Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 25, 2024

Tetiaroa Society (doing business as Honu) (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.honusubs.com. 

1. Information We Collect

a. Personal Data

We may collect the following types of personal data when you interact with our website:

  • Contact Information: Such as your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.

  • Usage Information: Information about how you interact with our website, such as IP address, browser type, operating system, and pages visited.

  • Preferences: Data on your preferences, feedback, and interests.

b. Sensitive Personal Data

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data, such as health information or political affiliations, through our website.

c. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website and improve our services. Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They store small amounts of data that help websites function and provide a more personalized experience. Cookies can be "persistent" (stored on your device until deleted) or "session" cookies (deleted when your browser is closed).

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

Examples of cookies we use:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, certain services you request cannot be provided

  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often. They help us understand and improve website performance. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous.

  • Functionality Cookies: Functionality cookies allow us to remember your preferences and choices, such as language settings or login details, to enhance your experience. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our site.

  • Security Cookies: These cookies are used for security purposes.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Communicate with You: Responding to inquiries, providing updates, and sending newsletters, marketing communications, promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you (with consent where required). 

  • To Provide and Improve Our Services: Managing accounts, processing orders, and personalizing the user experience.

  • To Operate and Maintain Our Website: Ensuring site functionality and security.

  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: Ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Your Information (GDPR Compliance)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), we are required to explain the valid legal bases we rely on to process your personal information.  We rely on specific legal grounds to process your personal data, including:

  • Consent: If you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, such as for marketing communications.  You can withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Performance of a Contract: To fulfill contractual obligations, such as if you have made a purchase or request information about a service we provide.

  • Legal Obligation: To comply with legal requirements, such as tax obligations or fraud prevention.

  • Legitimate Interests: To improve our website, protect our users, and secure our services.

4. Your Rights

Under the GDPR (EU Residents)

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • Right to Access: Request access to the personal data we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: Correct any inaccuracies in your data.

  • Right to Erasure (“Right to Be Forgotten”): Request deletion of your data under certain circumstances.

  • Right to Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing under certain conditions.

  • Right to Data Portability: Obtain a copy of your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

  • Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.

  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time for data processed based on consent.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at https://www.honusubs.com/contact. 

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA (California Residents)

California residents and residents of certain other states have the following rights:

  • Right to Know: Request details about the personal data we collect, use, disclose, and sell.

  • Right to Correct: Correct inaccuracies in your personal data.

  • Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal data, subject to certain exceptions.

  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale: Opt-out of the sale of personal data (we do not sell personal data).

  • Right to Non-Discrimination: Exercise any CCPA rights without facing discrimination.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at https://www.honusubs.com/contact. California residents may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on their behalf.

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected.  At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized.  As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.

5. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We may share or disclose your information in the following circumstances:

  • Affiliates: With affiliates such as companies that we control or are under common control with us and joint venture partners.

  • Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors who assist in website functionality, analytics, payment processing, and customer support.

  • Legal Obligations: When required by law or in response to valid legal processes.

  • Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

  • Consent: With your consent or at your direction.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not share your personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Once no longer necessary, we securely delete or anonymize the data.

7. Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. International Data Transfers

If you are located outside of the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data when transferred internationally, in compliance with GDPR requirements.

9. Minors

Our website is not directed toward children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will delete it promptly.

10. Opting out of Marketing and Promotional Communications

You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails we send you, or by contacting us as described below.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page, and significant changes will be highlighted.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how we handle your personal data, or wish to exercise your rights under applicable data privacy laws, please contact us at https://www.honusubs.com/contact or at the following address: Tetiaroa Society, c/o Peterson Russell Kelly Livengood PLLC, 10900 NE 4th Street, Suite 1850, Bellevue, WA 98004.

By using our website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Thank you for trusting us with your information.