Hawaii Yacht Group LLC (“Hawaii Yacht Group,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates hawaiiyachtgroup.com and provides yacht and boat brokerage services on Oahu and throughout the Hawaiian Islands. This policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, and the choices you have.
The short version: We collect only what we need to answer your inquiry and help you buy or sell a boat. We do not sell your personal information, and we never share your mobile phone number or your text-message opt-in with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing purposes.
1. Information we collect
Information you give us
- Contact details — your name, email address, and (optionally) your phone number, submitted through a form on this site, by email, or by phone.
- Inquiry details — the boat or listing you asked about, what you are looking for, and anything else you choose to tell us in a message.
- Listing information — if you ask us to sell or value your vessel, the details you provide about it.
- Consent record — whether you checked the contact-consent box, the exact wording you agreed to, and the date, time, and IP address of the submission. We keep this as proof of your consent.
Information collected automatically
- Usage data — pages viewed, time on site, referring page, approximate location, browser, and device type.
- Cookies and similar technologies — used for analytics and to recognize returning visitors. You can decline non-essential cookies using the banner on this site, and you can block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
2. How we use your information
- To respond to your inquiry and provide brokerage services.
- To send you listings, updates, and follow-up about buying or selling a boat, where you have asked for them or consented to receive them.
- To maintain our records, including our record of your consent.
- To operate, secure, and improve this website.
- To comply with applicable law.
3. SMS and text messaging
If you provide your mobile number and check the contact-consent box on one of our forms, you are opting in to receive text messages from Hawaii Yacht Group LLC about the boat you inquired about, other listings, and your transaction.
- Consent is optional. You are never required to agree to receive text messages in order to submit a form, get information, or do business with us.
- Message frequency varies.
- Message and data rates may apply.
- To stop: reply STOP to any text message from us at any time. For help: reply HELP, or email us at the address below.
- Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
Mobile opt-in and text-message consent are never shared with, sold to, or rented to any third party or affiliate for their marketing purposes. No mobile information is shared with third parties for marketing or promotional purposes of any kind. Information may be shared only with the service providers described below, strictly to help us deliver messages to you, and those providers may not use it for their own purposes.
4. Email
If you consent to email from us, you can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email, or by replying and asking us to remove you. We will still reply to messages you send us directly.
5. When we share information
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only in these situations:
- Service providers who operate our systems on our behalf — our website host, our email provider, our customer-relationship management and messaging platform, and our analytics provider. They may use your information only to provide those services to us.
- Parties to your transaction, where necessary and with your knowledge — for example a seller, buyer, surveyor, lender, insurer, or marine service provider involved in a deal you are part of.
- Legal requirements — when required by law, subpoena, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of others.
6. Analytics and website tracking
We use Google Analytics and the Follow Up Boss visitor tracking pixel to understand how people find and use this site, and to follow up with people who have contacted us. These tools use cookies and may record pages viewed and approximate location. Analytics cookies are only set after you accept them on our cookie banner. You can opt out of Google Analytics using Google’s browser add-on.
7. How long we keep information
We keep inquiry and consent records for as long as needed to serve you and to meet our record-keeping and legal obligations, and we delete or anonymize them after that. Records relating to a completed transaction are typically kept longer.
8. Security
This site is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection, and we limit access to the information we hold. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your choices and rights
- Ask us what information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it.
- Withdraw your consent to calls, texts, or email at any time.
- Decline non-essential cookies, or clear them in your browser.
To make a request, email us at the address below. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under your local law; we will honor them where they apply.
10. Children
This site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.
11. Third-party links
Our site links to other websites, including listing portals, video platforms, and social media. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, and this policy does not apply to them.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed. Material changes will be posted here.