Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network does not read any of your private online communications.

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network and Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network collects and uses your personal information to operate the Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network and its affiliates. Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network, in order to determine what Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network pages, or register with Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network site or services, a cookie helps Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network features that you customized.

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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Hawaiʻi Intergenerational Network at aloha@hawaiiintergenerationalnetwork.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.