Bubbles Below Kauai, Inc. Copyright & Privacy Policy

Copyright

The Bubbles Below Kauai website is an electronically published work protected by copyright. All pages, descriptions, images, and other materials and files are ©2001, ©2002 and ©2003, Bubbles Below Kauai, Inc. In particular the web domain names: www.aloha.net/~kaimanu/ and www.bubblesbelowkauai.com are copyrighted as unpublished works by Bubbles Below Kauai, Inc.. Certain images, files, and other materials maybe copyrighted by others as both published and unpublished works. Rights to those items remain with the copyright holders.

Trademark

www.bubblesbelowkauai.com ª is a trademark of Bubbles Below Kauai, Inc. since 2001.

Privacy

We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal information is processed and used. We promise that we will take steps to use your personal information only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy Policy. The following policies are only in effect for the Web pages owned and operated by Bubbles Below Kauai Inc.,  The following discloses our Privacy Policy.

What information are you collecting and how are you collecting it?

Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of numbers, that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol" IP address. When a visitor requests a page from the Bubbles Below Kauai Web Site within the Pukashell Net network, our Web servers automatically recognize that visitor's domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our Site. We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of the Pukashell Net network, its users, or to cooperate with law enforcement. See also Will you disclose the information you collect to outside third parties? We do not collect and evaluate this information for specific individuals. Our Web servers do not record e-mail addresses of the visitors.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We do not use cookies on our web site. However, sites linked to our web site may use cookies. Cookies can be controlled by settings in your web browser.

How do you use single-pixel gifs?

Bubbles Below Kauai does not use single-pixel gif images, sometimes referred to as web bugs or web beacons, to count Web page accesses and gather some general statistical information. Bubbles Below does not gather personal information through the use of these images. Sites linked to our web site may use single-pixel gifs that can track personal information from cookies that may have been previously placed on a user's computer by an advertiser.

What other information do you request?

We do not request any information except when placing a reservation for one of our dive trips or scuba classes. 

What information do you collect when I purchase something?

If you are purchasing a class or reserving a boat trip we collect only the information required to process these requests.  Credit card and e-mail information will not be shared or sold to third parties for any purpose without your express permission.

Will you disclose the information you collect to outside third parties?

Bubbles Below Kauai, Inc.  will disclose personal information and/or an IP address, when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• 1) Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Bubbles Below Kauai, Inc.,
• 2) Protect and defend the rights or property of the Bubbles Below Kauai web site and related properties, or visitors to the Bubbles Below web site through the Pukashell Net network of Sites and related properties,
• 3) Identify persons who may be violating the law,  the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the the Bubbles Below Kauai web site or its related properties,
• 4) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities.

Bubbles Below Kauai, Inc. (BBKI) uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. BBKI reserves the right to transfer all such information in connection with the sale of all or part of BBKI's capital stock or assets. Furthermore, we are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. We are not responsible for such third party privacy policies or how they treat information about their users

What else should I know about my privacy when online?

The BBKI Web site contains many hyperlinks to other Web sites. BBKI is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites or advertisers. BBKI does not share any of the individual personal information you provide BBKI with the Web sites to which BBKI links, except as stated elsewhere within this Privacy Policy, although BBKI may share aggregate data with such Web sites (such as how many people use our Site).

Please check with those Web sites to determine their privacy policy.

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

Your Consent To This Agreement

By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of information by BBKI as specified above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.