy Rights Request” in the subject line. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing a substantive response to your request. The verification steps may vary depending on the sensitivity of the personal data.
If you are a California resident, you may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney document, an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.
B. RESIDENTS OF OTHER US STATES
If you are a California resident, please see the section above, California Residents, for information on your rights in relation to personal data that we have collected about you. If you are a resident of another US state, including but not limited to, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Oregon, Texas, Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska or Michigan, depending on the state you live in, you may make the following requests in relation to personal data that we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions:
You may exercise any of these rights by sending us an email at legal@midnight.foundation, including “US Privacy Rights Request” in the subject line, and providing us with your state of residence. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing a substantive response to your request. The verification steps may vary depending on the sensitivity of the personal data.
Depending on your state of residence, you may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney document, an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.
In addition, if you are not satisfied with the outcome of your request you may appeal our decision by sending us an email at legal@midnight.foundation, and including “Privacy Rights Appeal” in the subject line. When you submit a request or launch an appeal, we will limit our collection of your personal data to only what is necessary to securely fulfil your request or process your appeal. We will not require you or your authorized agent to pay a fee for the verification of your request or appeal.
Japan Addendum
If you reside in Japan, your personal data will be handled in accordance with the following rules in addition to the rules set forth in this Privacy Policy.
This Japan Addendum complements the Privacy Policy and addresses specific requirements under Japanese data protection law (the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003, as amended), “APPI”).
1. Controller of Personal Data
Any personal data provided to, or gathered by, Midnight is controlled primarily by Midnight TGE Ltd., located at Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG, 1110, BVI.
2. Sharing of Personal Data
Midnight will not provide personal data to third parties, excluding data processors who process on our behalf and on our instructions, without obtaining your prior consent, except otherwise permitted by the applicable law.
3. International Transfer of Personal Data
We are based in the British Virgin Islands, therefore we operate our services, collect and process your personal data from the British Virgin Islands. In addition, when we engage with third parties, we may onward transfer and/or process your personal data outside of Japan, to jurisdictions where data protection laws may differ. For additional information on how we handle transfers of personal data, please contact us by using the contact details in the “Data Privacy Contact” section of the Privacy Policy.
4. Your Rights
If you are located in Japan, you have certain data protection rights:
If you have requests, complaints, and inquiries regarding personal data and the confidentiality of communications pursuant to APPI, please send an email to legal@midnight.foundation.