Terms and Conditions

University of Hawaiʻi Press Terms & Conditions

Introduction

1. About us

Terms and conditions of ordering

2. Confirmation of order
3. Currency
4. Amendments to your (online) order
5. Refunds
7. Not yet published titles
8. Use
9. Disclaimer
10. Liability
11. Copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property
12. Data protection
13. Governing law and jurisdiction
14. Miscellaneous

Introduction

These terms apply to the entire content of this website under the domain names www.uhpress.hawaii.edu.

If you do not accept these terms, please do not use this website. University of Hawaiʻi Press may update these terms from time to time and any changes will be effective immediately on being set out here. Please ensure you are aware of the current terms.

1. About Us

Our full contact details are:
University of Hawaiʻi Press
2840 Kolowalu Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
United States
Phone: BOOKS (808)956-8255 | JOURNALS (808)956-8833
Email: BOOKS [email protected] | JOURNALS [email protected]

Terms and conditions of ordering

2. Confirmation of Order

We will confirm your order on the basis of these terms and conditions and a confirmation will be sent to the email address you supplied when ordering.

3. Currency

All payments made through this online payment facility must be made in US Dollars ($).

4. Amendments to your [online] order

4.1 Any requests for changes to your online order should be communicated to University of Hawaiʻi Press as soon as possible, although we cannot guarantee that it will always be possible to address your request due to availability etc.

4.2 If you wish to order services additional to your initial orders then these need to be ordered online as a separate order. No changes will be possible to the initial order once it has been submitted but if you need assistance please contact University of Hawaiʻi Press (tel: (808)956-8255).

5. Returns and Refunds

Books and other retail items purchased from this website may be returned within 14 days of purchase with original receipt and all journals subscriptions and single-issue journal purchases are final. Original receipt is required for all refunds and exchanges, and merchandise must be in original condition (including shrink-wrapped items and digital access codes). Please provide your order number and notify Customer Service prior to returning any merchandise. Damaged merchandise must be reported within 7 days of receipt. Click here to Contact Us.

6. Use

6.1 In accessing this website, you agree that the website is made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. Unless you have University of Hawaiʻi Press’ prior written permission, you are not permitted to copy, make available to the public, download, store (in any medium), show in public, adapt or change in any way the material (or any part of it) contained on this website for any purpose whatsoever.

6.2 Without limitation to any matter set out in this Terms and Conditions of Use or University of Hawaiʻi Press’ Privacy Policy you must not use this website to:

• commit or encourage unlawful acts or in breach of these terms of use
• misrepresent your identity
• hack, or attempt to hack, any part of the website or any system used to run it
• store personal data derived from the website
• post material that is obscene, offensive, or otherwise unlawful
• technically harm the website and/or its systems (including, without limitation, computer
• viruses or malicious software or harmful data)

6.3 While University of Hawaiʻi Press tries to make this website available 24 hours a day, it reserves the right to suspend or withdraw access, without notice, to either the whole or part of the website, for any reason.

7. Disclaimer

7.1 While University of Hawaiʻi Press tries to ensure that the information on this website is accurate at the time it was published on the site, it does not warrant that this is the case. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the material on this website is provided “as is”, and without warranties, conditions or other terms of any kind.

7.2 Nothing on this website constitutes any part of a contract unless otherwise expressly stated.

7.3 Any links within this website to third party websites are not checked by University of Hawaiʻi Press bears no responsibility for the content of external sites. If you access external sites through this website, you do so at your own risk.

8. Liability

8.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the University of Hawaiʻi Press excludes all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party in connection with the use of this website in any way. Nothing will limit the University of Hawaiʻi Press’ liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for fraud.

8.2 Every effort is made to ensure downloadable content is free from viruses. The University of Hawaiʻi Press accepts no liability for damages resulting from virus infection.

9. Copyright, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property

9.1 Unless stated otherwise, the copyright and other intellectual property rights in all text, images and other material on this website are owned by University of Hawaiʻi Press or its licensors.

9.2 The trade marks and logos used and displayed on this website are registered and unregistered trade marks of University of Hawaiʻi Press or those of others. You may not use these trade marks without our prior written consent, or that of the relevant owner.

10. Data Protection

We take your privacy seriously and treat your data under the terms of the GDPR. Please see our Privacy Policy.

11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These terms of use are governed by the laws of the State of Hawaiʻi.

12. Miscellaneous

12.1 These terms and conditions of use are not intended to, nor shall they confer any benefit on a third party.

12.2 No waiver by the University of Hawaiʻi Press of any breach of these terms by you shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or of any other provision.

12.3 Section headings have been included for convenience only and shall not be considered part of, or be used in interpreting, these terms.

12.4 If, at any time, any provision of these terms is or becomes invalid or illegal in any respect, such provision shall be deemed to be severed from the terms, but the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected as a result.

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UH Press
Privacy Overview

University of Hawaiʻi Press Privacy Policy

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

University of Hawaiʻi Press collects the information that you provide when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, or fill out a form. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing 0address, phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
Website log files collect information on all requests for pages and files on this website's web servers. Log files do not capture personal information but do capture the user's IP address, which is automatically recognized by our web servers. This information is used to ensure our website is operating properly, to uncover or investigate any errors, and is deleted within 72 hours.
University of Hawaiʻi Press will make no attempt to track or identify individual users, except where there is a reasonable suspicion that unauthorized access to systems is being attempted. In the case of all users, we reserve the right to attempt to identify and track any individual who is reasonably suspected of trying to gain unauthorized access to computer systems or resources operating as part of our web services.
As a condition of use of this site, all users must give permission for University of Hawaiʻi Press to use its access logs to attempt to track users who are reasonably suspected of gaining, or attempting to gain, unauthorized access.

WHAT DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FOR?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To process transactions

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested. Order information will be retained for six months to allow us to research if there is a problem with an order. If you wish to receive a copy of this data or request its deletion prior to six months contact Cindy Yen at [email protected].

To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the service requested. Your information will only be kept until the survey, contest, or other feature ends. If you wish to receive a copy of this data or request its deletion prior completion, contact [email protected].

To send periodic emails

The email address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
Note: We keep your email information on file if you opt into our email newsletter. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

To send catalogs and other marketing material

The physical address you provide by filling out our contact form and requesting a catalog or joining our physical mailing list may be used to send you information and updates on the Press. We keep your address information on file if you opt into receiving our catalogs. You may opt out of this at any time by contacting [email protected].

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.
Some services on this website require us to collect personal information from you. To comply with Data Protection Regulations, we have a duty to tell you how we store the information we collect and how it is used. Any information you do submit will be stored securely and will never be passed on or sold to any third party.
You should be aware, however, that access to web pages will generally create log entries in the systems of your ISP or network service provider. These entities may be in a position to identify the client computer equipment used to access a page. Such monitoring would be done by the provider of network services and is beyond the responsibility or control of University of Hawaiʻi Press.

DO WE USE COOKIES?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you click to allow cookies to be set) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. You can see a full list of the cookies we set on our cookie policy page. These cookies are only set once you’ve opted in through our cookie consent widget.

DO WE DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION TO OUTSIDE PARTIES?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties other than to those trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your personally identifiable information to those persons to whom disclosure is required to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

CHILDRENS ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY ONLY

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

YOUR CONSENT

By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and update the Privacy Policy modification date.
This policy is effective as of May 25th, 2018.

CONTACTING US

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
University of Hawaiʻi Press
2840 Kolowalu Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA
[email protected]
Ph (808) 956-8255, Toll-free: 1-(888)-UH-PRESS
Fax (800) 650-7811