Cookie Policy for Hilaron Foundation
Effective Date: 6/3/2025
The Hilaron Foundation’s website uses cookies. If you have agreed, in addition to the necessary cookies that ensure the functioning and aggregated statistics of the website, other cookies for analytical and marketing purposes may be placed on your computer or other devices from which you access our webpage. This Cookie Policy explains how the Hilaron Foundation (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files created by the website, downloaded to and stored on any internet-enabled device—such as your computer, smartphone, or tablet—when you visit our website. The browser you’re on uses the cookies to forward information back to the website at each subsequent visit for the website to recognize the user and to remember the user’s choices (for example, language preferences, and other settings). This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
A cookie file can contain and/or automatically collect information, such as a user identification code or IP address that a website will use to track the pages and number of times you have visited. The data read from these cookies may be linked to personally identifying (PII) and non-personally identifying (non-PII) information. We may collect and use non-PII to help us improve our services, customize your experience and analyze the use of our services. You may turn off cookies in your browser or have your browser warn you before accepting cookies. If you choose to turn off cookies, you may not be able to experience all of the features on our Site.
2. Cookies We Use
We use the following categories of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies – These cookies are required for website functionality (e.g., security, accessibility, and user session management). Certain cookies are used for specific purposes that are essential to your secure use and navigation of the Site. Without them, the Hilaron Foundation may not be able to provide core Site functions and features to you, and the Site would not operate as well as you or the Hilaron Foundation would like. These cookies collect and use information such as your server preferences, single-session data and corresponding identifier, web beacons log files, and other credential-related information. Necessary or Essential cookies also help inform the Hilaron Foundation whether you require, or have already been served, an affirmative consent request in connection with our data policies.
- Performance & Analytics Cookies – Used to track and analyze website traffic and usage (e.g., Google Analytics) to improve performance. These cookies can provide us data that allows us to better understand visitors and improve the Site based on what we have learned from that data. These cookies are also used to collect and process information about your preferences and similar choices in connection with the Site in order to optimize your browsing experience. These cookies can count page visits, how much time a user has spent on a website, count errors on damaged websites, identify loading speeds to improve performance.
- Functionality Cookies – Allows the website to remember the user’s website preferences and choices they make on the website including login details, geo-location, language, and enhanced content. This allows the website to provide personalized features for website users and enhances the overall user experience.
- Consent Management Cookies – These cookies are intended to ensure proper permissions are granted before a website can store or access cookies on a device. These cookies store your cookie preferences submitted via our cookie banner.
We do not use cookies for personalized advertising or third-party marketing.
3. How to Manage Cookies
When you visit our website, you are prompted to manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner. You can modify your settings at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link at the bottom of any page.
You can also delete all cookies stored in your browser and set up your browser to block cookies from being saved. By clicking on the “help” button in your browser, you can find instructions on how to prevent the browser from storing cookies, as well as what cookies are stored already, and delete them if you want to. Changes to the settings must be made for each browser.
If you want to revoke your consent to save cookies on your device, you can delete all cookies stored in your browser and set up your browser to block cookies from being saved. By clicking on the “help” button in your browser, you can find instructions on how to prevent the browser from storing cookies, as well as what cookies are stored already, and delete them if you want to. You may turn off cookies in your browser or have your browser warn you before accepting cookies. You must change the settings for each browser that you use. However, please note that without saving certain cookies, it is possible that you will not be able to fully use all the features and services of the Hilaron Foundation’s website.
You can separately opt-out from having your website activity available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, which prevents sharing information about your website visit with Google Analytics. Link to the add-on and for more information: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881.
For more information, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
4. Other Technologies
Web Beacons
Our web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (invisible images often referred to as pixel tags or clear GIFs) on the website in order to recognize users, assess traffic patterns, identify preferred content, and measure web engagement. We may also include web beacons in our e-mail messages in order to count how many e-mail messages have been opened, for example.
Some of these web beacons may also be placed by third-party service providers to help determine the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These web beacons may be used by third-party service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain web pages and compiles anonymous information in relation to those page views, which in turn enables us and our third-party service providers to learn which advertisements bring you to our website and how you use the website.
Log Files
Our servers log information about your IP address, your browser type, and the current URL you are requesting. This information is always provided by your browser and automatically logged. These log files are stored in a secure location and used in our internal analysis of traffic patterns.
5. Updates to This Policy
We reserve the right to make updates to this Cookie Policy. The updated version will be indicated by a revised “Last updated” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. Amendments and/or additions to this Cookie Policy will come into force when published on our website.
By continuing to use our website and/or our services after changes have been made to this Cookie Policy, you are indicating your consent to the new wording of the Cookie Policy. It is your responsibility to regularly check the content of this policy to learn about any changes.
5. Contact Information
If you have any questions about your personal data or this Cookie Policy, or if you would like to file a complaint about how we process your personal data, please email or contact us at:
The Hilaron Foundation
160 E. Washington St., #23003
Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
Attention: Privacy Officer
By Email: hilaronfoundation@gmail.com