This Privacy Policy describes how Geneverse Energy Inc. (“Geneverse”, “we”, “us” and “our”) collects, stores,uses and shares Personal Information from and about users of our mobile application (the “App”). By using our App, you agree to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy(“Policy”). If you disagree with anything in this Policy, please do not install or use the App.
This Policy applies only to Personal Information we collect in this App, and in email, text, and other electronic communications sent through or in connection with this App. This Policy does not apply to Persona Information we collect offline or on any other Geneverse apps or websites. In addition, this Policy does not apply to Personal Information you provide to or is collected by any third party. Our other websites and apps, and these other third parties have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to read before providing Personal Information on or through them.
This Policy may be amended or updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices with respect to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of Personal Information or changes in applicable law. We encourage you to read this Policy carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
You may also have certain rights regarding the Personal Information we collect from or about you. Specifically, California Residents and Virginia Residents may find information on their rights as consumers in the California Consumer Privacy Act and Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act sections below.
Our App is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not request or knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under the age of 13. If you are not 13 or older, you should not visit or use our App. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any Personal Information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [support@geneverse.com] or [dataservice@solarmanpv.com]
Sources of Personal Information: We collect or obtain Personal Information from and about you from the following sources:
We may also create Personal Information about you in certain circumstances, such as records of your interactions with us, and details of your past interactions with us. We may also combine Personal Information from any of our services, including where those information are collected from different devices.
When you download, register with, or use this App, we may ask you to provide information. This information includes:
Except for the information provided by you, in order to provide the App and services to you, it is necessary to us to use technology to automatically collect usage details(including traffic data, logs, communication data,the version of App, the information of App running,application information of your device, and the resources that you access and use on or through the App),device information(including the device’s model, unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, and mobile network or Wi-Fi information),operational information(including user feedback, images, user analytics),parameters of your plants.
When you use certain service or feature, we may need you to grant necessary system permissions. All system permissions we apply are subject to our System Permission Application And Usage Description. We recommend that you review the System Permission Application And Usage Description regularly.
We disclose Personal Information to Igen Tech Co., Ltd,with its office at at F4, No. 200, Linghu Avenue, Xinwu District, Wuxi City,China (which is entrusted by us to operate and host the App), for the operation of the App, or to provide services to you, in accordance with applicable law. In addition, we disclose your information to:
Because of the international nature of our business, we transfer Personal Information to third parties as noted in the section above, in connection with the purposes set out in this Policy. For this reason, we transfer Personal Information to other countries that may have different laws and data protection compliance requirements to those that apply in the country in which you are located, including Germany and China.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures(such as encryption,anonymization etc.) designed to protect your Personal Information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, unauthorised access, and other unlawful or unauthorised forms of processing, in accordance with applicable law.
Because the internet is an open system, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement all reasonable measures to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to us using the internet – any such transmission is at your own risk and you are responsible for ensuring that any Personal Information that you send to us are sent securely.
All use of our App or services are subject to our Terms of Service. We recommend that you review the Terms of Service regularly, in order to review any changes we might make from time to time.
We do not currently use your Personal Information for direct marketing.
When you use our App, we will typically place cookies onto your device, or read cookies already on your device, in accordance with applicable law. We use cookies to record information about your device, your browser and, in some cases, your preferences and browsing habits. We may collect Personal Information through cookies and similar technologies, in accordance with applicable laws.
Certain cookies may be stored on your device by third parties when you use our App. We have no control over these cookies or how the third parties use them. These cookies allow third parties to provide us with a service, for example, analytics about user behaviour.
Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools available as part of most commercial mobile devices, and in some instances blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Mobile devices offer different functionalities and options, so you may need to set them separately.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), we must disclose our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of the Personal Information of California Residents (“Consumers”). Consumers are also afforded additional rights with regard to the Personal Information we collect about them that include the rights of access, deletion, correction, and to be free from discrimination. This section of our Policy includes the disclosures required by the CCPA and the Consumer Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act section below describes the rights afforded to Consumers. We also describe the methods by which a Consumer may exercise these rights and some of the statutory exceptions that may apply.
We have collected and will collect the following general categories of Personal Information about Consumers:
We may use the categories of Personal Information described above for the following business or commercial purposes:
We have collected and will collect the following categories of sensitive Personal Information about Consumers:
We do not use or disclose sensitive Personal Information other than for the following business or commercial purposes:
We collect or obtain Personal Information(including Sensitive Personal Information) about you from the following sources:
We do not sell any Personal Information to third parties, as that term is defined in the CCPA. While we do not sell your Personal Information, we may disclose your Personal Information to third parties or use analytics tools, that result in the disclosure of your information to third parties for a commercial purpose may be subject to this opt out right. If you would like to opt out of sharing your Personal Information, you may submit a request by sending an e-mail to [support@geneverse.com] or [dataservice@solarmanpv.com].
