This Privacy Notice for California Residents (the “Notice”) supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy and applies only if you reside in the State of California (i.e. if you are a “California Consumer”).
In the past twelve (12) months, Genies, Inc. (“Genies”, “we”, or “us”) has collected the following categories of Personal Information regarding California residents:
Genies obtains this Personal Information directly from users when they sign up for the Services, visit our website, and use our mobile app.
Genies may use the Personal Information we collect for one or more of the following “Business Purpose(s):”
Unless we update this Notice to reflect otherwise, we will not collect additional categories of Personal Information, nor use the Personal Information we collect for any other materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes.
Within the last 12 months Genies has disclosed your Personal Information as described in this Notice.
We may disclose your Personal Information to our Service Providers, Online Tool Providers, and advertising partners, each as described in our Privacy Policy. We may also disclose your Personal Information with Connected Services, as described in our Privacy Policy. And, as described in Section (b) above, we may also disclose your information for our Business Purposes, including as required by law enforcement and as necessary to comply with applicable law and court orders.
For purposes of this Notice “Sell,” “Selling,” “Sale,” or “Sold,” means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, Personal Information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration. We may Sell Personal Information, subject to your right to opt-out of those Sales, to the following categories of third parties: our advertising partners and affiliates.
In the past twelve (12) months, Genies has not Sold Personal Information about California Consumers.
“Verifiable Request” means that the identifying information provided by a California Consumer in connection with a request matches the personal information of the California Consumer already maintained by us or a third-party verification service. Identifying information you can submit in order to permit Genies to verify your request may include your name, email address, and a secure confirmation code that we provide to you via email.
If you are a California Consumer, you may request information about our collection, use, disclosure and Sale of your Personal Information over the past twelve (12) months, whether or not it was collected electronically. If you submit a Verifiable Request, we will disclose:
You also have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we collect or maintain by submitting a Verifiable Request. We may deny your deletion request if retaining your Personal Information is necessary for us or our Service Providers to:
If you choose to exercise a privacy right under the CCPA, you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment. However, as further described below, it may be a functional necessity for our Services to have Personal Information about you in order to provide all of the features of the Services to you, including your digital goods and virtual currency
You may submit a Verifiable Request for the information listed above, or exercise any of your rights enumerated under this Notice, by emailing us at CCPA@genies.com, or by completing a form on our website here.
After we receive your Verifiable Request, we will provide to you, in writing and free of charge (unless your request is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded), the requested information for the 12-month period preceding your request. We will try to respond to your verified request within forty-five (45) days of receipt, but if we require more time (up to another forty-five (45) days) we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. Please note that we are not required to comply with your request for information more than twice each year. If applicable, our response will explain the reasons why we cannot comply with your request.
If you are 16 years of age or older, you will have the right direct us to stop Selling your Personal Information to third parties at any time. You may opt-out here. However, if you change your mind, you may opt-in to Personal Information Sales at any time by sending an email to privacy@genies.com. We do not knowingly Sell Personal Information from California Consumers who are under 16 years of age. Consumers who opt-in to Personal Information Sales may opt-out of future Sales at any time.
Should you choose to exercise any of the rights enumerated under this Notice, we will not:
However, it may be a functional necessity for our Services to have Personal Information about you in order to provide all of the features of the Services to you. Specifically, if you ask for your Personal Information to be deleted, Genies may no longer be able to associate your digital goods or virtual currency with you, and you may lose all of your digital goods or virtual currency.