Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 

Updated: 1/30/2025

This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how Native Pacific Islander Exchange (“NPIE“, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects, protects, and uses the personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) you (“User”, “you” or “your”) may provide on the NPIE web application and any of its products or services (collectively, “Web App” or “Services”).

It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your Personal Information and how you can access and update this information. This Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.

|1. Collection of Personal Information|

We receive and store any information you knowingly provide to us when you create an account, publish content, make a purchase, or fill any online forms on the Web App. When required, this information may include your email address, name, phone number, or other Personal Information. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of some of the Web App’s features. Users who are uncertain about what information is mandatory are welcome to contact us.

|2. Collection of Non-Personal Information|

When you visit our website or download our app, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends. This data may include information such as your device’s IP address, browser type and version, operating system type and version, language preferences, or the webpage you were visiting before you came to our Web App, pages of our Web App that you visit, the time spent on those pages, information you search for on our Web App, access times and dates, and other statistics.

|3. Use of Collected Information|

Any of the information we collect from you may be used to personalize your experience; improve our Web App; improve customer service and respond to queries and emails of our customers; process transactions; send notification emails such as password reminders, updates, etc; run and operate our Web App and Services.

Information collected may also be utilized for research and development purposes, to facilitate community development initiatives, and to assist in the delivery of various services including immigration, rehabilitation, health, and mental wellness for Native Pacific Islanders.

|4. Data Protection Rights|

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

– The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you;

– The right of rectification;

– The right to object;

– The right of restriction;

– The right to data portability;

– The right to withdraw consent.

|5. Information Security|

We secure information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in an effort to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification, and disclosure of Personal Information in its control and custody. However, no data transmission over the Internet or wireless network can be guaranteed. Therefore, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, you acknowledge that (i) there are security and privacy limitations of the Internet which are beyond our control; (ii) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and our Web App cannot be guaranteed; and (iii) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party, despite best efforts.

|6. Changes to This Privacy Policy|

We reserve the right to modify this Policy relating to the Web App or Services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Policy on the Web App. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page.

|7. Contacting Us|

If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us.

This document was last updated on 1/30/2025

Native Pacific Islander Exchange

|www.polynesiannetwork.org|

|[email protected]|

|(877)894-7659|

Other Conditions found below

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

 If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell or share your data at all. We only use any data collected to provide you with services or an experience that is tailored to your preference on our platform to the best of our ability.

How long we retain your data

 If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.