This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices
for WWW.HAWAIIANAUCTION.COM
of Hawaiian Auction, Inc website.
By this privacy
statement we notify you of:
1.What personally
identifiable information of yours or third party personally identification is collected
from you through the web site;
2.The
organization collecting the information;
3.How
the information is used;
4.With
whom the information may be shared;
5.What
choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the
information;
6.The
kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of
information under Hawaiin Auction control;
7.How
you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection and Use.
Hawaiian Auction, Inc. is the sole
owner of the information collected on this site.We
will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is
disclosed in this statement.Hawaiian
Auction, Inc. collects information from our users at several different points on our
website.
Registration
In order to use this website, a user must first complete the registration form.During registration a user is required to give
their contact information (such as name and email address).This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for
which they have expressed interest.It is
optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and
gender), and unique identifiers, but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized
experience on our site.
Sell
We request information from the user on our SELL form.Here a user must provide financial information
(like credit card number, expiration date).This
information is used for billing purposes.If
we have trouble processing a credit card, the contact information is used to get in touch
with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information
about the user.Usage of a cookie is in no
way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site.Once the user closes their browser, the cookie
simply terminates.For instance, by setting a
cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby
saving time while on our site.If a user
rejects the cookie, they may still use our site.The
only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site.For example, the user will not be able to
participate in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that take place.
Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the
experience on our site.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site
(for example, advertisers).However, we have
no access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement,
and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and
a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do
not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
We partner with another party to provide specific
services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact
information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use personally
identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not
responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.This privacy statement applies solely to
information collected by this Web site.
Newsletter If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such
as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests.Participation in these surveys or contests is
completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information.Information requested may
include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic
information (such as zip code, age level).Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.Survey information will be used for purposes of
monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we
ask them for the friend’s name and email address.Hawaiian Auction will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them
to visit the site.Hawaiian Auction stores
this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.The friend may contact Hawaiian Auction at info to request the removal
of this information from our database.
Security This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information.When users submit sensitive information via the
website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter
sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that
information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the
industry - SSL.While on a secure page, such
as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator
and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or when you
are just ‘surfing’.
While we use
SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power
to protect user-information off-line.All of
our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our offices.Only employees who
need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a
customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable
information.Our employees must use
password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk.When they return, they must re-enter their
password to re-gain access to your information.Furthermore,
ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.Every quarter, as well as any time new policies
are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected.Finally, the servers that we store personally
identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions about the security at our
website, you can send an email to security
.
Supplementation of Information In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers, it is
necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party
sources.
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Special Offers Established members will occasionally receive the following information:
Receive email notification when outbid on an item
Receive email notification when placing a bid
Receive email notification with daily status
Receive email notification when an item you are selling automatically relists
Receive email notification of general events pertaining to the auction
Out of respect for the privacy of our
users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see
"Edit your account preferences" at the User Tools & Services page
Site and Service Updates We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to
un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the
service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to
issues relating to their account via email or phone
Correction/Updating Personal Information: If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code),
or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct,
update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us.This can usually be done at the User Tools & Services pageor by emailing our Customer Support.
Choice/Opt-out Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having their information
used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the
information.
Users who no longer wish to receive
our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these
communications by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us at info
.
Users of our site are always notified when their
information is being collected by any outside parties.We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should
proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage
so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
circumstances, if any, we disclose it.If at
any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from
that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email.Users will have a choice as to whether or not we
use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with
the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
