PRIVATE | Hawaiibuddies

Last updated: August 1, 2021

This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) sets out the privacy policies and practices for Hawaii Buddies Studios Inc. and our subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively “Hawaii Buddies” “we,” or “us”) with respect to how Hawaii Buddies collects information. It also describes how Hawaii Buddies maintains, uses, and discloses information about you. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected from you by Hawaii Buddies via our websites and other online products and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”), our retail stores (the “Stores”), through interactions with our customer service team, as well as other places where or means by which you may interact with us. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

Please note that the Services may contain links to other third-party websites that are not controlled or operated by Hawaii Buddies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites, and Hawaii Buddies is not responsible for the content of such third-party websites or the privacy practices of such third parties. Therefore, Hawaii Buddies encourages you to review the privacy policies of any third parties before disclosing your personal information to such parties or when visiting such third-party websites.

REVISIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Hawaii Buddies may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION

Information You Provide to Us

Hawaii Buddies collects information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information directly from you when you:

Register for an account or create a profile with Hawaii Buddies;
Sign up to receive Hawaii Buddies’ email newsletters or coupons or refer a friend to Hawaii Buddies;
Register for a personal shopping appointment or register for any of our events;
Apply for a job with Hawaii Buddies;
Purchase any product or service from Hawaii Buddies;
Submit a product review, provide product feedback or make other submissions to Hawaii Buddies;
Request information or assistance from Hawaii Buddies, whether by email or other form of communication;
Participate or respond to consumer surveys or requests for consumer’s opinions, concerns, and preferences regarding Hawaii Buddies’ products and services;
Communicate with Hawaii Buddies via a third-party platform, such as tagging us in a social media post;
Participate in contests and other promotions; and
Use other features of the Services that may be offered from time to time and may require such information in order to utilize the feature.

The personal information that Hawaii Buddies may collect directly from you may include your name, username, password, email address, birth month and day, gender, address, telephone number, credit card and debit card numbers (with expiration dates), personal preferences, and any other information that you choose to provide. If you apply for a job with Hawaii Buddies, we will collect information including your resume, work and education history, and residency status. In some cases, we may also collect personal information of another individual that you provide to Hawaii Buddies, such as in connection with gift card purchases or our Refer a Friend program.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU INTERACT WITH US

Hawaii Buddies may also collect information automatically about your use of the Services.

Activity Information: We collect information about your activity on the Services, such as the frequency of user visits, the routes by which users access the Services, activity within the Services, and use of any hyperlinks available on the Services.
Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: Like many websites, Hawaii Buddies utilizes “cookies” and similar technologies to maintain a record of your use of the Services. A cookie is a small text file that is transferred by a web server and stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. It can only be read by the server that sent it to you. Cookies helps Hawaii Buddies to improve the Services, and to deliver more personalized experiences by enabling Hawaii Buddies to estimate audience size and usage patterns; to store information about your preferences; to speed up your searches and to recognize you when you return to the Services. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. If you would prefer to prevent your computer from accepting cookies, you may follow your Internet browser’s steps for doing so.
IP Addresses and Device Information: An IP address is a device's numeric address, by which it can be located within a network. Hawaii Buddies may record your IP address when you visit or use the Services. We may also collect other information about how you access the Services, including data about the device and network you use, such as the hardware model, operating system version, browser type, and other unique device identifiers.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM OTHER SOURCES

Hawaii Buddies may obtain information about you from other sources and combine that with information we collect directly from you. We use this information to better understand your interests and for analytics purposes.

Like many websites, Hawaii Buddies utilizes “cookies” to maintain a record of your visit to the Sites and your use of the Services. A cookie is a small text file that is transferred by a web server and stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. It can only be read by the server that sent it to you. Cookies helps Hawaii Buddies to improve the Sites and Services, and to deliver more personalized service by enabling Hawaii Buddies to estimate audience size and usage patterns; to store information about your preferences; to speed up your searches and to recognize you when you return to the Sites or use the Services. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. If you would prefer to prevent your computer from accepting Hawaii Buddies’s cookies, you may follow your Internet browser’s steps for doing so. Please note, however, that if you do disable cookies from your browser, you may not be able to access certain sections of the Sites or the Services.

INFORMATION WE DERIVE

We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, we may make inferences about your location based on your IP address or infer that you are looking to purchase certain products based on your browsing behavior and past purchases.

