Important Privacy Information

When you access our website we automatically collect from your device cookies, IP address, information about your interactions with the Website, technical information about your device, such as browser type, device type and model, system language, memory, OS version, time stamp and zone, etc. We need this data to provide our services, analyze how our customers use the website.

For improving the website and serving ads, we use third party solutions. As a result, we may process data using solutions developed by Ascend, Google, Wix. Therefore, some of the data is stored and processed on the servers of such third parties. This enables us to analyze different interactions (how often users use the Website, what pages our users viewed).

We may ask you to provide your email if you wish to receive updates in our blog and news about our company. We will use this data to send emails to you. You also may send a message to our editors, for this purpose you will be asked to indicate your name.

Please read our Privacy Policy below to know more about what we do with data (Section 3), what data privacy rights are available to you (Section 6) and who will be the data controller (Section 1). If any questions will remain unanswered, please contact us at genesis.blog@gen.tech.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data is collected when you use the website located at: https://www.gen.tech/ (the “Website”), the services and products provided through it, how such personal data will be processed.

BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU PROMISE US THAT (I) YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, AND (II) YOU ARE OVER 16 YEARS OF AGE (OR HAVE HAD YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN READ AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR YOU). If you do not agree, or are unable to make this promise, you must not use the Website. In such case, you must (a) contact us and request deletion of your data; (b) leave the Website and not access or use it.

Any translation from English version is provided for your convenience only. In the event of any difference in meaning or interpretation between the English language version of this Privacy Policy available at https://www.gen.tech/privacy-policy-en/, and any translation, the English language version will prevail. The original English text shall be the sole legally binding version.

“GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

“EEA” includes all current member states to the European Union and the European Free Trade Association. For the purpose of this policy EEA shall include the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

“Process”, in respect of personal data, includes to collect, store, and disclose to others.

Table of Contents

1. Personal Data Controller

Global IT-company Genesis will be the controller of your personal data.

2. Categories or Personal Data We Collect

We collect data you give us voluntarily (for example, name and email address). We also may receive data about you from third parties (for example, when you sign in via Facebook). We also collect data automatically (for example, сookies, your IP address, information about your interactions with the Website, technical information about your device).

2.1. Data you give us

We may ask you to provide your email if you wish to receive updates in our blog and news about our company. You also may send a message to our editors, for this purpose you will be asked to indicate your name. We will use this data to send emails to you.

2.2. Data we collect automatically:

2.2.1. Data about how you found us

We collect data about your referring app or URL (that is, the app or place on the Web where you were when you tapped/clicked on our ad).

2.2.2. Device and Location data

We collect data from your mobile device. Examples of such data include: language settings, IP address, time zone, type and model of a device, device settings, operating system, Internet service provider, mobile carrier, hardware ID.

2.2.3. Usage data

We record how you interact with our Website. For example, we log what pages you have viewed, the features and content you interact with, how often you use the Website, how long you are on the Website.

2.2.4. Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can be either session cookies or persistent cookies. A session cookie expires when you close your browser and is used to make it easier for you to navigate our Website. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. We also use tracking pixels that set cookies to assist with delivering online advertising.

Cookies are used, in particular, to automatically recognize you the next time you visit our website. As a result, the information, which you have earlier entered in certain fields on the website may automatically appear the next time when you use our Website. Cookie data will be stored on your device and most of the times only for a limited time period.

3. For What Purposes We Process Your Personal Data

We process your personal data:

3.1. To provide our services

This includes enabling you to use the Website in a seamless manner and preventing or addressing Website errors or technical issues.

To host personal data and enable our Website to operate and be distributed we use Wix Web Hosting, which is a hosting service provided by Wix. Learn more about Wix’s approach to data from its Privacy Policy.

3.2. To provide you with customer support

We process your personal data to respond to your requests for technical support, service information or to any other communication you initiate. For this purpose, we may send you, for example, notifications or emails about, the performance of our Website, security, notices regarding our Terms and Conditions of Use or this Privacy Policy.

