ReferAloha LLC ("ReferAloha")
respects your right to privacy.
This privacy policy applies only to the privacy of users of the
ReferAloha.com web site. It does not apply to the offline activities
of ReferAloha LLC or any of its affiliates.
Privacy Policy Effective Date / Updates
This Privacy Policy is effective as of August 1, 2007. Our business
changes constantly. This Privacy Policy will change also, and use of
information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect
at the time of use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of material changes
to our Privacy Policy, unless you have instructed us not to, but you
should check our web site frequently to see recent changes. Notice of
any changes to this Privacy Policy shall be given by posting the version
of the Privacy Policy containing such changes on this web site.
What information does the Web site gather?
When you visit this site you may provide information on two different
levels about your visit:
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Anonymous statistics collected
as you browse the site |
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Personal information you knowingly
give us |
Please be assured that we do not collect personal information about
you from the website unless you provide it to us. This means that you
can visit our Web sites without telling us who you are or revealing
any personally identifiable information about yourself (such as your
e-mail address).
As you browse the site, our web servers collect information about your
visit, not about you personally. Via web server logs, we monitor statistics
such as:
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How many people visit our
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Which pages people visit on our site
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From which domains our visitors come
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Which browsers people use to visit our
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None of this information is associated with you as an individual (see
information about cookies below). We use these statistics to improve
our Web site, to monitor its performance, and to make the Web site easier
for you and other visitors to use.
What about pages that ask for personal information?
When visitors supply information about themselves for a specific purpose,
we use the information for that purpose (such as to provide the service
or information the visitor has requested). For example, you may be asked
to give us individual information to purchase a product or service,
receive information, or manage online account registration. The information
may range from your zip code, to your phone number, account number,
a credit card number, age, gender, mother's maiden name, social security
number, e-mail address, organization URL, resume, or mailing address.
When visitors use our Web site to order services, we may use this personally
identifiable information as we would use the same information obtained
in a traditional non-electronic manner. For example, to publish your
name, address, and phone number on our website (unless you have requested
we do otherwise), or to evaluate your service needs and contact you
regarding additional services you may find useful. If you do not want
us to contact you, you can remove your name from our telephone or mail
solicitation lists by clicking on Contact Us . Please note that this removes your name from
ReferAloha.com, however, to be removed from other websites in the ReferAloha
family of companies ("ReferAloha Family"), contact them directly.
ReferAloha does not knowingly collect information from children through
this web site. This web site, and any web site to which users may link
from this web site, may contain content provided by advertisers or other
third parties that may not be suitable for children. ReferAloha asks
parents or legal guardians to assist ReferAloha by supervising the activities
of children at this web site.
What happens to information when I fill out registration forms?
The registration forms request accurate contact information (like name
and e-mail address) and preferences that help us better serve you. Your
name and e-mail address are used to send you information about our company,
product updates, special offers, and newsletters.
To improve the services we can offer
you, we may decide to expand the site's capabilities for obtaining information
about users in the future. We will update this privacy statement as
policies change to ensure that you are aware of developments in this
area.
Do you sell or give my information
to companies outside of the "ReferAloha Family?"
We do not sell or disclose personally identifiable information obtained
online about our visitors, to anyone outside of the "ReferAloha
Family" unless you specifically authorize it, to complete a transaction
that you initiated, it is required by law, or disclosure is necessary
to protect the safety of customers, employees or property. If you provide
personally identifiable information to us in the context of an event
ReferAloha sponsors with another company, such as a contest, or if you
register on a co-sponsored site or feature, you may also be providing
the personally identifiable information to the co-sponsor. This will
be made clear to you before you submit the information and you can decide
whether or not to participate.
ReferAloha may share non-personally identifiable information with non-"ReferAloha
Family" companies in order to assess the results of a promotion,
event or third party relationship, to provide information to current
or prospective customers, to complete a search or to otherwise enhance
your online experience. For example, we may provide statistical information
that is not identified with you:
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The number of people who
visit the website, which pages were visited and for how long, the referral
URL, the user's IP address, and the User Agent. |
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When we host co-branded versions of
the referAloha.com site (or portions of the referAloha.com site). Our
co-branded sites may also contain clear GIFs (electronic images that
allow this site to collect anonymous information about your visit to
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Non-personally identifiable information
may also be disclosed to non-ReferAloha-Family companies if it is required
by law, or disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of customers,
employees or property. |
This does not contain any information
that would personally identify you.