ANALYTICS AND ADVERTISING SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHERS

Hawaii Buddies uses analytics services provided by others, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate usage of the Services. We also may use other analytic means to evaluate the Services. We use these tools to analyze and track data to help us improve the Services, performance, and user experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies which collect information to perform their services.

Our store is hosted on Wix.com Ltd. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.

Your data is stored through Wix’s data storage, databases and the general Wix application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Hawaii Buddies also works with trusted third parties that use tracking technologies to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet. These companies may use cookies and tracking pixels to collect information such as items viewed, items added to your shopping cart and items purchased during your visits to our website in order to help show advertisements on other websites likely to be of interest to you. For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices.

PROTECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION

Hawaii Buddies takes reasonable steps to ensure that personal information in our control is protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Upon Hawaii Buddies’ collection of your information, Hawaii Buddies may use such information for the following purposes to:

Develop, enhance, market, sell or otherwise provide our products and services;
Analyze trends and statistics on our Services, develop features and offerings, assess patterns of use, and plan and evaluate marketing initiatives;
Establish and conduct commercial relationships, including to process purchases or other transactions at the Stores and through the Services;
Personalize the advertisements you see on third-party platforms and websites (for more information, see the Advertising and Analytics section above);
Conduct and administer contests or other promotions in which you have participated;
Contact you and to respond to any communications that you may have had with us;
Troubleshoot problems with the Services;
Customize and personalize your experience with Hawaii Buddies;
Develop and manage Hawaii Buddies' business and operations;
Enforce Hawaii Buddies’ Terms of Use;
Detect and protect Hawaii Buddies and other third parties against error, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, theft and other illegal activity, and to audit compliance with Hawaii Buddies’ policies and contractual obligations;
To comply with, any financial, legal or regulatory requirements or provisions; and
Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

Personal information collected by Hawaii Buddies may be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States and Canada.

TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information collected by or on behalf of Hawaii Buddies may be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States and Canada. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your personal information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide levels of data protection that are equivalent to those of your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

We share personal information in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

Hawaii Buddies may disclose your personal information to our current and future subsidiaries or affiliates;
We share information with vendors, service providers and consultant that need access to personal information to provide services on Hawaii Buddies’ behalf, including, but not limited to, support services, website services, delivering promotional materials, contests, sweepstakes and other promotions, and answering customer questions about Hawaii Buddies’ products and services.
If you submit a product review or post content in another public area of the Services, this information may be visible to other visitors to the Services.
We may disclose personal information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
We may share personal information if we believe that your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, if we believe that you have violated the law, or if we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of Hawaii Buddies our users, the public, or others.
We share personal information with our lawyers and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests.
We may share personal information in connection with, or during negotiations concerning, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
We share personal information with your consent or at your direction.

YOUR CHOICES REGARDING PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

You may opt out of receiving promotional email communications from Hawaii Buddies, by means of a link provided in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

CANADIAN RESIDENTS

If you are a Canadian resident, this section applies to you.

CONSENT: By submitting personal information to Hawaii Buddies or our service providers and agents, you consent to the collection use, disclosure and transfer of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted or required by law. You may withdraw your consent at any time to the collection, use, disclosure or transfer of your personal information time by contacting Hawaii Buddies at the address provided below. If you withdraw your consent (or if you decide not to provide certain personal information), you acknowledge that Hawaii Buddies may not be able to provide you, or continue to provide you, with certain products, services or information which may be of value to you.
ACCESS AND CORRECTION: Hawaii Buddies will take reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we hold is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Upon your written request, and subject to certain exceptions provided by law, Hawaii Buddies will inform you of the existence, use and disclosure of your personal information and give you access to that information. Hawaii Buddies may charge a minimal fee for providing such access to you. If you believe that the personal information that Hawaii Buddies holds about you is not accurate or complete, you may write to the Privacy Officer at the address provided below. If you are able to establish that the information is not accurate or complete, Hawaii Buddies will take reasonable steps to delete and/or correct the information so that it is accurate, complete and up-to-date. In order to facilitate a request to correct or update information, Hawaii Buddies may ask you to provide additional information to confirm your identity. Any such information will only be used for the purpose of confirming your identity and will not be retained by Hawaii Buddies.

Questions or comments about this Privacy Policy should be sent to directed to the Hawaii Buddies Privacy Officer at: Attention: Hawaii Buddies Privacy Officer Email: hello@hawaiibuddies.com.