In the preceding 12 months, we have not disclosed any Personal Information. We may disclose the following categories of Personal Information to the following categories of recipients:
| Categories of Recipients | Categories of Personal Information |
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| Igen Tech Co., Ltd,with its office at at F4, No. 200, Linghu Avenue, Xinwu District, Wuxi City,China, is a Service Provider entrusted by us to operate and host the App |
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| Vendors who may need access to your Personal Information to help us provide our services. |
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| Entities who provide us with communication contact services |
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| Legal, regulatory, governmental authorities, law enforcement, or court |
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| Accountants, auditors, consultants, lawyers and other outside professional advisors to Geneverse |
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| Any relevant third party acquirer(s) or successor(s) in title, in the event that we sell or transfer all or any relevant portion of our business or assets |
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We have disclosed your Personal Information, for the following business or commercial purposes:
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your Personal Information is processed for the minimum period necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. The criteria for determining the duration for which we will retain each category of Personal Information collected are as follows:
| (1) we will retain Personal Information in a form that permits identification only for as long as: |
| (a) we maintain an ongoing relationship with you (e.g., where you are a user of the App); or |
| (b) your Personal Information is necessary in connection with the lawful purposes set out in this Policy, (e.g., to maintain or service your account; to verify your information; or where we have a legal obligation to retain your Personal Information); |
| plus: |
| (2) the duration of: |
| (a) any applicable limitation period under applicable law (i.e., any period during which any person could bring a legal claim against us in connection with your Personal Information, or to which your Personal Information is relevant); and |
| (b) an additional two (2) month period following the end of such applicable limitation period (so that, if a person brings a claim at the end of the limitation period, we are still afforded a reasonable amount of time in which to identify any Personal Information that are relevant to that claim), |
| and: |
| (3) in addition, if any relevant legal claims are brought, we continue to process Personal Information for such additional periods as are necessary in connection with that claim. |
If you are a Consumer, the CCPA grants you the following rights regarding your Personal Information. Generally, in order to verify your requests to exercise your rights, we will compare the Personal Information we have about you to pieces of Personal Information we will request in the course of processing your request. The Personal Information required for verification may include your name, email address, or phone number. We will deliver a response to you within 45 days of receiving your verifiable consumer request. To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please follow the instructions described in this section.
Right to Know About Personal Information. Consumers have the right to submit a verifiable consumer request that we disclose the following in a readily useable format, covering the 12 month period preceding the verifiable consumer request:
In addition, verifiable consumer requests to know may be submitted through email at: support@geneverse.com or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information. Consumers have the right to request that we delete any Personal Information that we have collected from them. However, we are not required to comply with a request to delete where it is necessary for us to retain the Personal Information in order to:
In addition,verifiable consumer requests to delete may be also submitted through email at: support@geneverse.com or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
Right to Correct. Consumers have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information maintained about them, taking into account the nature of Personal Information and the nature of processing. However, we are not required to comply with a request to correct where we have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that a request is fraudulent or abusive, or if we have determined based on the totality of the circumstances, that the contested Personal Information held by us is more likely than not accurate and therefore does not require correction. In assessing the totality of the circumstances, we will consider: (a) the nature of the personal information; (b) how we obtained the contested information; and (c) documentation relating to the accuracy of the information, whether provided by you, by us, or another source.
We will accept and consider any documentation that you provide in connection with a request to correct. We may require you to provide documentation supporting a request to correct depending on: (a) the nature of the Personal Information at issue; (b) the nature of the documentation upon which we consider the Personal Information to be accurate (e.g., whether the documentation is from a trusted source or is otherwise verifiable); (c) the purpose for which we collect, maintain, or use the Personal Information (e.g., if the Personal Information is essential to the functioning of the application, we may require more documentation); and (d) the impact on you. We will only use such documentation provided for the purpose of correcting your Personal Information and to comply with our record-keeping obligations for consumer requests.
In addition,verifiable consumer requests to correct may be also submitted through email at: [support@geneverse.com]or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
Right to Opt-Out of Selling or Sharing Personal Information. Consumers have the right, at any time, to direct a business that shares or sells Personal Information about the consumer to third parties not to share or sell the consumer’s Personal Information. As described above, we share your Personal Information, as defined in the CCPA.
