PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: August 24, 2026
Pacific Fashion Week respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how The Foundation for an Engaged Pacific, doing business as Pacific Fashion Week (“Pacific Fashion Week,” “PFW,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information through pacificfashionweek.com, our communications, ticketing activities, and related events and services. By using our website or providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Pacific Fashion Week.
Information You Provide
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including: Name Email address Telephone number Mailing address Organization, company, or professional affiliation Ticket registration and attendee information Event preferences and accessibility requests Newsletter and marketing preferences Sponsorship, partnership, vendor, designer, volunteer, or press-inquiry information Messages and other information submitted through forms or email Photographs, videos, portfolio materials, biographies, and social-media information submitted for participation or promotional purposes Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for a specific request or application.
Ticket and Transaction Information
Pacific Fashion Week may use Zeffy or another third-party provider to process ticket registrations, purchases, and donations. The ticketing provider may collect: Purchaser and attendee names Contact information Billing and transaction details Ticket selections Donation information Payment information Payment information is processed by the applicable payment provider under its own privacy policy. Pacific Fashion Week generally does not directly receive or store complete payment-card numbers. We may receive transaction records, attendee information, ticket status, and related details needed to administer Pacific Fashion Week events.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically, including: Internet Protocol address Browser and device type Operating system Pages viewed Referring website Date and time of access Approximate location derived from an IP address Website interactions and performance information Cookie and similar-technology identifiers The Pacific Fashion Week website is hosted through Squarespace. Squarespace may collect certain technical and usage information as described in its own privacy documentation.
2. How We Use Information
We may use personal information to: Operate, maintain, and improve the website. Process event registrations and ticket transactions. Communicate important schedule, venue, admission, or event updates. Respond to questions, requests, applications, and inquiries. Administer designer, sponsor, partner, vendor, volunteer, and media relationships. Send newsletters, designer features, announcements, offers, and promotional communications when permitted. Understand website traffic and visitor interactions. Maintain website and event security. Detect fraud, misuse, technical problems, or unlawful activity. Protect the rights and safety of Pacific Fashion Week, its attendees, partners, designers, and the public. Meet legal, tax, accounting, insurance, and regulatory obligations. Carry out any other purpose disclosed when information is collected.
3. Email Communications
When you join the Pacific Fashion Week mailing list, you consent to receive newsletters, designer features, schedule announcements, ticket information, special offers, and other PFW updates. You can unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link included in the message. Even if you unsubscribe from marketing, we may still send essential transactional or operational messages regarding tickets, registrations, applications, or events. PFW currently uses SQUARESPACE EMAIL CAMPAIGNS to manage email subscriptions and communications.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide essential functions, remember preferences, measure website performance, and understand visitor activity. Depending on the services enabled on the website, these technologies may include:
Essential Cookies
These cookies support functions such as website security, navigation, forms, and accessibility. They may be necessary for the website to operate.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, which pages are viewed, and how the site performs. PFW currently uses GOOGLE ANALYTICS.
Functional Cookies
These cookies may remember selections or enable embedded media and third-party website features.
Advertising Cookies
If PFW uses advertising technologies such as the Meta Pixel, Google Ads, or similar tools, those providers may use cookies or identifiers to measure advertising and provide more relevant content. Where required, visitors will be given an opportunity to manage nonessential cookie preferences. You may also control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling cookies may affect website functionality.
5. How We Disclose Information
We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients:
Service Providers
We may work with companies that help us provide services, including: Squarespace for website hosting and forms Zeffy or another ticketing provider Payment processors Email and newsletter providers Website analytics providers Cloud-storage and business-software providers Event-production, registration, security, and venue partners Marketing, communications, photography, and media providers Professional advisers, including attorneys, accountants, and insurers These providers may access information only as needed to perform services for PFW and are responsible for handling it under their own contractual and legal obligations.
Event Partners
Information may be shared with an event venue, production partner, or registration provider when reasonably necessary to administer admission, accessibility, security, attendee communications, or event operations. We will not provide mailing-list information to an event sponsor for its independent marketing unless we disclose that practice and obtain consent when required.
Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information when we reasonably believe it is necessary to: Comply with a law, subpoena, court order, or legal process. Respond to a lawful government request. Investigate fraud, security incidents, or violations of our policies. Protect the safety, rights, or property of PFW or others. Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Business Transfers
Information may be transferred as part of a merger, restructuring, financing, sale of assets, change of control, or transfer of Pacific Fashion Week’s operations.
6. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information
Pacific Fashion Week does not sell personal information for money. However, certain advertising or analytics technologies may be legally considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or use for targeted advertising in some jurisdictions, even when no money changes hands. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of children under 16 for targeted advertising.
7. Social Media and External Websites
The website may link to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, designer websites, sponsors, venues, news organizations, and other third-party services. When you interact with an external service, that service may collect information under its own privacy policy. Pacific Fashion Week does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or platforms. Public interactions with PFW social-media accounts may be visible to other users.
8. Photographs and Event Media
Pacific Fashion Week events may be photographed, filmed, livestreamed, or otherwise recorded for news, archival, editorial, promotional, and commercial purposes. Event signage, ticket terms, credential agreements, participant releases, or other notices may provide additional information about photography and recording at a particular event. Designers, models, speakers, performers, media representatives, and other featured participants may be asked to sign separate releases or participation agreements.
9. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including: Administering registrations and events Maintaining business and transaction records Managing ongoing relationships Sending communications where consent remains active Resolving disputes Enforcing agreements Meeting legal, tax, insurance, accounting, and regulatory requirements Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
10. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures intended to protect personal information. No website, email transmission, payment system, or data-storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk. If we become aware of a security incident involving personal information, we will respond and provide notices as required by applicable law.
11. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to: Request access to personal information we maintain about you. Request correction of inaccurate information. Request deletion of certain information. Request a portable copy of information. Object to or restrict certain processing. Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. Opt out of targeted advertising or certain forms of data sharing. Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request. Receive equal service without discrimination for exercising a privacy right. These rights may be subject to legal exceptions and may not apply in every jurisdiction. To submit a privacy request, email info@pacificfashionweek.com with the subject line “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. An authorized agent may submit a request where permitted by law, but we may require proof of authorization and identity verification.
12. Children’s Privacy
The website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental or legal-guardian consent. If you believe a child has provided personal information without proper consent, contact us so we can review and delete it where required. Parents and guardians should review the terms and age requirements for individual Pacific Fashion Week events.
13. International Visitors
Pacific Fashion Week is based in HAWAIʻI, UNITED STATES. If you access the website from another country, your information may be processed or stored in the United States or another country where our service providers operate. Privacy laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live. Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, services, providers, events, or legal obligations change. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. We may also communicate material changes through the website or by email, when appropriate.
15. Contact Us
For questions, concerns, or privacy requests, contact:
Pacific Fashion Week
1585 Kapiolani Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96814
Privacy Email: info@pacificfashionweek.com
Website: https://www.pacificfashionweek.com