Privacy Policy
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Privacy Policy for Gaia Uni
This Privacy Policy describes how Gaia Uni ("the Site," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, make a purchase from, or otherwise interact with our website.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information primarily to process your orders and improve your experience on the Site. This information generally falls into two categories:
A. Information You Directly Provide
When you make a purchase, create an account, or contact us, you provide us with personal information, including:
Contact Details: Your name, email address, shipping address, and phone number.
Payment Information: Payment details (though we generally rely on third-party payment processors like Stripe or PayPal, which handle the full encryption and storage of your payment data).
B. Information Collected Automatically
When you browse the Site, we automatically collect certain data about your device and your activity, including:
Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the Site, such as the specific pages you view, the links you click, the time and date of your visit, and the path you take through the site.
Device Data: Information about the device you use to access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
Cookies: Small data files placed on your device or computer. We use these to remember your preferences, track site performance, and analyze usage.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
Order Fulfillment: To process your payment, fulfill your order for digital downloads, and send you transaction confirmations and access links.
Communication: To communicate with you, provide customer support, and respond to your inquiries.
Marketing (If Applicable): To send you updates, promotional offers, and information about new guides or tools if you have explicitly opted-in to our mailing list. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Site Improvement: To monitor and analyze site usage, performance, and trends to improve the functionality and design of our website and products.
Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect against fraudulent transactions and unauthorized access to our systems.
3. Sharing Your Personal Information
We will never sell your Personal Information. We share your information with third parties only when necessary to fulfill our business functions:
Service Providers: We share necessary information with trusted third parties who perform services on our behalf, such as:
Payment Processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) to securely handle payment transactions.
Hosting and E-commerce Platforms (e.g., Shopify, WooCommerce, or your chosen platform) that run the website.
Analytics Providers (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us understand how customers use the Site.
Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
4. Cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, disabling cookies may impact your ability to use certain features of the Site.
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Keep in mind, however, that no internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
Access the personal information we hold about you.
Request that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted.
Withdraw consent for marketing communications (unsubscribe).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised version here and update the "Last Updated" date.
