Privacy policy

The site Big Island East collects a limited amount of personally identifiable information from our users and does not sell or share this information.

Cookies
This site utilizes “cookies,” which are small files with unique ID numbers placed on users’ hard drives. These files are used for short-term navigation and for recognizing frequent viewers. You may choose not to accept cookies or preview them by modifying your browser settings. At any time, you can remove a cookie stored on your hard drive by deleting it in your browser’s settings section.

Third-party information
Big Island East has relationships with Google AdWords and various affiliate programs that we allow to place ads on the site. These ads may utilize “cookies.” As a result, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information. Big Island East does not have access to this data. For further information, consult Google’s privacy policy or those of other advertisers.

Surveys or contests
From time to time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address). We will not share the personally identifiable information you provide through a contest with any other parties.

Comments
User-submitted names, links and email addresses are collected in the process of submitting blog comments, as is customary. This information is used solely to help Big Island East protect itself from spam and abusive posters. Big Island East will on occasion use comments and the provided name (handle) of the commentor for editorial reasons elsewhere on the site — such as a blog post inspired by the comments. We reserve the right to use comments in promotional materials for the site.

Communications from the site

RSS and Email
If you subscribe to receive our latest posts via email, we will send content to you via the Feedburner service. Out of respect for your privacy, these email provide you with a way to unsubscribe. No more than six times a year, Big Island East may choose to communicate with its email subscribers concerning changes or upgrades to the site, or to announce “thank you” contests limited to email subscribers. The list is not shared or sold. RSS subscribers can stop receiving the content by deleting the feed in their readers.