At Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi, weʻre committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure.

We may change this policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that youʻre happy with any changes. By using our website, youʻre agreeing to be bound by this policy.

Any questions regarding this policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to [email protected].

Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii is an annual lantern floating event that is hosted by Shinnyo-en and Na Lei Aloha Foundation.

Na Lei Aloha Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the United States and is the secular, community-building arm of the Shinnyo-en Buddhist community in Hawaiʻi. Shinnyo-en is an international Buddhist community founded by the Shinnyo Masters Shinjo and Tomoji Ito. Its headquarters is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan.

The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, which events you have attended, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when.

We may use your information to to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into you by us.

We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfill our statutory obligations. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Third Party Service Providers working on our behalf: We may pass your information to our third party service providers, agents, subcontractors, and other associated organizations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties beyond Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.

We may transfer your information if weʻre under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our supporters and participants. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected.

When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that itʻs treated securely. Any sensitive information is encrypted and protected. When you are on a secure page, a lock icon will appear on the bottom of web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Non-sensitive details (your email address, etc.) are transmitted normally over the internet, and this can never ben guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security in our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. Turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

In addition if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.