Cookies Policy
Last updated: 6 May, 2026
This Cookies Policy explains how PaperFocusCo uses cookies and similar technologies on https://paperfocusco.com/.
The website is owned and operated by PAPER FOCUSCO LTD, a company registered in the United Kingdom under company registration number 17173581, with its registered office at 12 Hammersmith Grove, London, United Kingdom, W6 7AP.
By using the Website, you acknowledge that cookies and similar technologies may be used in accordance with this Cookies Policy and the cookie preferences available on the Website.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the Website to recognise your device, remember certain information, and support the proper operation of website features.
Cookies can help the Website remember your shopping basket, keep you logged into your account, store your selected currency, improve page performance, support checkout functionality, protect the Website from abuse, and help us understand how visitors use the Website.
Cookies may be:
Session cookies — temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies — cookies that remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them manually.
Cookies may also be:
First-party cookies — cookies set directly by PaperFocusCo.
Third-party cookies — cookies set by external providers used on the Website, such as payment providers, analytics tools, advertising tools, security tools, or delivery tracking services.
2. Why We Use Cookies
PaperFocusCo uses cookies to keep the Website functional, secure, and convenient for customers.
We may use cookies to:
- operate the Website correctly;
- allow registered customers to log into their accounts;
- keep products in the shopping basket;
- support the checkout process;
- remember selected currency, region, or language preferences;
- process payments securely through third-party payment providers;
- protect the Website from fraud, spam, bots, abuse, and unauthorised access;
- remember cookie consent choices;
- analyse Website traffic and performance;
- improve product pages, navigation, checkout flow, and customer experience;
- support marketing, advertising, or remarketing where consent is required and provided.
We do not use cookies to collect or store full payment card details. All payments are processed by third-party payment providers, and PaperFocusCo does not collect or store full card information directly.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Website to work properly. They support core functions such as page navigation, account login, basket functionality, checkout, payment redirection, website security, and cookie consent management.
These cookies are essential and cannot usually be disabled through the Website’s cookie preference tool. You may block them through your browser settings, but some parts of the Website may stop working correctly.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make, such as selected currency, region, language, account preferences, or display settings.
These cookies help provide a smoother and more consistent browsing and shopping experience.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
Performance and analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website. They may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, products viewed, traffic sources, errors, device type, browser type, and general Website performance.
This information helps us improve the Website, product categories, content, loading speed, and checkout process.
Security and Fraud Prevention Cookies
Security cookies help protect the Website, customer accounts, checkout process, and payment flow. They may help detect suspicious behaviour, prevent spam, reduce fraudulent activity, and support secure authentication.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
Advertising and marketing cookies may be used to measure advertising performance, support remarketing, limit repeated ads, and show more relevant advertising where applicable.
These cookies are used only where required consent has been provided through the cookie banner or cookie settings.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed by third-party providers whose tools or services are used on the Website. These may include payment providers, analytics providers, security providers, advertising networks, courier tracking services, or embedded content providers.
Third-party providers may process cookie-related information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
4. Cookies We May Use
The table below lists the main cookies and similar technologies that may be used on the Website. Cookie names may vary depending on the Website configuration, browser, selected services, payment provider, analytics tools, security tools, and third-party features enabled at the time of use.
| Cookie Name / Example | Purpose | Provider | Duration |
| cookie_consent | Stores your cookie preferences, including whether you accepted or rejected non-essential cookies. | PaperFocusCo / Cookie consent tool | Up to 12 months |
| session_id | Maintains your browsing session and allows the Website to function correctly while you move between pages. | PaperFocusCo | Session |
| customer_login | Supports secure login for registered customers and helps keep account sessions active. | PaperFocusCo | Session or up to 30 days |
| basket_id | Stores products added to your shopping basket and allows the basket to remain available during browsing. | PaperFocusCo | Session or up to 30 days |
| checkout_session | Supports the checkout process, order review, delivery selection, and secure payment redirection. | PaperFocusCo / Payment provider | Session |
| selected_currency | Remembers the currency selected by the customer, such as GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, AED, AUD, AZN, CZK, HUF, KZT, MDL, NZD, PEN, PLN, or UZS. | PaperFocusCo | Up to 12 months |
| selected_region | Remembers country, region, or language preferences where this feature is available. | PaperFocusCo | Up to 12 months |
| security_token | Helps protect the Website from unauthorised access, spam, bots, abuse, and suspicious activity. | PaperFocusCo / Security provider | Session or up to 12 months |
| fraud_check | Helps detect suspicious activity during account use, browsing, checkout, or payment redirection. | Security provider / Payment provider | Session or up to 12 months |
| _ga | Helps distinguish visitors and collect analytics information about Website usage and performance. | Google Analytics, if enabled | Up to 24 months |
| _ga_* | Stores analytics session information and helps measure user interactions with the Website. | Google Analytics, if enabled | Up to 24 months |
| _gid | Helps collect analytics information about how visitors use the Website. | Google Analytics, if enabled | Up to 24 hours |
| _gat | Helps limit the number of analytics requests sent to Google Analytics. | Google Analytics, if enabled | Up to 1 minute |
| payment_session | Supports secure payment authentication, payment processing, and transaction security. | Third-party payment provider | Session or as set by provider |
| payment_security | Helps the payment provider perform fraud checks and secure payment verification. | Third-party payment provider | Session or as set by provider |
| marketing_id | Supports advertising measurement, campaign tracking, and remarketing where consent is provided. | Advertising provider, if enabled | Up to 24 months |
| ad_tracking | Helps measure advertising performance and display more relevant ads where consent is provided. | Advertising provider, if enabled | Up to 24 months |
The Website may also use other cookies or similar technologies that perform equivalent functions. Where legally required, non-essential cookies will only be used after you provide consent.
5. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the Website to operate. They allow you to browse pages, use secure areas, log into your account, add products to your basket, proceed through checkout, and manage cookie preferences.
Because purchases on the Website are available to registered customers only, certain account and login cookies are necessary to provide the service requested by the customer.
If these cookies are disabled, some Website features may not work. For example, you may not be able to log in, keep products in your basket, select delivery options, or complete checkout.
6. Cookies for Registered Customer Accounts
Purchases on the Website are available to registered customers only. Cookies may therefore be used to support account registration, login sessions, authentication, account security, and account preferences.
These cookies help the Website recognise that you are logged in and allow you to access account features, order information, saved details, and checkout functionality.
We may also use cookies to help protect registered accounts from unauthorised access, suspicious activity, automated misuse, or attempted fraud.
7. Cookies for Basket and Checkout
Cookies are used to remember the products you add to your shopping basket and to support the checkout process.
These cookies allow the Website to keep your basket active while you browse, update quantities, apply available delivery options, calculate totals, and proceed to payment.
Payment-related cookies may be placed by third-party payment providers to support secure payment processing, payment authentication, fraud checks, and transaction completion.
PaperFocusCo does not collect or store full payment card details directly. Payment information is handled by the relevant third-party payment provider.
8. Cookies for Currency Selection
The Website may allow customers to view prices in different supported currencies, including:
GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, AED, AUD, AZN, CZK, HUF, KZT, MDL, NZD, PEN, PLN, and UZS.
Cookies may be used to remember the currency selected by the customer so that product prices, delivery prices, and checkout amounts can be displayed more conveniently.
Currency cookies do not control exchange rates charged by banks, card issuers, payment providers, or other financial institutions.
9. Analytics and Website Improvement
We may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the Website and how the Website performs.
Analytics cookies may help us understand:
- which pages are visited most often;
- how customers move through the Website;
- which products or categories are viewed;
- how customers interact with the basket and checkout;
- whether users experience technical errors;
- which devices and browsers are used;
- how quickly pages load;
- where improvements may be needed.
This information helps us improve product pages, navigation, search functionality, checkout flow, Website speed, and overall customer experience.
Where required by law, analytics cookies will only be used with your consent.
10. Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to measure advertising campaigns, understand which campaigns bring visitors to the Website, support remarketing, limit repeated ads, and display more relevant advertising.
These cookies may be placed by third-party advertising networks or marketing tools.
Where required by law, marketing cookies will only be used if you give consent through the cookie banner or cookie settings.
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on the Website or through your browser settings.
11. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on the Website may be placed by third-party service providers. These may include providers used for:
- payment processing;
- analytics;
- website security;
- fraud prevention;
- advertising;
- hosting and performance;
- delivery tracking;
- embedded tools or content.
We do not fully control all third-party cookies. Third-party providers may use cookies according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
You should review the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services that you interact with through the Website.
12. Managing Cookie Preferences
You can manage cookies through the cookie banner or cookie settings available on the Website, where this feature is provided.
Through the cookie settings, you may be able to accept, reject, or customise non-essential cookies, including analytics and marketing cookies.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete existing cookies, receive alerts before cookies are placed, or restrict third-party cookies.
Please note that blocking or deleting some cookies may affect how the Website works. For example, your basket may not be saved, your selected currency may reset, or you may need to log into your account again.
13. Browser Controls
Cookie settings are usually available in your browser’s privacy or security settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- delete all cookies;
- block all cookies;
- block third-party cookies;
- allow cookies only from selected websites;
- clear cookies when the browser is closed;
- receive notifications when cookies are used.
If you use more than one browser or device, you may need to update cookie settings separately for each browser and device.
14. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in Website functionality, cookies used, legal requirements, third-party providers, or our business operations.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
You should review this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy or how cookies are used on the Website, please contact us:
PAPER FOCUSCO LTD
Company Registration Number: 17173581
Registered Address: 12 Hammersmith Grove, London, United Kingdom, W6 7AP
Email: [email protected]