Cookies Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners. Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website, remember your preferences, and improve your overall browsing experience.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser and allow us to remember your preferences when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser.

2. How We Use Cookies

Hiqagu uses cookies for various purposes to enhance your experience on our website. We use cookies to:

• Essential functionality: Enable core website features such as shopping cart functionality, secure login areas, and payment processing
• Performance and analytics: Understand how visitors use our website, which pages are most popular, and identify areas for improvement
• Personalization: Remember your preferences, language settings, and previous selections to provide a customized experience
• Marketing and advertising: Deliver relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
• Security: Protect your data and prevent fraudulent activity on our website

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and processing orders for our eco-friendly disposable tableware products. Without these cookies, certain services cannot be provided.

3.2 Performance Cookies

Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and whether users receive error messages. These cookies help us improve website performance and user experience. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous.

3.3 Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may also be used to provide services you have requested, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.

3.4 Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They remember that you have visited our website and share this information with other organizations such as advertisers.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of our website and deliver advertisements on and through our website. These third parties include:

• Analytics providers: Such as Google Analytics, to help us understand website traffic and user behavior
• Social media platforms: Including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, to enable social sharing features
• Advertising networks: To display relevant advertisements based on your browsing history
• Payment processors: To facilitate secure transactions for your purchases of eco-friendly tableware

Please note that we do not control these third-party cookies and recommend reviewing the privacy and cookie policies of these third parties for more information.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner that appears when you first visit our website. Additionally, you can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies at any time.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data

Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, certain features of our website may not function properly, and your user experience may be affected. For example, you may not be able to complete purchases or access certain personalized content.

6. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our cookie practices. The "Effective Date" at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.

Any changes to this Cookies Policy will be posted on this page, and if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice on our website or send you a notification via email if we have your contact information.