Cookies explained
Protecting our customers is at the heart of everything we do at ptpplastics.co.uk/Plastic and Timber Products Ltd and protecting your information is no exception. This means that any cookies used on our site will not contain personally identifiable information about you. However, we do use cookies on our website to help make your visits more effective so we’d like to explain more about how and why we use them.
Cookies make websites work better
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites or sometimes by emails. They provide useful information to companies, which helps in all sorts of ways. For you, it means you can use the site more efficiently and save time by not having to re-enter your details each time you visit. They also make sure you receive the most relevant information from ptpplastics.co.uk/Plastic and Timber Products Ltd. For us, cookies help us to analyse how our customers interact with our site so we can make improvements.
We use three types of cookies on our website
- Session cookies that are deleted after each visit.
- Persistent cookies that remain in place across multiple visits to our site.
- Third party cookies that are used by our approved business partners.
Some of these cookies are essential and some are non-essential.
Some cookies are essential
Certain cookies are necessary in order for you to use our website. These are used ‘in-session’ each time you visit and then expire when you leave the site. They’re not stored on your computer and they don’t contain any personal data. However, you can delete them via your browser if you wish to, but this will restrict the functions that you’re able to carry out on our site. For more information about how to disable cookies in your browser please visit the About cookies website.
Here’s a list of some essential cookies we use and what they are for:
Session cookies
These enable you to carry out some essential functions on our site, such as maintaining log in details for the session or a transaction. They also help by minimising the need to transfer information across the internet. They are not stored on your computer and they expire when you terminate your browser session.
Tracking cookies
These enable us to recognise repeat visitors to the site. By matching an anonymous, randomly generated identifier, we’re able to record specific browsing information such as how you arrive at the site, the pages you view, options you select, and the path you take through the site. By monitoring this information we’re able to make improvements to our site.
Other essential cookies:
Paypal
To operate certain payment services, PayPal will set their own cookies to enable the capture and processing of your chosen payment method. You can review PayPal’s privacy policy here to make sure that you are happy with it.
Stripe
To operate certain payment services, Stripe will set their own cookies to enable the capture and processing of your chosen payment method. You can review Stripe’s privacy policy here to make sure that you are happy with it.
Some cookies are non-essential
These cookies are usually supplied by our business partners and help us to filter out irrelevant messages or pop-ups and to make sure that we only send you information that’s interesting and relevant to you. We also use some non-essential cookies for analytical purposes. Here’s a list of some non-essential cookies we use and what they are for:
Google Analytics
ptpplastics.co.uk uses Google Analytics. This is a web analytics service provided by Google enabling us to recognise repeat visitors to the site. By matching an anonymous, randomly generated identifier, we’re able to record specific browsing information such as how you arrive at the site, the pages you view, options you select, and the path you take through the site. By monitoring this information we’re able to make improvements to our site. Google also reserve the rights to the data collected.
YouTube
On some pages we embed content from YouTube to show product information or case studies videos. YouTube will set their own cookies, which we don’t control. You can review YouTube’s privacy policy here to make sure that you are happy with it.
Pure Chat
To operate our live chat service, Pure Chat will set their own cookies to enable the live chat service to operate as expected. You can review Pure Chat’s privacy policy here to make sure that you are happy with it.
Cookie settings:
To see which cookies this website uses or to enable or disable your Cookie Settings on our website go to the Cookie Settings.
You can accept or block cookies
You can block any cookies from any website through your browser settings. For more information about how to disable cookies in your browser please visit the About cookies website.
If you share the use of a computer, accepting or rejecting the use of cookies will affect all users of that computer.
Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site. For example you won’t be able to make purchases online.
Find out more
You’ll find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org, which gives details on how to delete cookies from your computer. For information on how to do this on your mobile devices (phone/tablet), please refer to the manufacturer of your device.
Still have Questions?
If you need further information or details regarding our Privacy and/or Cookie Policy, please email us at privacy@ptpplastics.co.uk and we will do what we can to help.
Last updated: 31st March 2020