3.3. To communicate with you regarding your use of our Website

On the Website we provide you with an opportunity to share your impressions of using the Website or to propose a topic for the blog. It allows us to improve our Website and make it more interesting for you. For this purpose, you will be asked to indicate your name.

To receive your messages, we use Wix Forms, which is a service for the creation of forms to collect the information from our Website’s visitors. Learn more about Wix’s approach to data from its Privacy Policy.

3.4. To research and analyze your use of the Website

This helps us to better understand our business, analyze our operations, maintain, improve, innovate, plan, design, and develop the Website. We also use such data for statistical analysis purposes. This enables us to better understand what categories of users use our Website. As a consequence, we often decide how to improve the Website based on the results obtained from this processing.

To analyse how visitors use our Website and to measure effectiveness of some ads we use Google Analytics, a web analysis program of Google. In order to provide us with analytics, Google Analytics places cookies on your device. On Google Analytics we get, in particular, aggregated information on the data you enter on our Website and users’ interactions within the Website. Google allows you to influence the collection and processing of information generated by the Google, in particular, by installing a browser plug-in, available here. You can read more about how Google uses information here.

3.5. To send you marketing communications

We process your personal data for our marketing campaigns. As a result, you will receive news about our company, information about our products, or new features available on the Website. We may send you emails for marketing purposes. If you do not want to receive marketing emails from us, you can unsubscribe following instructions in the footer of the marketing emails.

To collect and store your email we use Wix Forms provided by Wix and Ascend Data Automation Cloud. Learn more about Wix’s approach to data from its Privacy Policy. Learn more about how Ascend processes personal data in its Privacy Policy.

3.6. To personalize our ads

We and our partners use your personal data to tailor ads and possibly even show them to you at the relevant time. For example, if you visited our Website, you might see ads of our products in your Facebook’s feed.

How to opt out or influence personalized advertising

iOS: On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising and deselect Personalized Ads.

Android: To opt-out of ads on an Android device, go to Settings > Privacy > Ads and enable Opt out of Ads personalization. In addition, you can reset your advertising identifier in the same section (this also may help you to see less of personalized ads). To learn even more about how to affect advertising choices on various devices, please look at the information available here.

macOS: On your MacBook, you can disable personalized ads: go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, select Apple Advertising, and deselect Personalized Ads.

Windows: On your laptop running Windows 10, you shall select Start > Settings > Privacy and then turn off the setting for Let apps use advertising ID to make ads more interesting to you based on your app activity. If you have other Windows version, please follow the steps here.

To learn even more about how to affect advertising choices on various devices, please look at the information available here.

In addition, you may get useful information and opt out of some interest-based advertising, by visiting the following links:

Network Advertising Initiative – http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
Digital Advertising Alliance – http://optout.aboutads.info/
Digital Advertising Alliance (Канада) – http://youradchoices.ca/choices
Digital Advertising Alliance (ЄС) – http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
DAA AppChoices – http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices

Browsers: It is also may be possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser’s cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. The following links may be helpful, or you can use the “Help” option in your browser.

Google allows its users to opt out of Google’s personalized ads and to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics.

We value your right to influence the ads that you see, thus we are letting you know what service providers we use for this purpose and how some of them allow you to control your ad preferences.

3.7. To enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use and to prevent and combat fraud

We use personal data to enforce our agreements and contractual commitments, to detect, prevent, and combat fraud. As a result of such processing, we may share your information with others, including law enforcement agencies (in particular, if a dispute arises in connection with our Terms and Conditions of Use).

3.8. To comply with legal obligations

We may process, use, or share your data when the law requires it, in particular, if a law enforcement agency requests your data by available legal means.

4. Under What Legal Bases We Process Your Personal Data

In this section, we are letting you know what legal basis we use for each particular purpose of processing. For more information on a particular purpose, please refer to Section 3. This section applies only to EEA-based users.

