Welcome to Hawaii Media Collective (“Hawaii Media Collective,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website at https://hawaiimediacollective.com (the “Website”) and any services provided through the Website (collectively, the “Service”). By accessing or using our Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

Please read them carefully. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Website.

Use of the Website

You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of any third party or restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use of the Website. You agree not to:

• violate any applicable local, state, national, or international laws;

• transmit content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, or invasive of privacy;

• interfere with the security or proper functioning of the Website.

Intellectual Property

All content on the Website, including text, graphics, logos, images, videos, and software, is the property of Hawaii Media Collective or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. You may view and download content for personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use, including reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication, is prohibited without our prior written consent.

All of your Content will be immediately deleted from the Service upon cancellation. This information cannot be recovered once your account is cancelled.

If you cancel the Service before the end of your current paid up month, your cancellation will take effect immediately and you will not be charged again.

Hawaii Media Collective, in its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service, or any other Hawaii Media Collective service, for any reason at any time. Such termination of the Service will result in the deactivation or deletion of your Account or your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your Account. Hawaii Media Collective reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

User Submissions

If you submit information to us via forms, email, or other means through the Website (“User Content”), you grant Hawaii Media Collective a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and display that content for any purpose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all rights to your submissions and that they do not violate these Terms.

Modifications to the Service and Prices

Hawaii Media Collective reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice.

Prices of all Services, including but not limited to monthly subscription plan fees to the Service, are subject to change upon 30 days notice from us. Such notice may be provided at any time by posting the changes to the Hawaii Media Collective (https://hawaiimediacollective.com) or the Service itself.

Hawaii Media Collective shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Copyright and Content Ownership

We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the Service. Your profile and materials uploaded remain yours.

However, by setting your pages to be shared publicly, you agree to allow others to view and share your Content.

Hawaii Media Collective does not pre-screen Content, but we have the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available via the Service.

The look and feel of the Service is copyright © 2025 Hawaii Media Collective. All rights reserved. You may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the HTML/CSS, Javascript, or visual design elements or concepts without express written permission from Hawaii Media Collective.

General Conditions

Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
You understand that Hawaii Media Collective uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run the Service.

You must not modify, adapt or hack the Service or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Service, Hawaii Media Collective, or any other Hawaii Media Collective service.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service without the express written permission by Hawaii Media Collective.

We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.

Verbal, physical, written or other abuse (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any Hawaii Media Collective customer, employee, member, or officer will result in immediate account termination.

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

You must not upload, post, host, or transmit unsolicited email, SMSs, or “spam” messages.
You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

We will determine, in our sole discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of the Service. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the Terms of Service upon which you are permitted to use our Service, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

• Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Service.

• Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our Service.

• Issue of a warning to you.

• Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.

• Further legal action against you.

• Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Limitations of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Hawaii Media Collective and its officers, directors, employees, and affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your access to or use of the Website or Service, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Hawaii Media Collective and its affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses arising out of your use of the Website or violation of these Terms.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Hawai‘i. Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of the Website is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Hawai‘i.

Changes To The Terms of Service

Hawaii Media Collective may modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be effective when posted on the Website. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms constitutes acceptance of those changes. We encourage you to review this page regularly for updates.

Contact Us

Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at aloha@hawaiimediacollective.com.