What Genius's terms say
Genius's terms of service and privacy policy have 22 rated points: 0 serious, 11 bad, 8 worth knowing and 3 good. 15 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 7 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use Genius
Bad 8
You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting
The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.
Where it says this ↗Third-party cookies are used for statistics
This service uses third-party cookies for statistics
Where it says this ↗Third-party cookies are used for advertising
Tracking via third-party cookies for advertising
Where it says this ↗Referring and/or exit pages are tracked
This service tracks which web page referred you to it
Where it says this ↗Extra data may be collected about you through promotions
Where it says this ↗Information is gathered about you through third parties
Where it says this ↗You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels
Where it says this ↗You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service
Users have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service
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Worth knowing 5
Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder
Where it says this ↗The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes
The service may change its terms at any time, but the user will receive notification of the changes.
Where it says this ↗The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk
The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at the users' sole risk
Where it says this ↗There is a date of the last update of the agreements
There is a date of the last update of the agreements (June 2020)
Where it says this ↗Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header
This service ignores the Do Not Track (DNT) header and tracks users anyway even if they set this header.
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Good 2
Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected
Details are provided about what kind of information they collect
Where it says this ↗No need to register
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If you have a Genius account
Bad 3
Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason
The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
Where it says this ↗Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication
Where it says this ↗You must provide your legal name, pseudonyms are not allowed
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Worth knowing 3
This service is only available to users over a certain age
This service is only available to users over 13 years of age
Where it says this ↗You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account
Where it says this ↗You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security
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Good 1
You can opt out of receiving promotional communications
You can opt out of promotional communications
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The documents
Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.