Cookies

HERACLES PACKAGING COMPANY SA adheres to a strict policy for the protection of the privacy of the website visitors. With this note we provide you with more information on how we use electronic cookies, every time you visit our website.

Generally

Cookies are a small piece of data (text file) with information that is sent to your computer, mobile phone or other devices when you visit a website and recognize your device on subsequent visits. These types of files perform various functions, such as memorizing your actions or preferences for a limited period of time, helping to improve your website navigation, and trying to ensure that the ads or offers you see online are of interest to you. 

Depending on their type, cookies:

– are temporarily stored in the browser memory and are corrupted when you close it (“Session Cookies”).

– are stored on your computer so that when you turn it off and on again, they are still there (“Permanent Cookies”). Permanent Cookies are created with a limited lifespan, which is listed for each cookie in the following tables.

We use first-party cookies, which are installed and managed by our company and which allow us to memorize information, such as your language choices or your login information.

We use third party cookies, which are installed and managed by third parties (ie from a different domain than the domain of the website you are visiting) in accordance with their own privacy policy and independent of our control. These cookies allow other organizations to generally help us analyze the way our website is used, count the number of visitors to the website and display ads.

The cookies we use do not cause damage to users’ computers, nor to the files stored on them.

No cookies, which are absolutely necessary for the operation of the website, are stored on your device without your prior consent.

We remind you, however, that disabling the necessary cookies may prevent our website from functioning properly and / or limit the services we offer.

Cookie SourcePurposeDuration
_ga Google AnalyticsStatistic cookie2 years
_gat Google Analytics Statistic cookie 1 minute
_gid Google Analytics Statistic cookie 24 hours
_cookiepermisionHerpack websiteRecords acceptance of the above cookies30 days

Absolutely Necessary Cookies

These cookies are technical cookies and are necessary for the operation of our website and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are only intended to provide you with the services you have requested, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling out forms. You can set your browser to block or notify you of these cookies, but these features and services will not work for you and, most importantly, we will not be able to save your cookie preferences. These cookies do not store information that can identify you. The lifespan of these cookies is listed in the table below, for each cookie separately.

Analysis Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They measure how often you visit our site and how you use it. They help us know which pages are more and less popular and how visitors navigate the site.

These cookies are used for the collection of data in anonymous (the visitor / user is not identified) and aggregate form. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you visited our website and we will not be able to track its performance. The lifespan of these cookies is listed in the table below, for each cookie separately.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to create profiles of users in order to send advertising messages based on their preferences during their visit to our website or to improve their browsing. If you do not allow these cookies, you will have fewer targeted ads.

Social Network Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the interaction of your social media accounts with our website. They are used, for example, to share anything you like with your friends on social networks. Social network cookies are not necessary for browsing. For more information regarding the usage policies of the cookies of the social networks, you can consult the relevant privacy policies and their cookie policies:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/

Disable Cookies

You can enable, disable or even completely delete cookies through the setting options in your browser. If you choose to disable cookies, some parts of the website may not work properly and therefore users accept this action from the beginning. You can visit the website without the permission of cookies, but you will not be able to use all the features of the website. To change your cookie settings, refer to the “Help” menu of the browser.

Data Collected Through Cookies

All data we collect from the use of cookies through our website are processed and stored exclusively in the form of anonymous statistical data and do not have any direct connection with your person. Also, our company does not carry out any transaction of sale or marketing of data, collected in this way.

Through our cookies we collect and process the following types of data:

Terminal equipment identification and user’s internet protocol address. 

In-site navigation data.

Service preference information.

How to Disable the Use of Cookies

In case you wish to enable or disable the use of cookies from the settings of your browser, depending on your browser visit the following websites, to be informed about the necessary relevant actions

• Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835

• Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

• Chrome http://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en

• Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

• Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042

• Safari for iPad and iPhone http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677