COOKIES POLICY

Last updated: April 20, 2023
This cookie notice applies to our website https://hikinjo.com/ and its related pages, which are operated by and on behalf of BEAM Melody, Ltd
Hikinjo uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for a number of purposes including to access your information when you sign in, keep track of your preferences, direct specific content to you, report on Hikinjo’s user base, and to improve Hikinjo’s services. We also use cookies or anonymous identifiers when you interact with our affiliate service providers (for example, when you integrate your Hikinjo’s account with your Facebook profile) and as further described below.We use the following types of cookies and similar technologies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

  • We use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for the operation of the Service. This includes technologies that allow you to access our website, our services, our mobile applications, or those necessary to identify unusual website behaviour, prevent block fraudulent activity and improve security or allow you to use our functions such as saved searches or similar functions.
  • If you change the settings on your internet browser to block or restrict cookies (including cookies associated with the Services), or to indicate when a cookie is being set by Hikinjo, the Services may not work as intended. You should remember that, while you may still be able to use the Services if your cookies are disabled, the Services may not function properly on your device and you may not be able to take advantage of certain Hikinjo features.

Functionality Cookies

  • We use cookies and similar technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using the Services. This may include identifying you when you log in to our website, keeping you logged in while browsing, or keeping track of your interests, or previously viewed items so that we can work to improve the presentation of content on our website and mobile app.

Performance Analytics Cookies

  • We use cookies and similar technologies to assess the performance of the Services. We use this information to analyse and help us understand how you and other visitors use the Services so we can improve the content or layout of the Services. We also use this information to track the number of our visitors and analyse the popularity of the features we offer.

Advertising Cookies

  • We may use first-party or third-party cookies and similar technologies to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests. This includes using technologies to understand how useful the ads and content served to you, such as whether you clicked on an ad.
  • You may reject first-party advertising cookies and similar technologies through your browser settings (as described below). To learn more about the use of cookies or other technologies to deliver more relevant advertising and to control or opt out of the collection and use of the data by these third party tools, visit here.

Browser and System Controls

  • You may set your browser or operating system to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but you may not be able to use certain features on the Services which require such cookies. Each browser and operating system is a little different, so please check your browser or operating system's settings or help section to learn more about how to delete or disable cookies and tracking.
  • If you want to prevent the use of your data by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available here and you can manage your Google account here.

How We Share Your Personal Data

Hikinjo may disclose the information it collects from you as follows:
  • Service Providers. We share your personal data with third party service providers who provide us with business support, verification, expertise or technical functions that help us operate our business and Services or manage activities on our behalf.
  • Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytical data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, applications and online resources. You can learn more about Google's practices by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and opt-out by downloading the opt-out browser add-on.
  • Advertising Partners. We work with third-party advertising partners to show you advertisements that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive personalized advertisements, please visit their opt-out page to learn how you can opt out of receiving personalized web-based advertisement from Affiliates. You can access any of the settings provided by your mobile operating system to limit ad tracking, or you can install the App Choices mobile app to learn more about how you can choose engage in personalized ads in mobile apps.
  • Other Third Parties. We may share your personal data with other third parties involved in Hikinjo's marketing initiatives, with your permission or on an aggregate basis, and with consultants, advisors and analytics providers as necessary to measure and improve the Services we provide to you. We do not rent, sell or share information about you with unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing purposes unless we have your permission.
  • Sharing Between Users. We may share information, such as ratings and reviews about you, with other users who are looking for providers on the Services.
  • Legal Matters & Safety. We may share your personal data in response to a legal process or to provide information to law enforcement or regulatory authorities or during investigations of security-related matters. We may also share your personal data if we believe there has been a violation of these terms and conditions, our rights or the rights of a third party.
  • Sale or Transfer of Business or Assets. In the event that we, or any of our businesses, are sold or transferred, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency, your personal data received may be one of the assets sold or consolidated as part of the transaction
  • With your permission, we may share your personal data with any other third party so as to provide the service you have requested.

Security

  • Your account is password protected to ensure your privacy and security. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use and disclosure, but we cannot guarantee the absolute security of such information or the system. Our website will be completely free from being intercepted by third parties or unable to fight viruses. We cannot and do not guarantee that any information you send to us from your computer over the Internet will be protected by any form of (encryption software). Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee the security or privacy of your personal data, including payment and account details. You transmit your personal data to us at your own risk. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and/or account information.

Third Parties

  • The Services may contain links to third party websites including the networks of our valued affiliate service providers, advertisers, and PayPal, or make available services obtained from third parties, including verification services by third party verification providers. If you click on a link to any of these websites, such as the PayPal payment system, or use services obtained from third-party service providers that require you to provide personal data directly to such third parties (e.g. third-party verification providers), note, that they have their own privacy policies. If you use the Services to link to another site, or use a service obtained from a third party service provider via the Services, you will be subject to that site's or third party's terms and conditions of use, privacy policy and security statement. We strongly encourage you to view these before disclosing any of your personal data on such sites. Hikinjo does not control, and does not accept any responsibility or liability for, the privacy policy of, and use of personal data by, any party other than Hikinjo, including any user of the Services, the operators of any website to which the Services link, or third party service providers to whom you directly provide your personal data (including sensitive information if relevant) to.

Copyright and Trade Marks

  • The entire contents and design of the www.hikinjo.com Web Site, including all trademarks, text, images and audio and video files, is proprietary to us or our content providers and is protected by copyright laws. You may not reproduce, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, communicate, display, publish or use any material contained in the hikinjo.com web site and/or our e-newsletters without our express prior written permission or the permission of the relevant copyright owner. You may not use any of the information or content on hikinjo.com Web Site for commercial purposes or to establish, operate or maintain your own product or service offering. You acknowledge that any breach by you of this paragraph may cause damage to us which cannot adequately be remedied by damages and that if you breach or act in a way which threatens to breach this paragraph, we may seek injunctive relief against you.

Your Rights and Choices

Rights in Certain Countries. In the European Economic Area and certain countries, users have the right to access, edit, update, restrict processing and/ or delete the personal data that we hold about you or to receive a copy of it in a portable format by contacting us here. Where we process your personal data with your consent, you may withdraw it at any time. You also have a right to object to processing based on legitimate interests. These rights may be limited in some circumstances, for example, if:

  • We are legally permitted or required to deny you access to, and/ or to retain, the information because we are subject to a legal requirement or have a compelling legitimate interest; or
  • You make a request that is unreasonably repetitive, require Hikinjo to make a disproportionate effort, risks the privacy of others, or there are other valid reasons why we cannot comply.

We need to prevent information in our systems from being accidentally or maliciously destroyed. This means that, where you delete information from the Services, residual copies of that information on our active servers, as well as any corresponding information on our back-up systems, may not be immediately deleted.


If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data or require further information, please email Hikinjo using the contact form provided on the Services. Location Information. You can prevent your device from sharing precise location information at any time through your device’s operating system settings.


Do Not Track. There is no accepted standard on how to respond to Do Not Track signals, and we do not respond to such signals.