ALA PUKA is hosted by Hawaiian Hills, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. The telemetry payloads you submit carry an established Fair Market Value (FMV) of $0.12 per mile, based on commercial data procurement indices. At fiscal year-end, we issue a formal IRS Form 8283-compliant non-cash contribution summary that you can file alongside itemized charitable deductions.
No. Your privacy is protected by native edge anonymization. The beginnings and endings of all logging sessions are sliced off automatically on your device (within a 500-meter buffer) to completely scrub residential and workplace locations. The submitted coordinates are connection-scrambled, representing disconnected pavement anomalies.
Any modern iOS or Android smartphone with an internal accelerometer and GPS receiver is compatible. For accurate telemetry, the phone must be secured in a rigid, dashboard-mounted cradle (vent mount or windshield suction mount) to prevent loose cabin vibrations from skewing z-axis suspension shock thresholds.
Because raw accelerometer logs are compressed and buffered locally, cellular data usage is extremely low (averaging less than 2MB per hour of driving). Telemetry buffers can also be set to upload only over Wi-Fi. The background service utilizes hardware location boundaries to optimize battery consumption, but connecting a dashboard charger is recommended for long trips.
You can request the "ALA PUKA Charitable Decal Program" during your annual vehicle registration renewal process, either online via the County Portal or at any physical county DMV window counter. The circular green decal is handed to you on-site or mailed with your annual license tabs.
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