Cookie Policy

Last updated: 9 October 2026

1. About this Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Beechwood Nurseries Limited, trading as 3 Fat Pigs, uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, https://3fatpigs.co.uk.

We use cookies to operate our online shop, protect the website, remember your preferences and, where permitted, understand website usage and measure advertising effectiveness.

You can accept or reject optional cookies and change your preferences at any time using the “Manage Website Data Collection Preferences” link at the bottom of our website.

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Privacy Notice.

2. Who we are

Beechwood Nurseries Limited
32 Greyabbey Road
Ballywalter
Co. Down
Northern Ireland
BT22 2NY

Company number: NI618314
VAT number: 867 316 694

Email: sales@3fatpigs.com
Telephone: 028 4275 8315
Website: https://3fatpigs.co.uk

3. What are cookies?

Cookies are small files or pieces of information that websites store on your computer, phone or other device.

They may be used to remember items in your shopping basket, maintain your login session, protect the website, remember preferences or measure how the website is used.

Some cookies are set by our website or ecommerce platform. Others may be set by third-party services.

Similar technologies, including tracking scripts and browser storage, may be used for related purposes.

Cookies may be temporary session cookies or persistent cookies that remain until their expiry or deletion.

4. Types of cookies and technologies we use

Strictly necessary cookies

These support essential website functions, including:

Shopping baskets and checkout.
Customer login and sessions.
Website security.
Protection against fraudulent or automated activity.
Remembering cookie-consent choices.

Strictly necessary cookies may operate without consent where they meet the applicable legal exemption.

Functional cookies

These help provide additional website functionality or remember preferences.

Whether consent is required depends on the particular function and whether the technology is essential to a service you have requested.

Analytics technologies

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our website.

Analytics cookies are optional. Google may also receive limited measurement signals when consent is denied, as explained below.

Advertising and conversion-measurement technologies

Our website contains configured integrations for Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising.

These technologies are intended to measure advertising performance and purchases associated with advertising.

Non-essential advertising cookies and similar technologies are subject to applicable consent requirements.

5. Cookies used by BigCommerce

Our online shop operates using BigCommerce.

During website testing in October 2026, the following BigCommerce-related cookies were observed:

Cookie	Purpose
`SHOP_SESSION_TOKEN`	Supports shopping-session functionality.
`Shopper-Pref`	Stores shopper or storefront preferences.
`Shopper-Pref-v2`	Stores shopper or storefront preferences.
`SF-CSRF-TOKEN`	Helps protect against cross-site request forgery.
`XSRF-TOKEN`	Helps protect against unauthorised cross-site requests.
`athena_short_visit_id`	Supports visit or session-related functionality.
`fornax_anonymousId`	Provides an anonymous visitor identifier used by BigCommerce-related functionality.

Some of these cookies are necessary for shopping, security or session management. Others may support additional platform functions.

The precise classification and duration of individual cookies depend on their use and the platform configuration.

6. Cookies used to remember your choices

Our website uses cookie-consent functionality to record your preferences.

The following cookies were observed after selecting Reject All:

Cookie	Purpose
`bc_consent`	Records information about your cookie-consent decision.
`tracking-preferences`	Records your website tracking preferences.

These cookies help ensure that your choices are remembered.

We have tested the website's preference-management function and confirmed that visitors can reopen their settings and save an updated choice.

7. Cloudflare security cookies

Our website uses Cloudflare-related technology to help protect against automated traffic and security threats.

The following cookies were observed:

Cookie	Purpose
`_cf_bm`	Supports bot detection and management.
`cf_clearance`	Records successful completion of certain website security checks.

Cloudflare may also process technical information, such as IP addresses and browser or request information, to help maintain website security.

8. Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4, provided by Google, to help understand website traffic and performance.

Google Analytics may help us understand:

Which pages visitors view.
How visitors navigate the website.
How visitors find our online shop.
General website performance.
Website errors and usability issues.

Our Google Analytics Measurement ID is G-H36Q5S9S7K.

Google Analytics 4 may use cookies including:

Cookie	Typical purpose
`_ga`	Distinguishes visitors for analytics measurement.
`_ga_*`	Maintains analytics-related session or measurement information.

These cookies were not visible during our test before consent or after selecting Reject All.

Google Consent Mode

Our website uses Google's consent-signalling functionality.

During testing, Google Analytics sent a page-view measurement request with signals indicating that consent was denied.

Google Consent Mode may allow limited measurement requests without storing standard Google Analytics cookies.

