At BigIslandWorld.com we believe our online visitors have a right to know our practices regarding the information we collect when you visit our Web sites and what type of information is collected. The guidelines contained herein apply only to your visit to the 1. BigIslandWorld.com and 2. BigIslandWorld Forum web sites. Sites which are linked to/from these sites (including via banner ads) may have different policies; therefore, please review the privacy policy notices on those sites for details.

We do not generally require that you provide us with personally identifiable information to visit and use our sites, please note that in order to participate in some activities, it will be necessary for you to provide this information. If you choose not to provide it for those activities, you may not be able to participate in them.

For each visitor to an BigIslandWorld Forum, the Web server automatically recognizes and stores information such as the visitor’s IP address/Domain name combination. We use this information to follow visitor traffic patterns through our site for purposes such as enhancing its usability. Your computer provides this information automatically each time you log on, unless you’ve activated blocking technology available in some browsers.

When you visit one of our sites or advertisements appearing thereon, or use one or more of the web site services, we may use an industry-wide technology called “cookies” which stores certain information on your computer and which will allow us to customize your experience to better match your interests and preferences or to simply facilitate your signing in to use the services. Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you block or erase cookies, we may not be able to restore any preferences or customization settings you previously specified and our ability to personalize your online experience would be limited. Please refer to your browser instructions or “help” screen to learn more about these functions.

Additionally, we may ask you to provide “personal information”, meaning individually identifiable information such as your email address, name, mailing address, or persistent identifier (such as a customer number held in a cookie) which is associated with individually identifiable information, to enable you to participate in contests, on bulletin boards or to fill out a registration. We may combine the information you provide on our Web sites with information we may collect offline from you or from third parties so that we can more effectively tailor our site, services and offerings to you.

BigIslandWorld.com will not share the personal information you provide on the BigIslandWorld.com web site with any other parties, except (a) with your consent, (b) as may be permitted or required by law or court order and/or (c) to persons or companies with whom BigIslandWorld.com contracts to carry out the internal operations of the site or our business.

BigIslandWorld.com takes great care in maintaining the security of your personal information and in preventing unauthorized access to it through the use of appropriate technology and internal procedures. However, BigIslandWorld.com does not guarantee that unauthorized access will never occur.

We may also collect, aggregate and maintain anonymous aggregated information about the visitors to our Web sites, such as visitors hobbies, interests, purchasing habits, music preferences, and the like. This data can then be used to tailor BigIslandWorld.com's Web site content and advertising to deliver a better experience for our visitors. We may also share such aggregate information about our visitors with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties; for example, to inform them, for example, about the percentage of male/female visitors or percentage of visitors within a particular age range.

By providing any personal information to the BigIslandWorld.com site, all users fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information.

The terms of this policy will govern the use and any information collected while it is in place. BigIslandWorld.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time, so please re-visit this page as often as you wish.

If you have any questions or comments about our personal information practices or about this privacy statement, please feel free to send us an email.