Last Modified: May 24, 2011
Hawaii Guide, LLC and its parent company, hereafter 'HSO LLC,' is committed to protecting your privacy. This HSO LLC Statement of Privacy applies to all websites owned and operated by HSO LLC.
HSO LLC is a general audience website, intended for users of all ages. Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Statement of Privacy.
Other company services from third party developers or individuals may have their own privacy policies, including any and all Affiliates or Partners of HSO LLC.
Collection of your Personal Information
If you purchase any products from HSO LLC through third party sites 'PayPal' or 'Google Checkout' then HSO LLC collects personal information, such as your email and mailing address. This information may be used to send you periodic updates, informational emails regarding site updates, downtimes or major projects. Mailing address will ONLY be used to ship physical products to. HSO LLC will never physically mail anything to our customers addresses.
HSO LLC also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software through our main server along with a third party tracking company, Google Analytics. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by HSO LLC for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of HSO LLC sites and services.
HSO LLC keeps track of the pages our visitors visit within HSO LLC in order to determine which HSO LLC sites and services are the most popular.
Security of your Personal Information
HSO LLC is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. HSO LLC will never sell or distribute your information to another organization.
Use of Cookies
HSO LLC uses "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. For example, if you personalize the HSO LLC site pages, a cookie helps HSO LLC to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as log on information, your password, and so on. When you return to HSO LLC, the information you previously provided can be retrieved so you can easily use the HSO LLC features that you customized. No one but you can access your cookies that are located on your machine.
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 (please refer to the user help guides or manuals of your own web browser for instructions on how to set your browser to decline cookies). If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of HSO LLC services or Websites you visit.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Use of Third Party Ad Networks
The majority of the online advertisements you see on HSO LLC Web pages are displayed by Google AdSense. In addition, HSO LLC allows other companies, called third-party companies (approved by HSO LLC), to display advertisements on HSO LLC Web pages. HSO LLC does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third-party companies.
Enforcement of this Statement of Privacy
If you have questions regarding this statement, you can contact HSO LLC via the Contact Us page.
Changes to this Statement
HSO LLC will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. When HSO LLC posts changes to this Statement, you will see the date change at the top of this Privacy Statement. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how HSO LLC will use your personal information, HSO LLC will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. HSO LLC encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed as to how HSO LLC is protecting your personal information.
