Privacy Policy

GENIUS MARKET is 100% committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy informs you about our online data collection and use. The terms of this policy apply to all GENIUS MARKET websites unless different terms are specified in a form or contract provided to you online or offline.

By using this site, you understand and agree to the terms of this policy. This site is owned by GENIUS MARKET and may be accessed in Mexico and abroad. For data protection purposes, GENIUS MARKET is the data controller and, unless otherwise stated, is also the data processor. Information collected may be retained and stored, processed, accessed and used in jurisdictions whose privacy laws may be different and less protective than those of your home jurisdiction.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

GENIUS MARKET collects certain types of information, such as the website that referred you to us, your IP address, browser type and language, and access times. We may also collect navigational information, including information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions taken in connection with the site.

We may combine your visitation and browsing information with the personal information you provide to us. You can always choose not to provide personal information, but if you wish, certain products and services may not be available to you.

 Personal information (e.g., your username and password, your name, mailing address, email address and phone number) is collected when you register. Additional personal information (e.g., your credit card number and billing address) is collected to process transactions or to provide services to you.

Sometimes limited demographic information, such as the industry you work in or your location, is collected and may be linked to your personal information.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

GENIUS MARKET collects and uses your personal information to operate and improve our sites, process your transactions, provide customer service, conduct research and analysis to improve our services and technologies, and display content customized to your interests and preferences.

We also use your personal information to communicate with you. We may send transaction-related communications, such as welcome letters, billing reminders, and purchase confirmations. We may also send you surveys or marketing emails to inform you about new services or other information that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive marketing emails, you may adjust your “Personal Information Preferences” as described below or follow the unsubscribe instructions included in each email communication.

Personal information collected by GENIUS MARKET may be stored and processed in Mexico or any other country in which GENIUS MARKET or its affiliates, subsidiaries, contractors or agents maintain facilities, and by using our sites or services, you consent to such transfer of information outside of your country.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your personal information within our corporate group, including with our subsidiaries and divisions, all of which may use your information for the purposes described in this document.

We may share your personal information with service providers who perform services on our behalf. For example, we may contract with other companies to handle payment processing, to provide data storage, to host websites, to fulfill orders and shipments, to assist in direct marketing, to perform audits, etc. These companies may only obtain personal information. Information they need to provide the service. They are required to keep the information confidential and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.

Information about our customers, including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition or sale of the company and/or its assets, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, in which personal information would be transferred as one of the company’s business assets.

We will notify you of such an occurrence as described in the “Changes to this Privacy Policy” section below.

We reserve the right to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, respond to claims, or protect the rights, property, or safety of our employees, customers, or the public.

 ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you would like to review or change the information you previously provided to us, you can access your information in the “My Account” section of the website. Our customer service department can also assist you in making changes, as well as exercising your right to have your personal information deleted.  If you need additional assistance, please contact us at help@genius-market.net

 You can expect a response from us within ten (10) calendar days. Please note that you cannot change your username without re-registering to change your email address to GENIUS MARKET email.

PERSONAL INFORMATION PREFERENCES

GENIUS MARKET respects your right to make choices about the use and disclosure of your personal information. If at any time you decide that you do not wish to receive marketing emails from us, please let us know by: (1) by checking or unchecking the appropriate box on your online registration form or on the “My Profile” page of the website; (2) by putting in contact with Customer Service; or (3) by sending an e-mail to help@genius-market.net, (4) change the e-mail address.

 If you choose not to receive marketing emails, please note that you may still receive transactional or account emails (e.g., purchase confirmations and statements).

USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

GENIUS MARKET uses cookies to enable you to sign in to our services and to help personalize and enhance your online experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard drive or device. Cookies contain information, including personal information, which can then be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. The information collected by cookies includes the date and time of your visit, your registration information, and your browsing and shopping history.

COOKIES OFFER YOU MANY CONVENIENCES:

They allow us to identify registered users when they return to the site so they can retrieve previous image search results, access Lightboxes and shopping carts, and view their previous invoices.

Cookies save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

Cookies allow us to deliver personalized content to you, including search results and targeted advertising.

Cookies help protect your security by verifying your login information and can help prevent fraud.

Cookies remember your preferences when you use the site.

Cookies also identify individual customers in case the customer desires assistance from a live, online customer service representative.

We strive to make this site easy to use and relevant. Our goal is to provide you with more personalized products and/or services.

For this purpose, GENIUS MARKET also works with external partners, who use cookies on our site to:

Measure and analyze aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our users on our website. The information collected may include, but is not limited to, the following: the user’s browser activity when the user is visiting the site, the users’ site path, general information about the visitor’s Internet service provider and host, and the time at which users arrive at the site.

 Remember our users’ previous service search and dynamically show them more relevant content.

Record user behavior on our site, such as pages visited, emails clicked, and forms completed, and services purchased to create personalized ads and communications that better suit your needs.

Evaluate traffic and user behavior on the site to compile activity reports for our internal use only.

Conduct research and diagnostics to improve our services.

Identify users who come to the site through a referral from an affiliated website or sponsored link.

This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by GENIUS MARKET only, and does not cover the use of cookies by third parties. For more information about Internet advertising companies, including how to opt-out of their information collection, please visit www.networkadvertising.org.

In addition to cookies, we may use other technologies, including single-pixel gifs (also known as web beacons) on our websites and in promotional emails or newsletters. These tiny electronic images help us determine how many users have visited certain pages or opened messages or newsletters. We do not use these single-pixel gifs to collect personal information.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies.

Please note that the site is optimally designed to work with cookies enabled in your Internet browser. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of our sites and services that rely on cookies. This may adversely affect your experience on the website.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to help protect your personal information. For example, when you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 If a password is used to protect your account and personal information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential.

E-MAIL REFERRALS

If you choose to use our e-mail referral services to tell a friend about our services, we will ask you for your friend’s name and e-mail address. We will use that information to send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site and review the service you have selected. We may use a third-party vendor to administer this feature, but that third-party vendor may only use the information submitted to facilitate this one-time email. Neither GENIUS MARKET nor any third-party provider stores this information after the e-mail is sent.

INFANCY

We do not intend to solicit or collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, you should not use or enter information on this site.

LINKS

We may link to websites, including those of our third party content providers, which have privacy policies and practices different from those disclosed here. We assume no responsibility for the policies or practices of such linked sites and recommend that you familiarize yourself with them before using them.

DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION (DMA)

If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, you should first contact GENIUS MARKET (using the Contact Information on our Contact Us page). If you do not receive an acknowledgment of receipt of your inquiry, or if your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact the Direct Marketing Association by email to GENIUS MARKET at help@genius-market.net

 CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change the terms of this privacy policy at any time. When we make changes, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of the policy. If there are material changes to this statement or in how GENIUS MARKET will use your personal information, we will notify you by posting a notice of such changes here or on our home page, or by sending you an e-mail. We encourage you to review this policy each time you visit one of our sites.