COOKIES POLICY

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small computer file containing a series of letters and numbers that is placed on your computer by a website with your agreement. Cookies enable website owners to recognise you as a user of their website and to provide you with the best possible experience when using the site. They are also used to gather information which will help website owners to improve their sites.

The Wheelers Packaging website uses what are known as ‘analytical’ cookies. The help us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how our visitors use the site (which pages they view, how long they spend on the site, etc). We use this information to monitor and improve the way our website works for our visitors.

We also make use of specific cookies related to knowing whether a user is logged in or not. These are known as authentication cookies. Authentication cookies are important for our website to know what information to show you, or if it needs to ask you to log in.

Some cookies (known as session cookies) are destroyed on your PC as soon as you leave the website, others (known as persistent cookies) may be stored for longer (eg, to provide you with a welcome message each time you log into our website).

There are also Third party cookies initiated by a separate web domain to that of the Wheeler Packaging website. These can be used for a variety of reasons - in our case we use Google Analytics cookies which help Google tell us how visitors arrive at our site and what activities they carry out whilst on the site.

Please be assured that the cookies we use on the Wheeler Packaging website contain no confidential information such as addresses or credit card details.

By using the Wheeler Packaging website you agree to our Cookie policiy as described above. If you do not agree to such use, please adjust your browser settings using the instructions in the next section.

Managing cookies

You have different options to manage the cookies on your computer or device. You can change your browser settings to prevent cookies from being accepted, or, depending on which browser you are using, you might be able to receive an alert when a website is trying to place one on your browser. With most browsers you can allow first party cookies to be set but refuse third party cookies.

Blocking cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies.

Internet Explorer - you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector
Firefox - you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, and un-checking “Accept cookies from sites” in the “Privacy” box.

Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

Deleting cookies

You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer:

Internet Explorer - Internet Explorer, you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835)
Firefox - you can delete cookies by, first ensuring that cookies are to be deleted when you “clear private data” (this setting can be changed by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Settings” in the “Private Data” box) and then clicking “Clear private data” in the “Tools” menu.

Please be aware though that deleting cookies in this way may have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

If you want to find out more about cookies, you may find this website helpful: www.aboutcookies.org (this link will open in a new window).

Or you can visit the Information Commissioners Office website at: http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx