At Life.Gaiam.com (the "Site"), we know how visitors like you value your privacy, and we have created this privacy policy to ensure that you understand our policies and procedures, what personal information you must provide if you wish to use certain portions of the Site and, ultimately, just how we use such personal information. Information Collected By Life.Gaiam.com Life.Gaiam.com collects two types of information from users of this Site: personal information described below; and non-personal information such as information about traffic patterns on Life.Gaiam.com. Personal Information To access certain portions of the Site, we require you to register and select a user name and password. Some personal data is collected during the registration process. We may then ask for additional information, including personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information. How We Use Your Personal Information Life.Gaiam.com uses information collected on the Site for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, running the Site, and contacting users. Life.Gaiam.com may also make available to other registered users information provided by you during registration, such as your screen name. Life.Gaiam.com uses the information collected, including personally identifiable information, for a variety of purposes. We may use your information to communicate back to you, to update you on products, services and benefits, to personalize the Site for you, to contact you for market research or to provide you with marketing information, newsletters, or other information we think would be of particular interest. We will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such materials. Information obtained through the Site may be intermingled with and used in conjunction with information obtained through sources other than the Site, including both offline and online sources. Discussions and Community Tools Life.Gaiam.com may make chat rooms, forums, bulletin boards, news groups and other community tools available to registered users and/or visitors. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information for other users to view and for Life.Gaiam.com to use. Please be considerate and respectful of others while using any chat rooms, forums or message boards to share your opinion. Non-Personal Data In some cases, we may collect non-personal information. Examples of this type of information include the type of internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system application software, and peripherals you are using and the domain name of the web site from which you linked to our Site. We use your information on an aggregated basis to do such things as operate our site, enhance our site and sell and deliver advertising. We may share non-personal information with third parties for advertising, promotional and other purposes. Cookies We reserve the right to utilize cookie technology. A cookie is a small data file that certain web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain various types of information, including a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited. We may use cookies to enhance your experience on this Site, to determine user traffic patterns and for other purposes. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies; however, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent or you can flush your browser of cookies from time to time. (Note: you may need to consult the help area of your browser application for instructions.) If you choose to disable your cookies setting or refuse to accept a cookie, however, you may not be able to access all areas of the Site. Opt Out Procedures You have the option to opt out of receiving information from Life.Gaiam.com. This opt out messaging will appear at the bottom of every solicited email that is sent out. Life.Gaiam.com also gives you the option to remove your information from its database completely. If you no longer wish to take advantage of this Site or to receive any form of unsolicited direct contact from Life.Gaiam.com, whether it is email, discounts, newsletters, or other promotional offers or materials, or wish us to delete your personal information from our data records (except with respect to billing matters), contact us at: gaiamlife@gaiam.com Reviewing or changing your information In order to ensure that the information we maintain is accurate, Life.Gaiam.com gives users the option to change or modify their information previously provided during registration. If you would like to change your information currently in our database please click the "My Account" link in the site or email us at gaiamlife@gaiam.com  Security All information is stored on our servers in a secure location. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. If your password is compromised, notify Customer Service at once at gaiamlife@gaiam.com. Protection for Children This Site is not intended for users under the age of 18. Furthermore, we have no intention of collecting personally identifiable information from children (i.e., individuals under the age of 13). Where appropriate, we take reasonable measures to inform children not to submit such information to our site or in response to advertisements. Privacy Precaution Warning Please note that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you transmit via our online services. Please note that we reserve the right to access and/or disclose personal information and non-personal information we gather as required by courts or administrative agencies and to the extent required to permit us to investigate suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of any law, rule or regulation, the Site rules or policies, or the rights of third parties or to investigate any suspected conduct which Life.Gaiam.com deems improper. Your Consent You may have certain rights under the Communications Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, and other state and federal statutes that may apply, and by accepting these terms and using this Site, you are waiving all of these rights as to collection, use, disclosure and storage of your personally identifiable and non-personal information as described above. You recognized that we are able to offer our service to you at our rates based upon these terms, which are an integral part of our contract for the provision of services. By using the Site, you also authorize the export of personal information to the USA and its storage and use as specified above when you provide such information to us. Our headquarters is in the USA in Colorado. This policy and our legal obligations are subject to the laws of Colorado and the USA, regardless of the location of any user. Any claims or complaints must be filed in the USA in the State of Colorado. We may amend our privacy policy, but if we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. Any changes will only apply to information collected after the change is posted.