What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners about how users interact with their sites.
Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive. They help us recognize your device and remember certain information about your preferences or past actions on our platform.
How We Use Cookies
Hikari Albums uses cookies to enhance your experience, understand how you use our services, and improve our platform. Specifically, we use cookies to:
Keep you signed in to your account; remember your preferences and settings; analyze site traffic and user behavior; personalize content and features; enable security features and detect fraudulent activity; measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; provide customer support and troubleshoot issues.
By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy.
Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize cookies into four main types based on their purpose and functionality. Each type serves specific functions that contribute to your experience on our platform.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. These cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, services you have requested cannot be provided.
Authentication Cookies: These cookies identify you when you log in and keep you authenticated as you navigate through different pages and features. They ensure that only you can access your account.
Security Cookies: We use security cookies to detect authentication abuses, prevent fraud, and protect user data from unauthorized access.
Load Balancing Cookies: These cookies help distribute traffic across our servers to ensure reliable and fast service delivery.
Essential cookies are always active and cannot be disabled without severely affecting the functionality of our platform.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
Performance and analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, allowing us to improve functionality and user experience.
Usage Analytics: We collect data on which pages you visit, how long you stay, what features you use, and where you encounter errors. This helps us identify areas for improvement.
Performance Monitoring: These cookies help us understand page load times, server response rates, and other technical performance metrics.
Error Tracking: When errors occur, these cookies help us capture information needed to diagnose and fix technical issues.
All analytics data is aggregated and anonymized. We use this information solely to improve our services and do not use it to identify individual users.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies enable personalized features and remember choices you make to improve your experience.
Preference Cookies: These remember your settings such as language preference, display options, layout choices, and theme selections.
Feature Cookies: These enable enhanced functionality like video playback, collaborative editing features, and real-time updates in shared albums.
Interface Customization: Cookies that remember how you've customized the interface, such as panel positions, view modes, and tool preferences.
While not strictly necessary, functional cookies significantly enhance your experience. Disabling them may limit certain features and require you to re-configure preferences on each visit.
Advertising Cookies
Advertising cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements and track advertising campaign performance.
Targeted Advertising: We may use cookies to show you advertisements for Hikari Albums on other websites based on your interests and browsing behavior.
Campaign Measurement: These cookies help us understand which marketing campaigns are effective and how users interact with our advertisements.
Retargeting: If you've visited our website or started a sign-up process, we may show you relevant reminders on other platforms.
You can opt out of advertising cookies through your browser settings or through advertising preference tools provided by third-party advertising networks.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our site are placed by third-party services we use to enhance functionality and analyze usage:
Analytics Providers: We use services like Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our platform. These services use cookies to collect and analyze usage data.
Payment Processors: When you make a purchase, our payment partners may set cookies to facilitate secure transactions and prevent fraud.
Content Delivery Networks: We use CDN services to deliver content quickly and reliably. These services may set cookies to optimize content delivery.
Social Media Platforms: If we integrate social media features, these platforms may set cookies to track your interactions with embedded content.
Third-party cookies are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties. We encourage you to review their policies to understand how they collect and use information.
Cookie Duration
Cookies can be temporary (session cookies) or persistent, depending on their purpose:
Session Cookies: These exist only during your browsing session and are deleted when you close your browser. They're primarily used for essential functions like maintaining your login state.
Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them. We use persistent cookies to remember your preferences, keep you logged in between sessions, and analyze long-term usage patterns.
Most of our cookies are set to expire after a reasonable period, typically ranging from a few days to one year. Essential authentication cookies may last longer to keep you conveniently logged in.
Managing Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies on our platform:
Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change this preference at any time by clearing your cookies and revisiting our site.
Account Settings: Logged-in users can manage certain cookie preferences through their account settings, particularly for functional and analytics cookies.
Browser Settings: All browsers provide controls for managing cookies. See the "Browser Controls" section below for detailed instructions.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may impact your ability to use some features of our platform. Essential cookies cannot be disabled without affecting core functionality.
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data. You can block all cookies, block third-party cookies, or allow all cookies.
Mozilla Firefox: Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data. Choose standard, strict, or custom protection levels.
Safari: Go to Preferences > Privacy. You can choose to block all cookies or just third-party cookies, and manage website data.
Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data. Configure blocking levels and exceptions.
For mobile browsers, check your device's settings or the browser's menu for privacy and cookie options. Specific steps vary by device and browser version.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you don't want your online activity tracked. Currently, there is no industry standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals.
While we respect your privacy preferences, our website does not currently respond to DNT signals due to the lack of standardization. However, you can control tracking through the cookie management options described above.
We are monitoring developments in DNT standards and may update our practices as industry standards evolve.
Local Storage and Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other browser storage technologies such as local storage, session storage, and IndexedDB. These technologies serve similar purposes to cookies but can store larger amounts of data.
We use these technologies to cache album data for offline access, store editor preferences, improve performance by reducing server requests, and enable advanced features in our album editor.
You can manage these storage technologies through your browser's settings, typically in the same location as cookie settings.
Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children through cookies or other means. Parents or guardians who believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child should contact us immediately.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make significant changes, we will notify you through our platform or by email.
The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was most recently revised. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
Your continued use of our services after changes to this policy constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
Contact Information
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Email: info@jorenthill.com
Phone: +81 6-4393-7888
Address: 2 Chome-24-15 Kujo, Nishi Ward, Osaka, 550-0027, Japan