In addition, ReferAloha may support features and content that appear
on other companies' web sites that you may visit. These companies may
collect information about you, but ReferAloha does not have control
over the collection practices of these companies. If you are visiting
a web site that indicates that it is "powered by ReferAloha.com,"
you are advised to read the privacy policy of that web site for its
policies regarding information collection and usage.
Does this site send e-mail to site visitors?
At times, online surveys are conducted in which you can choose to participate.
In addition, we may use e-mail to communicate with our customers, to
respond to visitors' e-mail, to confirm orders placed online, and to
send information that a visitor has requested. Occasionally, we may
use opt-in e-mail lists from third parties to promote our latest specials.
If you receive an unwanted e-mail from us, you can click Contact Us
and simply ask us to remove you from our list.
Do you accommodate links to other sites?
This website contains links to other web sites. These other web sites
may, among other things, allow you to bid on and/or purchase products
that you initially viewed on this web site. These other web sites may
(or may not) be co-branded with ReferAloha or ReferAloha.com. You
can tell if you have linked from one web site to another web site by
looking at the URL in the browser window. If the second level domain
of the URL for the page containing the link is different than the second
level domain of the URL for the page to which you have linked, you have
linked to a different web site. For example, if you link from a page
located at the URL www.thirdleveldomain.ReferAloha.com to a page located
at the URL www.ReferAloha.secondleveldomain.com , you have linked to
another site. Please note that any of
ReferAloha's trademarks or service
marks may be included in the URL of a co-branded or private label web
site that is owned and operated by a third party, in a location other
than that occupied by the second level domain (e.g., as the third level
domain). The companies that own or operate these web sites may track
and/or collect information about you, but ReferAloha does not have control
over the privacy practices (including, without limitation, those relating
to tracking user activity, collection of user data, use of user data,
and security) of these companies (although, when a user activates a
link from this web site one of these other web sites, ReferAloha may
pass the user's referral URL and IP address to the server hosting such
other site). We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices
(including, without limitation, those related to tracking, collection,
use and security) employed by (or in connection with) other sites, and
we are not responsible for the content on, or operation of, other sites
(including, without limitation, any transactions conducted through such
other sites). We are committed to safeguarding customer privacy on our
website. If you are visiting a web site via a link on this web site,
you are advised to read the privacy policy of that other web site for
its policies regarding information tracking, collection, usage and security.
ReferAloha may, however, host (or contract with third parties to host)
web site advertising linked to the ReferAloha.com (the "ReferAloha-Hosted
Web Site Ad(s)"). If you provide personally identifiable information
while visiting any ReferAloha-Hosted Web Site Ad, you will also be providing
the personally-identifiable information to the advertiser. In addition,
ReferAloha may share non-personally identifiable information collected
from any ReferAloha-Hosted Web Site Ad with non-"ReferAloha Family"
companies in order to complete a transaction that you initiated or to
assess and report the results of the ad. ReferAloha is not responsible
for the privacy practices employed by the advertiser.
What is ReferAloha's position regarding online advertising and third
party ad servers?
ReferAloha accepts advertisements from third parties that serve advertising
into the referAloha.com site. ReferAloha may use "clear gifs"
provided by such third parties in the pages containing the ad(s) that
ReferAloha sends to your browser. These "clear gifs" provide
usage pattern information about the ads to third parties. The data does
not contain personally identifiable information.
As part of the online advertising process, we may use information supplied
from third party ad serving companies as well as other third party companies
in several ways such as to:
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gain a better understanding
of the type of individuals viewing or visiting different web sites
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evaluate and prioritize site selection
when developing online media plan |
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geographically target advertising
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deliver product and pricing advertising/information
applicable to the customers' state |
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gauge the effectiveness of our online
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Non Personally Identifiable Information Collected Automatically
A cookie is a small, encrypted data string our server writes to your
hard drive that contains your unique User ID for our Web site. Cookies
help us to identify returning visitors to our websites, which allows
us to give you a more personalized, useful experience on our website.