You may submit a request to opt-out of the sharing of your Personal Information below by through the following methods:
Right to Non-Discrimination. Consumers have the right to be free from discrimination when they exercise their Consumer rights under the CCPA, and should you exercise those rights we cannot:
Authorized Agent. Under the CCPA, you may appoint an authorized agent to submit requests to exercise your rights on your behalf. Should you choose to do so, for your and our protection, we will require your authorized agent to provide us with a signed permission demonstrating they are authorized to submit a request on your behalf. We note, should your authorized agent fail to submit proof that they have been authorized to act on your behalf, we will deny their request.
Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), we, the data Controller, must disclose our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of the Personal Data of Virginia Residents (“Virginia Consumers”). Virginia Consumers are also afforded additional rights with regard to the Personal Data we collect about them that include the rights of access, deletion, and correction. This section of our Policy directs you to the disclosures required by the VCDPA and describes the rights afforded to Virginia Consumers. We also describe the methods by which a Consumer may exercise these rights.
Consumer Requests: Under the VCPDA, we are a Controller of your Personal Data. If you are a Virginia Consumer, the VCDPA grants you the rights described below, regarding your Personal Data. If we are unable to authenticate your request using commercially reasonable efforts, we may request that you provide additional information, such as name, email address, phone number, or postal address, to authenticate your request. We will deliver a response to you within 45 days of receiving your verifiable consumer request.
Process to Appeal Declined Requests: If we decline to take action on your request, we will notify you within 45 days of receipt of your request. In the event we decline to take action on your request, you may submit an appeal within 30 days of receiving such notice. You may submit an appeal through email at: support@geneverse.com] or dataservice@solarmanpv.com. Within 30 days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, we will provide you with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which you may contact the Virginia Attorney General to submit a complaint.
To exercise your rights under the VCDPA, please follow the instructions described in this section.
Right to Access Personal Data: Consumers have the right to confirm whether or not we are processing their Personal Data and to access such personal data.
Verifiable consumer requests to confirm and access may be submitted through the mechanisms showed in Section (K) of this Policy, or through email at: [support@geneverse.com] or dataservice@solarmanpv.com .
Right to Correct Personal Data: Consumers have the right to correct inaccuracies in the consumer’s Personal Data, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and the purposes of the processing of the consumer’s Personal Data.
Verifiable consumer requests to correct may be submitted through the mechanisms showed in Section (K) of this Policy, or through email at: support@geneverse.com] or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
Right to Delete Personal Data: Consumers have the right to delete Personal Data provided by or obtained about the consumer.
Verifiable consumer requests to delete may be submitted through the mechanisms showed in Section (K) of this Policy, or through email at:[support@geneverse.com] or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
Right to Data Portability: Consumers have the right to obtain a copy of their Personal Data that the consumer previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows the consumer to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means.
Verifiable consumer requests for data portability may be submitted through the mechanisms showed in Section (K) of this Policy, or through email at: support@geneverse.com]or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
Right to Opt-Out: Virginia Consumers have the right to opt-out of the Processing of the Personal Data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of Personal Data, or (iii) profiling.
We do not currently use your Personal Information for targeted advertising,profiling or sale.If having any questions, verifiable consumer can state your requests through email at: support@geneverse.com or dataservice@solarmanpv.com
Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of Personal Information Geneverse shares with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates’ direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident, and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to [ support@geneverse.com ] or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
We do not currently conduct sales of Personal Information as defined by applicable law in Nevada.
If you have questions or concerns with respect to our Policy, you may contact us at support@geneverse.com or dataservice@solarmanpv.com.
“Controller” means the entity that decides how and why Personal Data are Processed. In many jurisdictions, the Controller has primary responsibility for complying with applicable data protection laws.
“Service Provider” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity that is organized or operated for the profit or financial benefit of its shareholders or other owners, that processes information on behalf of a business and to which the business discloses a consumer’s Personal Information for a business purpose pursuant to a written contract, provided that the contract prohibits the entity receiving the information from retaining, using, or disclosing the Personal Information for any other than for the specific purpose of performing the services specified in the contract for the business, or as otherwise permitted by this title, including retaining, using, or disclosing the personal information for a commercial purpose other than providing the services specified in the contract with the business.
“Personal Data” means any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person. "Personal data" does not include de-identified data or publicly available information.
“Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, the following if it identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could be reasonably linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household:
“Sensitive personal information” means:
(1) Personal information that reveals:
(2)
“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, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.