Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 13, 2026
Funny Money ("the app," "we," "us") is a subscription app where subscribers write and vote on captions for trending YouTube Shorts entirely inside the app, competing for a monthly cash prize, and where creators can register their channel to earn a separate bonus. This page explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices.
Information We Collect
- Account information. When you sign in with Google, we receive your email address, display name, and a unique Google account identifier via Firebase Authentication.
- Subscription and payment information. If you subscribe, Stripe processes your payment details directly — we never see or store your full card number. We store your subscription status and a Stripe-assigned customer reference.
- Captions and votes. When you submit a caption for a Short or vote on someone else's caption, we store the caption text, which Short it's for, your account association, and vote records. This content lives entirely within the app — it's never posted to YouTube or any other platform, and entering or voting never requires watching, liking, commenting on, or subscribing to anything on YouTube itself.
- YouTube channel ownership. If you register as a creator, we request read-only access to your YouTube account to confirm which channel you own before paying a creator bonus. We store the resulting channel ID, channel name, and subscriber count. We never request or receive your Google password.
- Public YouTube content. For creators registered in the app, we read publicly available data from their channel via the YouTube Data API — video titles, links, view counts, and public comments — to rank Shorts by audience engagement for the creator bonus program. This never affects or determines the subscriber caption prize, which is decided entirely by in-app votes.
How We Use Information
- To operate your account and subscription
- To determine each month's winning caption submission based on in-app votes, and pay the subscriber who wrote it
- To pay a monthly bonus to the creator whose Short ranked highest by audience engagement
- To track Voter Interaction Points (votes cast for other subscribers' captions) and award an annual free-subscription-year prize to whoever casts the most
- To display a public, read-only "Featured Creators" list
Google User Data & the YouTube API
Funny Money's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We request only the minimum YouTube access needed — read-only channel identification (youtube.readonly) — and never request write access to your account.
Data Security
We apply the following safeguards to protect sensitive data, including the YouTube channel-ownership information described above:
- Encryption in transit. All communication between the app, our servers, and Google's or Stripe's APIs is encrypted with HTTPS/TLS. Sensitive data is never transmitted over an unencrypted connection.
- Encryption at rest. Account and channel-ownership data is stored in a managed, access-controlled database (hosted by Railway) that encrypts data at rest.
- No OAuth token storage. The YouTube access token used to verify channel ownership is used only for that one verification request and is never persisted — we store only the resulting channel ID and name, never the credential itself, and we never request or receive your Google password.
- Restricted access. Sensitive data is accessible only to the backend systems required to operate the app. It is never sold, never shared with advertisers, and never used for any purpose beyond what's described in this policy.
- Minimal retention. We request only the minimum YouTube scope needed and delete YouTube channel-ownership records, along with the rest of your account data, when you delete your account (see Data Retention & Deletion below).
Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with the service providers that operate the app on our behalf:
- Google Firebase — authentication
- Stripe — payment processing
- YouTube Data API (Google) — public video/comment data and channel-ownership verification
- Railway — database and server hosting
- Netlify — web hosting
Data Retention & Deletion
We retain account data for as long as your account is active. You can delete your account at any time, directly in the app or at funnymoney.live, using the "Delete account" option. Deleting your account schedules any active subscription to cancel at the end of your current billing period, and permanently deletes your account data — including your email, name, and YouTube channel-ownership records — once any prize or creator bonus still owed to you has been paid. If you sign back in before that happens, deletion is cancelled. You can also contact us at the email below to request deletion.
Children's Privacy
Funny Money is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Contact willwalton73@gmail.com.