Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners about user behavior and preferences.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive and help us recognize your browser and capture certain information about your preferences andge patterns.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our platform, remember your preferences, analyze site traffic, and provide personalized content recommendations. Cookies help us understand which parts of our service are most popular and how users navigate through our educational content.

Our cookies also enable essential functionality such as maintaining your login session, remembering your course progress, and providing security features to protect your account.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies.

Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you get error messages. This data helps us improve our platform's performance and user experience.

Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Analytics Cookies: We use these cookies to understand how users interact with our educational content, which courses are most popular, and how we can improve our learning paths and resources.

Third-Party Cookies

We may allow selected third parties to place cookies on our website to provide analytics services, payment processing, and other functionality. These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices.

Third-party cookies may include those from payment processors, analytics providers, and educational content delivery networks. We do not control these cookies and recommend reviewing the respective third parties' privacy policies.

Session vs Persistent Cookies

Session Cookies: These temporary cookies are deleted when you close your browser. They help us maintain your session while you navigate through our courses and community features.

Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They remember your preferences and login information for future visits, making your experience more convenient.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our platform's features.

You can also use our cookie consent banner to manage your preferences for non-essential cookies. Your choices will be remembered for future visits to our website.

Browser-Specific Cookie Management

Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data to manage your cookie preferences and view stored cookies.

Firefox: Access Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data to control cookie settings and clear stored data.

Safari: Navigate to Preferences > Privacy to manage cookie and website data settings.

Edge: Go to Settings > Cookies and site permissions to control cookie behavior and manage stored data.

Mobile Device Cookie Management

On mobile devices, cookie management options are typically found in your browser's settings menu. The exact location may vary depending on your device and browser application.

Some mobile browsers also offer private or incognito browsing modes that automatically delete cookies when you close the browser session.

Impact of Disabling Cookies

While you can browse our website with cookies disabled, certain features may not function properly. This includes maintaining your login session, remembering course progress, and providing personalized content recommendations.

Disabling analytics cookies will not affect your ability to use our educational services but may limit our ability to improve the platform based on user behavior insights.

Cookie Retention Periods

Different cookies have different retention periods. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies may remain for periods ranging from a few days to several years, depending on their purpose.

We regularly review and update our cookie retention periods to ensure they align with their intended purposes and comply with applicable data protection regulations.

Updates to Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and similar technologies.

International Cookie Regulations

Our cookie practices comply with applicable international regulations, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar privacy laws in other jurisdictions.

We obtain appropriate consent for non-essential cookies and provide clear information about our cookiege to ensure transparency and user control.

Data Security and Cookies

We implement appropriate security measures to protect the information collected through cookies. However, please note that cookies themselves do not contain personal information but may be linked to personal data stored in our systems.

We use secure transmission methods and storage practices to protect cookie data from unauthorized access or misuse.

Contact Us About Cookies

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@hilanuwinter.com
Address: 2 Chome-8-3-14-29 Takada, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0033
Phone: +81-22-214-8010

We will respond to your inquiries promptly and work to address any concerns about our cookie practices.