Aside from being delicious biscuits, ‘web cookies’ are tiny pieces of electronic data that your internet browser stores so that it can tell one site from another. They also allow our site to function properly... to do things like remember which items you’ve put in your basket, what the last item was that you looked at and so on.

By law we have to tell all visitors to our site that we use cookies, precisely which cookies it is we’re using and why we’re using them. Whilst the media has been portraying all cookies as bad news over recent years that is absolutely not the case... cookies can be good. The Tape Store, as with almost all high quality e-commerce sites, simply won’t work without them.

When you navigate from one page to another or get to the checkout before suddenly remembered that you wanted something else, cookies are what helps our site remember what was in your basket. Without cookies your online experience right across the web would be far less pleasurable and smooth than it is today.

By using this site you are agreeing to the use of cookies and understand that, if you do not allow the use of them, we cannot guarantee the proper functionality of this site. Please note that none of the cookies we use contain any of your personal information and we do not let any other organisations use your personal data.

That said and done, we appreciate people’s concerns and are constantly working towards minimising the need for cookies within our site. The way websites work at the moment, however, mean that we can’t entirely eliminate them. For more information on how we use (and crucially protect) your data please see our Security and Privacy Policy.

How can I manage cookies in my browser?

As suggested above, cookies are essential to the proper running of our site and we are unable to guarantee the safe passage of your purchase without them. That said, if you absolutely don’t want them on your computer you can manage their use and even block them entirely. To make this process easier for you we’ve provided the following links that will tell you just how to manage cookies on the UK’s top five browsers.

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To find out how to manage the cookies on your browser simply click on the relevant link below...

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