Privacy Policy

Who we are

Pūpūkahi Tech Foundation is a Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit offering free technology education. Questions about this policy or your data? Email contact@pupukahitech.org.

Information we collect

• Email list signups: your email address, optional first name, the consent wording you agreed to, the date of consent, and the page you signed up from.
• Forms and course access: name, email, and anything you choose to tell us when you volunteer, request a workshop, or unlock course materials.
• Donations: handled by our payment processor (Stripe). We never see or store your full card details.
• Site analytics: aggregate page views, referrer, and device type, used only to improve the site.

How we use it

We use your information to send the newsletter and workshop invitations you asked for, to respond to your inquiries, to run and improve our programs, and to meet nonprofit reporting obligations. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information, and we do not use it for third-party advertising.

Email consent, frequency, and opting out

We only email you after you affirmatively opt in by checking the consent box. Expect roughly 1–2 emails per month. Every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link, and you can unsubscribe anytime on our unsubscribe page or by emailing us. Unsubscribing is honored promptly; we keep a minimal record of the unsubscribe so we do not email you again. Transactional messages you request (such as a donation receipt) are not marketing emails.

Service providers

We use trusted processors to operate the site and communications — including our hosting and database provider, our transactional email provider, and Stripe for payments. They may process your data only on our instructions.

Your rights and retention

You can request a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it by emailing contact@pupukahitech.org. We keep subscriber records for as long as you remain subscribed and only as long as needed afterward. Our site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information without a parent or guardian's involvement.

Changes

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update this page and, when appropriate, notify subscribers by email.