Cookie Policy

This notice is designed to help you understand what cookies are, how Continental Bottle Company Ltd. uses them and the choices you have in regards to their use.

By continuing to use https://www.continentalbottle.co.uk/ the “Site”, you are agreeing to our use of cookies in the manner described in this notice.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or other device when you visit the Site. This allows the Site to recognise you as a user either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits ( a ‘persistent cookie’). They are not harmful and do not contain any information such as your home address, date of birth or credit card details.

The cookies we use fall into three broad types:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential in helping you to move around our Site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow websites and applications to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised which means we can’t identify you personally. They do not gather any information about you that could be used for selling advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the internet, but do help us to serve you with advertising that is more relevant to you.

Analytical/Performance Cookies

In order to keep the Site, its services and products relevant, easy to use and up-to-date, the cookies we use are “analytical” cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie	Name	Purpose	Expiry
Analytical	_ga	Generates data in relation to visitors to the web site	2 Years
Analytical	_gat	Used by Google analytics to throttle request rate	Immediate on leaving site
Analytical	_gid	Generates data in relation to visitors to the web site	Immediate on leaving site
Marketing	Collect	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	Immediate on leaving site
Marketing	__stid	Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads through Google.	1 Year
Marketing	__unam	Saves the user’s navigation on the website including what pages have been viewed and how long the browser has been used to view each page.	9 Months

 

Are cookies safe?

Yes. The information stored in cookies is safe and anonymous to any external third party, and your account security is never compromised. You can find more information about cookies at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ and www.youronlinechoices.com/. For a video about cookies visit https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/technologies/cookies/

If you would like more information on any of these types of Cookies please visit www.youronlinechoices.com/

For opt out options please visit https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies