Cookies Policy

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Cookies Policy

Understanding How Cookies Support Your Shopping Experience

Learn how hearthlin uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand visitor activity, improve shopping experiences and manage privacy preferences.

1. Introduction

Welcome to hearthlin. We use cookies and similar technologies to support the operation of our website, improve website performance and provide a more convenient online shopping experience.

When you browse our website, certain information may be stored on or accessed from your device. These technologies help websites recognize devices, remember preferences, maintain shopping sessions and understand how visitors interact with online content.

This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, why they may be used on our website, how certain third parties may use similar technologies and what choices may be available to you.

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and other applicable website terms.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites may store in your browser or on your device when you visit a webpage.

They can contain information such as a unique identifier, website preferences, session details or other technical information. When you revisit a website, your browser may send relevant cookie information back to that website.

Cookies can help websites remember previous interactions, maintain shopping carts and provide a more consistent browsing experience.

Cookies do not all perform the same function. Some are essential for website operation, while others may support analytics, personalization or advertising activities.

3. Types of Cookies We May Use

Depending on the website features and services available, hearthlin may use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies.

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies support essential website functions and help make basic services available.

They may be used to:

  • Maintain website sessions.
  • Support shopping cart functionality.
  • Assist with checkout and transaction processes.
  • Support website security and fraud prevention.
  • Remember essential privacy and cookie preferences.

These technologies are generally required for core website functions and may not be available for disabling through ordinary preference settings.

3.2 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies help remember selected preferences and improve convenience when using our website.

They may help remember:

  • Language or regional preferences.
  • Previously selected website settings.
  • Shopping experience preferences.
  • Other settings that make website navigation more convenient.

3.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website and identify opportunities to improve website performance.

Depending on the tools in use, they may collect information about:

  • Pages visited and navigation patterns.
  • Time spent on website pages.
  • Website traffic and referral sources.
  • Interactions with product listings and website content.
  • Technical errors and website performance.

3.4 Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Advertising cookies and similar technologies may help support marketing activities and measure advertising performance.

Where used, these technologies may help:

  • Measure interactions with advertisements.
  • Understand the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
  • Deliver or evaluate relevant promotional content.
  • Limit repeated exposure to certain advertisements.
  • Support advertising measurement and attribution.

4. How Cookies Support Our Furniture Shopping Experience

Cookies and similar technologies may support different parts of the hearthlin shopping experience.

Browsing Products

Certain technologies may help support product browsing, navigation and the display of relevant website content.

Shopping Cart Management

Cookies may help maintain selected products and shopping cart information while you navigate between website pages.

Checkout and Transactions

Essential technologies may support checkout sessions, payment-related interactions and transaction security.

Website Improvement

Analytics technologies may help us identify navigation difficulties, technical issues and opportunities to improve the website.

Marketing Measurement

Where permitted and used, advertising technologies may help measure campaign performance and understand how visitors interact with promotional content.

5. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

Cookies may be placed by the website you are visiting or by external service providers whose technologies are integrated into the website.

First-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are created by the website you visit. They may support website functionality, remember preferences, maintain sessions and assist with the shopping experience.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are placed or accessed by external service providers whose tools or content may be used on our website.

Depending on the services actually integrated, these providers may include:

  • Website hosting and e-commerce service providers.
  • Website analytics providers.
  • Advertising and marketing technology providers.
  • Payment and transaction service providers.
  • Embedded content and website functionality providers.

The specific third parties and technologies involved may change as website services and integrations evolve. We do not represent that every category or provider listed above is currently active.

6. Analytics and Website Performance

We may use analytics technologies to better understand how visitors use our website and how its different features perform.

Depending on the analytics services in use, collected information may include page views, navigation activity, browser characteristics, device information, approximate geographic information and interaction events.

This information may help us:

  • Understand which pages and product categories receive visitor attention.
  • Identify website errors and technical difficulties.
  • Improve page loading and navigation experiences.
  • Evaluate how visitors move through the shopping process.
  • Make informed improvements to website content and functionality.

Where required by applicable law, non-essential analytics technologies will be used only after the appropriate consent has been obtained.

7. Advertising and Similar Tracking Technologies

Advertising and marketing technologies may be used to understand the performance of promotional activities and improve the relevance of marketing content.

Advertising Measurement

Certain technologies may help measure whether visitors interact with advertisements or visit our website after seeing promotional content.

Audience Insights

Where permitted, advertising tools may use certain browsing or interaction information to develop audience insights and evaluate campaign performance.

Retargeting and Personalized Advertising

Where these technologies are enabled, they may help display promotional content based on previous interactions with a website or advertising service.

Your Choices

You may have the ability to control certain advertising cookies through our available privacy preference tools, browser settings and other applicable opt-out mechanisms.

8. Other Similar Technologies

Cookies are not the only technologies that may be used to recognize devices or understand website interactions.

Pixels and Tracking Tags

Small electronic elements may help determine whether a webpage or particular content has been viewed and may support advertising or analytics measurement.

Local Storage

Browser local storage may be used to retain certain website information or preferences on your device.

Session Technologies

Session-related technologies may help maintain interactions while you browse between pages or complete a purchase.

Device and Browser Information

Technical information may help identify compatibility issues and support website security and performance.

9. How Long Do Cookies Remain on Your Device?

Cookies may remain on your device for different periods depending on their purpose and configuration.

Session Cookies

Session cookies are generally temporary and are removed when you close your browser or when the relevant browsing session ends.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or are deleted. Their duration depends on the cookie's settings and purpose.

We aim to retain cookie-related information only for as long as reasonably necessary for its intended purpose, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.

10. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You may have several options for managing cookies and similar technologies when visiting our website.

Website Privacy Preference Settings

Where a cookie preference or consent management tool is available on our website, you may use it to review available cookie categories and manage your choices for non-essential technologies.

Browser Cookie Settings

Most web browsers allow users to view, delete, block or restrict cookies through their privacy or security settings.

You can generally find these options in your browser's settings or help section.

Device Privacy Controls

Some devices and operating systems provide additional privacy controls that may limit certain tracking or advertising technologies.

Advertising Opt-Out Options

Where applicable, you may use available advertising privacy tools or industry opt-out resources to manage certain interest-based advertising preferences.

Please note that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect shopping cart functionality, checkout sessions, saved preferences and other website features.

11. Cookie Consent and Your Choices

We respect the importance of privacy choices and aim to manage non-essential cookies in accordance with applicable requirements.

Where consent is required, non-essential cookies and similar technologies should not be activated before the appropriate consent has been obtained.

You may be able to accept, reject or customize certain non-essential cookie categories through an available consent management interface.

Strictly necessary technologies may continue to operate where they are required to provide services you request or to support essential website functionality, subject to applicable law.

Your preferences may be stored so that the website can recognize your choices on subsequent visits. You may need to review or renew those choices if you clear your browser data or use a different device or browser.

12. California Consumer Privacy Rights

Certain California residents may have additional privacy rights under applicable California privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA).

Right to Know

Eligible consumers may have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected, the purposes of collection and the categories of recipients to whom information is disclosed.

Right to Delete

Eligible consumers may request deletion of certain personal information, subject to applicable legal exceptions.

Right to Correct

Eligible consumers may request correction of inaccurate personal information maintained by a business.

Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing

Eligible consumers may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, including certain sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Right to Limit Certain Sensitive Information Uses

Where applicable, eligible consumers may have the right to limit certain uses and disclosures of sensitive personal information.

Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not unlawfully discriminate against consumers for exercising privacy rights protected by applicable law.

13. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Some advertising and tracking technologies may involve the disclosure of personal information to third parties in ways that may constitute a sale or sharing under certain privacy laws.

Where applicable, California residents and other eligible consumers may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information.

If our website uses technologies covered by these requirements, you may exercise your applicable rights through the available privacy preference controls or by contacting us at:

gloqora@hearthlin.com

You may also use an available opt-out preference signal, such as Global Privacy Control (GPC), where required or recognized by applicable law.

We aim to process recognized opt-out requests in accordance with applicable legal requirements. An opt-out request may need to be applied separately to different browsers or devices unless the applicable law requires otherwise.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Privacy contact: gloqora@hearthlin.com

This email contact is provided for privacy requests. It is not a substitute for any dedicated website opt-out interface required by applicable law.

14. Information That May Be Collected Through Cookies

Depending on the technologies in use and your privacy choices, information associated with cookies may include:

  • Browser type and version.
  • Device type and operating system.
  • IP address and approximate location information.
  • Website pages visited and browsing activity.
  • Referring pages and traffic sources.
  • Shopping cart interactions and selected preferences.
  • Website session and interaction information.
  • Information relating to website performance and advertising interactions.

The exact information collected depends on the cookies and technologies active during your visit.

15. How Cookie-Related Information May Be Shared

Information collected through cookies and similar technologies may be processed or disclosed to certain service providers and third parties for legitimate website and business purposes.

Website and E-Commerce Providers

To support website hosting, shopping cart functionality, checkout, website security and related technical services.

Analytics Providers

To help evaluate website traffic, visitor behavior, technical performance and user interactions.

Advertising and Marketing Providers

Where enabled and permitted, to support campaign measurement, advertising delivery and related marketing activities.

Legal and Regulatory Recipients

Where disclosure is required or permitted by applicable law, legal process or legitimate protection of rights.

We aim to limit disclosures to information relevant to the applicable purpose and to handle information in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.

16. Data Security and Retention

We take reasonable measures designed to protect information handled through our website against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

Cookie-related information may be retained for different periods depending on its purpose, the configuration of the relevant technology and applicable legal requirements.

Some information may be retained for website security, transaction records, legal compliance, fraud prevention or other legitimate operational purposes.

No website or electronic transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We continue to review reasonable safeguards as our website and services evolve.

17. Children's Privacy

Our website is intended for general consumers and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through cookie-based tracking for purposes prohibited by applicable law.

We do not knowingly use non-essential tracking technologies to collect personal information from children in a manner that violates applicable children's privacy requirements.

If you believe that information relating to a child has been collected improperly through our website, please contact us so that the matter can be reviewed.

18. International Visitors

Visitors accessing our website from different countries or regions may be subject to different privacy and cookie requirements.

Where applicable, we aim to provide appropriate information and consent or preference controls in accordance with relevant legal requirements.

Your available privacy choices may depend on your location, the technologies used and the legal protections applicable to your visit.

19. Changes to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in website functionality, technologies, service providers, privacy practices or applicable legal requirements.

When changes are made, the revised policy will be published on this page.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to stay informed about how cookies and similar technologies may be used on the hearthlin website.

20. Important Privacy Disclaimer

This Cookies Policy provides general information about cookies and similar technologies that may be used in connection with our website.

The actual cookies, third-party providers, retention periods and tracking technologies used may vary depending on the website configuration, integrations and services active at the time of your visit.

This page does not constitute legal advice or guarantee compliance with every privacy law or regulatory requirement. Our privacy practices are intended to be implemented consistently with applicable legal obligations.

Nothing in this policy limits privacy rights that cannot legally be waived or restricted.

21. Contact Us About Cookies and Privacy

If you have questions about this Cookies Policy, our use of cookies or your available privacy choices, please contact our team.

We welcome inquiries concerning cookie preferences, personal information, privacy requests and website tracking technologies.

Please include enough information to help us understand and review your inquiry. Avoid sending passwords, full payment card numbers or other unnecessary sensitive information by email.

Questions About Your Privacy?

For cookie-related questions, privacy inquiries or requests concerning your personal information, please contact hearthlin.

Brand:
hearthlin

Address:
4-1-15-311 Higashinakajima,
Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi,
Osaka 533-0033, Japan

Email:
gloqora@hearthlin.com

Phone:
+81 (708) 926 98 36

Customer Service Hours:
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Service Availability:
Our customer service team is available during the stated business hours. Emails received outside these hours will be reviewed during the next available business period.

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