Effective date: August 1, 2024

PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) describes how Supply Chain Hawaii (“we”, “us” or “our”) may use or share information about you that we collect.  Supply Chain Hawaii is a collaboration of industry participants working together to promote public awareness and understanding of the Hawaii supply chain and to make available related insights and announcements.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
We may collect your name and e-mail address to enable communication with you. We collect this information when you provide it to us through your use of the Supply Chain Hawaii website, for example, when you fill out the Contact Us form, or if you opt in to receive updates from us.

When you interact with us through social media platforms, we may receive information such as your handle or username, as well as the contents of your comments, posts and direct messages that you send to us. The privacy settings you have chosen on such social media platforms will determine the degree to which we are able to receive your information. We therefore encourage you to choose your privacy settings on such social media platforms accordingly.

We may also automatically collect certain information when you visit our website that helps us optimize performance of the site to provide the best user experience and deliver interest-based advertisements. For example, we collect information about the device you use to connect to our website (such as the IP address of your computer or numeric identifier of your mobile device) and about how you use our website (such as what time you visit our website and what types of content you are interested in). We collect this information through “cookies,” “web beacons,” and other similar technologies. A “cookie” is a text file that helps distinguish your browser from others and enables us to serve you better. Similarly, a “web beacon” is a technology that can recognize specific cookies and convey information about your browser. Our website also uses third-party analytics vendors such as Google Analytics. Please click here for more information about how data is collected and processed in connection with the Google Analytics service. Some browsers accept cookies automatically. You may be able to set your browser to reject and/or delete cookies. For instructions, check your browser’s technical information. However, if you reject or delete cookies, this may disable or interfere with features of our website. We recommend that you leave cookies “turned on” so we can offer you a better experience on our website.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU THAT WE COLLECT

We may use the information that we collect for the following purposes:

·       To respond to your inquiries;

·       To communicate with you about Supply Chain Hawai’i information, alerts, or initiatives. If you receive email communications from us and want to opt out of receiving commercial emails from us in the future, you can click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email. You may also select “Update My Preferences” at the bottom of the email to tailor the communications we send you, including to opt out of all commercial emails;

·       To deliver interest-based advertisements. We may work with third-party advertising companies that collect and use information about your online activities across websites and mobile applications over  time, in order to deliver more relevant advertising.

·       To analyze and improve Supply Chain Hawaiʻi’s website. We and our third-party vendors or partners use analytics data for a variety of purposes such as to improve the design and content of our websites and to help us learn things like what pages are most attractive to all of our visitors and what our visitors like to see;

·       To comply with applicable law or a court order, subpoena, warrant, or other legal process;

·       To enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements and policies, to protect against fraud or other unlawful activity, or to protect our rights and the rights of third parties; and

·       For other purposes disclosed at the time we collect the information.

HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU THAT WE COLLECT

We do not disclose the information we collect to third parties, except as follows:

●      To companies that provide services to us or perform functions on our behalf (such as data analytics, advertising and public relations);

●      When we believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with applicable law or a court order, subpoena, warrant, or other legal process;

●      When we believe disclosure is appropriate to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements and policies, to protect against fraud or other unlawful activity, or to protect our rights and the rights of third parties; and

●      For other purposes disclosed at the time we collect the information. 

We may disclose de-identified or aggregated information to third parties at our discretion.

SUPPLY CHAIN HAWAII SERVICES NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN

Our website is not intended for the use of individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect information from individuals under the age of 16.

SUPPLY CHAIN HAWAII PARTICIPANTS AND THIRD PARTIES HAVE THEIR OWN POLICIES

Our website may contain links to individual participants’ websites and third-party websites. When you visit these links, you will be subject to their policies, as such participants and third parties have their own policies that govern their collection, use, and disclosure of information. We suggest that you read their privacy policies to learn about their practices.

SAFEGUARDING YOUR INFORMATION

We have reasonable physical, electronic, and administrative measures in place to help safeguard the security of the information we collect. Nevertheless, transmission via the Internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of information about you.

INTERNATIONAL USE
Our website is intended only for U.S. audiences.

SHINE THE LIGHT

We do not share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

DO NOT TRACK

Our website does not respond to “do not track” signals.

MODIFICATIONS

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy. We will indicate via the “Effective date” when this Privacy Policy was last updated, and will notify you of any material changes.

CONTACT

If you have any questions, please contact us at contact@supplychainhawaii.com.