Cookies help ReferAloha to enhance the user's online experience and
are used to:
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deliver the appropriate
geographic message |
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manage frequency of ad exposure; avoid
over delivery of the same message |
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tailor an advertisement to better match
your interests and preferences |
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ensure that you see the correct products
and pricing applicable to the state in which you live |
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understand advertising effectiveness
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However, customers are free to delete website cookies. Most internet
browsers enable you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive,
block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. To
disable cookies, see "Setting Cookie Preferences" at the end
of this policy.
However, you need to understand that some websites/ad serving companies
have the ability to reestablish your history even after cookie deletion,
if you reenter the same site on another occasion, or some other site
tracked by the ad serving company/network, and specifically provide
personal data.
Deletion of cookies alone does not prevent ad serving companies from
reestablishing history on a visitor. The visitor must either continue
to decline cookies each time it reenters the site to keep the tracking
severed, if desired, or opt-out. When you opt-out, your unique user
ID cookie is erased and you are reassigned an anonymous, non-id cookie.
This new cookie tells websites that you have opted out and they will
then know not to attempt to assign other cookies to you in the future.
Opt-out cookies do not contain a unique user ID number therefore websites
are not able to identify your computer uniquely.
Customers who choose to continually delete cookies and not opt out can
have their browser advise them each time a web site attempts to send
a cookie to your system. At that time, you can choose to either Accept
or Cancel a cookie.
Customers who choose to "opt out" after deleting cookies will
receive an anonymous/non personally identifiable cookie.
Who do I contact if I am concerned about online advertising and privacy?
All concerns or questions about your privacy related to online advertising
should be addressed through our Customer Service Department which can
be reached by clicking on Contact Us .
Does ReferAloha use the information provided online to profile its
customers?
The combination of offline and online information provided by the customer
has the ability to enhance the customer experience, and make the consumer's
interaction with ReferAloha more meaningful and relevant. ReferAloha
requires notification of any consumer profiling or purchasing behavior
being captured by ReferAloha online and combined with offline information
be clearly stated to the consumer at the time of online data collection.
The consumer will have the ability to choose not to have that information
aggregated and be part of subsequent marketing campaigns by so indicating
at the point of the application, or by choosing to Opt-Out of future
marketing campaigns from ReferAloha by clicking on Contact Us .
Please note:
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the
good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform
to the edicts of the law or to comply with a legal process served relating
to our web site.
How do I know I am on a secured site?
Every secure page on this web site has been secured with a digital certificate.
You know you are on a secure page of this web site when you see a lock
in the status bar at the bottom of your browser. In Internet Explorer,
you can view your status bar by clicking on View, Status Bar. When you
see the lock, double click it and a popup window opens and displays
who issued the digital certificate securing that page and the dates
it is valid.
What information is stored by the site or in cookies?
Registration information, bill and online shopping, data and contact
e-mail addresses may be stored in the ReferAloha databases.
A cookie is a small, encrypted data string
our server writes to your hard drive that contains your unique User
ID for our web site. Cookies help us to identify returning visitors
to our web sites, which allow us to give you a more personalized, useful
experience on our web site. We use cookies for purposes such as delivering
web content specific to your interests, and to keep track of your order
as you order services. A cookie cannot be used to access or otherwise
compromise the data on your hard drive. You can choose to change your
browser settings to disable cookies if you do not want us to establish
and maintain a unique User ID. Please be aware that cookies may be required
to complete certain functions on this web site. To disable cookies,
see next section.
Here is How to Set Your Cookie Preferences:
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Netscape Navigator 3.x:
In the Options menu, select Network Preferences. In Network Preferences,
click on the Protocols tab and there you may choose to be warned before
accepting cookies. |
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Netscape Navigator 4.x: In the Edit
menu, select Preferences. In the Preferences dialog box, in the left
hand side menu, click on 'Advanced' and 4 options concerning cookies
appear on the lower right. Choose Help for further details. You can
find more information about cookies and Netscape on the Netscape web
site. |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x: In
the view menu, select Options. Click on Advanced tab. You may choose
to be warned before accepting cookies. |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x: In
the view menu, select Options. Click on Advanced tab and scroll down
to a yellow triangle icon with an exclamation labeled "Cookies"
where you have 3 options. |
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Other Browsers: Contact the manufacturer
of the browser for information. |