Privacy Policy

Last Updated 10/31/23.

This Privacy Policy describes how Genesis Farms may collect, use and disclose information you provide when using the website genesisfarmscannabis.com and any related subsites, sub-domains, features and/or content associated therewith (collectively, the "Site"), and related services (together, the “Service”), including your personal information. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, the terms "We," "Us" and “Our" refer to Genesis Farms and "you" refers to you, as a user of Our Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data (personal information) means any information about a person from which that person can be identified. This does not include anonymous data where the identity is removed. 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data and information about you, which is dependent on how you interact with us through use of Our Service. This includes information directly provided by you, automated data collection, and third-party data sources. We will ask for your consent before using your information in any manner and for any purpose other than as described in this Privacy Policy.

You may provide Us with personally identifiable information through Our Service. This personal data includes, but is not limited to: 

  • Identifying data includes first name, last name, and South Dakota medical cannabis ID number;

  • Contact data includes email address, phone numbers, billing and shipping address;

  • Technical data includes Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type and version, operating system and platform used to access the Service, and geolocation data dependent on your device and app settings, which is anonymous;

  • Profile data includes your age, preferences, interests, product reviews, comments on editorial content, and information shared via social media;

  • Usage data includes information about how you use our Service; 

  • Transaction information includes item identity, quantity, size, purchase date, and purchase price;

  • Marketing and communications data includes preferences in receiving email or text marketing messages from us 

You are free to choose whether or not to submit your personal information, such as your name, phone number, email address, or other information that can be used to contact you or engage in any Service. Most of our Site can be accessed without such personal information. When you submit information to Our Site through a contact form, we collect the data requested in order to track and respond to your submissions. 

We share all of this information with Squarespace, our website hosting and email marketing provider, so they can provide website services to us and send these emails to you on our behalf.

HOW YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED

We use various methods to collect data about you through:

  • Direct interactions: includes Identifying and Contact data by filling in forms; complete an online purchase; provide us feedback), creating an Account with Our Service or corresponding through email, phone, mail or otherwise. This includes data provided when you subscribe to Our Service; request marketing notifications to be sent to you; register with Our medical cannabis dispensaries; provide us feedback.

  • Indirect or automated interactions: we may collect information about your device, browser and network, your IP address, web pages you visited prior to coming to this website and web pages you view while on this website. We collect this anonymous data by using cookies, server logs, Google Analytics and Squarespace’s analytics tools.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Genesis Farms uses the information collected either alone or in combination so that we can provide, enhance and personalize content and our Services to improve your overall experience. Your information is used and disclosed for, but is not limited to the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service to give you the best user experience possible;

  • To manage your Account and your registration as a user of the Service;

  • To respond to your questions, comments, and reviews;

  • To communicate with you regarding updates to our Service;

  • To help us analyze, customize, support and improve our content and Service;

When you provide us personal information to reply to a message sent through a form on our Site, complete a purchase as part of the buying and selling process, or arrange for a delivery or purchase exchange, we imply that you consent to Us using it for only that particular reason. We may ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, such as marketing; either we will provide an opportunity for you to say no, or ask you directly for your consent. If you change your mind after opting-in, you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email, or you may consent to be withdrawn from such contact at any time by contacting us at support@genesisfarmssd.com.

We may email you with messages about your order or account activity. For example, we may email you to tell you that:

  • You’ve created a customer account

  • Your customer account password has been reset or updated

  • Your order is ready for pick up

TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES & COOKIES

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to track Our Site and Service activity, combat fraud, and store certain information; Cookies are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

RETENTION OF YOUR INFORMATION

Genesis Farms will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain data on your usage for internal analysis purposes. This data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

The Service Providers We use may have access to your personal information. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

If Genesis Farms is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Under certain circumstances, Genesis Farms may be required to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency), or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The security of your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction, is extremely important to Us. Genesis Farms will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

No transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While Genesis Farms strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to consent.

THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS

We use the following third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service; for payment processing and to provide certain services to facilitate the operations of our Site. 

AgeVerify is a tool used only to verify the age of site visitors before certain content can be accessed. View AgeVerify’s Terms of Service.

Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that tracks and reports website traffic, and monitors the use of Our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

 You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.



Google ReCaptcha only applies to our Site contact forms, and strictly helps prevent spam and abuse. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, view Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Squarespace hosts and provides our website services. Please see Squarespace’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for information about how they use the data you provide using our Site.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Genesis Farms does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information to minors or anyone under the age of 21, or knowingly allow such persons to register to use Our Service, without verification of parental consent, or medical cannabis cardholder or caregiver status when applicable. If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your state requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information. If you are a parent, guardian or caregiver, and you are aware that a minor has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us. 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

  • By visiting this page on our website: https://genesisfarmscannabis.com/contact

  • By email: info@genesisfarmssd.com

  • By mail: Genesis Farms, PO Box 2735, Sioux Falls, SD, 57101