These requests may still transmit technical information to Google. The absence of an analytics cookie does not necessarily mean that no information is transmitted.

9. Google Ads conversion measurement

Our website contains configured Google Ads purchase-conversion tracking.

This is intended to measure whether advertising interactions lead to purchases.

Depending on how the integration operates and the consent choices made, information used for conversion measurement may include:

Purchase events.
Order values.
Currency.
Transaction identifiers.
Advertising interactions.
Relevant device or browser information.

Google advertising technologies may use cookies such as:

Cookie	Typical purpose
`_gcl_au`	Supports Google advertising conversion measurement.
`_gcl_aw`	Supports Google Ads conversion attribution.

These cookies were not confirmed as present during our rejected-consent homepage test.

Our Google Ads configuration also contains an enhanced-conversion field intended to use customer email information for conversion measurement.

Where such functionality operates, the processing must comply with applicable data protection and consent requirements.

10. Microsoft Advertising

Our website contains configured Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) code.

This is intended to measure advertising-related website activity and purchase conversions.

Microsoft Advertising may use cookies including:

Cookie	Typical purpose
`_uetsid`	Supports session-related advertising measurement.
`_uetvid`	Supports visitor recognition for advertising measurement.
`_uetmsclkid`	May support advertising click attribution.

These are examples of cookies associated with Microsoft Advertising and are not confirmation that each is stored during every visit.

During our October 2026 test, no request to the Microsoft UET tracking endpoint was observed on the homepage after selecting Reject All.

This test did not cover the order-confirmation page.

11. Other Google-related functionality

Our ecommerce configuration also contains a Google-related integration involving Google's platform script and a third-party service associated with gtsbc.meggnoapps.com.

This appears to support additional Google-related ecommerce functionality, potentially including customer-review opt-in features.

Its exact operation and any associated cookies have not been fully verified.

We will review this integration and update the policy where necessary.

12. Other Google-related cookies observed

During browser testing, the following Google-related cookies were also visible:

Cookie	Information
`_Secure-ENID`	Google-related cookie; its precise purpose in the observed context has not been confirmed.
`SEARCH_SAMESITE`	Google-related cookie associated with cross-site cookie behaviour; its precise purpose in the observed context has not been confirmed.

Their presence does not, by itself, mean that Google Analytics or Google Ads placed them.

13. Payment-provider technologies

We offer payment methods including PayPal and Google Pay.

When you use these payment methods, the relevant payment provider may use cookies or similar technologies to:

Authenticate payments.
Maintain payment-session security.
Prevent fraud.
Process transactions.
Support checkout functionality.

The technologies involved may depend on the payment method selected.

Payment providers may also have their own privacy and cookie policies.

14. Managing your cookie preferences

When you first visit our website, our cookie banner provides the following options:

Accept All Cookies
Reject All
Settings

You can choose whether to allow optional cookies.

Changing your preferences later

You can review or change your cookie choices at any time.

To do this:

Visit https://3fatpigs.co.uk.
Scroll to the bottom of the website.
Click “Manage Website Data Collection Preferences”.
Review or change your choices.
Save your preferences.

Your updated choice will be remembered, subject to your browser settings.

We have verified that this preference-management link reopens the settings and that updated choices are saved.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Blocking essential cookies may affect shopping baskets, checkout, customer accounts and other important website functions.

15. Cookie duration

Some cookies expire when your browser session ends. Others remain for a longer period or until you delete them.

The duration depends on the cookie, its purpose and the provider responsible for it.

Cookie expiry periods may change following updates to our ecommerce platform or third-party services.

For an individual cookie, your browser's developer tools may show its current expiry information.

16. Third-party services

The services identified through our website and ecommerce configuration include:

BigCommerce — online shopping and ecommerce functionality.
Cloudflare — website security.
Google Analytics 4 — website analytics.
Google Ads — advertising conversion measurement.
Microsoft Advertising — advertising conversion measurement.
PayPal — payment services.
Google Pay — payment functionality.
A Google-related ecommerce integration — additional functionality requiring further verification.

Some providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Please see our Privacy Notice for further information about personal information and international transfers.

17. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when cookies, website services, payment methods, advertising integrations or legal requirements change.

The latest version will be published on our website.

Version: 1.1
Last updated: 9 October 2026

18. Contact us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact:

Beechwood Nurseries Limited
32 Greyabbey Road
Ballywalter
Co. Down
Northern Ireland
BT22 2NY

Email: sales@3fatpigs.com
Telephone: 028 4275 8315
Website: https://3fatpigs.co.uk