We process your personal data under the following legal bases:

4.1. your consent;

Under this legal basis we:

Collect cookie files from your device and process them
Send you marketing communications

4.2. to perform our contract with you;

Under this legal basis we:

Provide our services (in accordance with our Terms and Conditions of Use)
Customize your experience
Provide you with customer support
Communicate with you regarding your use of our Website

4.3. for our (or others') legitimate interests, unless those interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms that require protection of personal data;

We rely on legitimate interests:

to research and analyze your use of the Website
Our legitimate interest for this purpose is our interest in improving our Website so that we understand users’ preferences and are able to provide you with a better experience (for example, to make the use of the Website easier and more enjoyable, or to introduce and test new features).
to send you marketing communications
The legitimate interest we rely on for this processing is our interest to promote our Website in a measured and appropriate way.
to personalize our ads
The legitimate interest we rely on for this processing is our interest to promote our Website in a reasonably targeted way.
to enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use and to prevent and combat fraud
Our legitimate interests for this purpose are enforcing our legal rights, preventing and addressing fraud and unauthorised use of the Website, non-compliance with our Terms and Conditions of Use.

4.4. to comply with legal obligations.

5. With Whom We Share Your Personal Data

We share information with third parties that help us operate, provide, improve, integrate, customize, support, and market our Website. We may share some sets of personal data, in particular, for purposes and with parties indicated in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy. The types of third parties we share information with include, in particular:

5.1. Service providers

We share personal data with third parties that we hire to provide services or perform business functions on our behalf, based on our instructions. We may share your personal information with the following types of service providers:

cloud storage providers (Wix , Ascend);
data analytics providers (Google);
communication service providers;
marketing partners (in particular, social media networks, marketing agencies)

5.2. Law enforcement agencies and other public authorities

We may use and disclose personal data to enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use, to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others, and to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, or in other cases provided for by law.

5.3. Third parties as part of a merger or acquisition

As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customers’ information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also share such information with any affiliated entity (e.g. parent company or subsidiary) and may transfer such information in the course of a corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.

6. How You Can Exercise Your Privacy Rights

To be in control of your personal data, you have the following rights:

Accessing / reviewing / updating / correcting your personal data. You may review, edit, or change the personal data that you had previously provided on the Website.

Deleting your personal data. You can request erasure of your personal data as permitted by law.

When you request deletion of your personal data, we will use reasonable efforts to honor your request. In some cases, we may be legally required to keep some of the data for a certain time; in such event, we will fulfill your request after we have complied with our obligations.

Objecting to or restricting the use of your personal data. You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or limit our use thereof.

Additional information for EEA-based users:

If you are based in the EEA, you have the following rights in addition to the above:

The right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority. We would love you to contact us directly, so we could address your concerns. Nevertheless, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State where you reside, work or where the alleged infringement has taken place.

The right to data portability. If you wish to receive your personal data in a machine-readable format, you can send respective request to us as described below.

To exercise any of your privacy rights, please send a request to genesis.blog@gen.tech.

7. Age Limitation

We do not knowingly process personal data from persons under 16 years of age. If you learn that anyone younger than 16 has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

8. International Data Transfers

We may transfer personal data to countries other than the country in which the data was originally collected in order to provide the services set forth in the Terms and Conditions of Use and for purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy. If these countries do not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information, we deploy special safeguards.

In particular, if we transfer personal data originating from the EEA to countries with not adequate level of data protection, we use one of the following legal bases: (i) Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission (details available here), or (ii) the European Commission adequacy decisions about certain countries (details available here).

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to make material changes to this Privacy Policy, you will be notified by available means such as email and will have an opportunity to review the revised Privacy Policy. By continuing to access or use the Website after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

10. Data Retention

We will store your personal data for as long as it is reasonably necessary for achieving the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy (including providing the services to you). We will also retain and use your personal data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

11. How "Do Not Track" Requests Are Handled

Except as otherwise stipulated in this Privacy Policy, this Website does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

12. Contact Us

You may contact us at any time for details regarding this Privacy Policy and its previous versions. For any questions concerning your account or your personal data please contact us at genesis.blog@gen.tech.

Last Updated: August 23, 2022