Effective date: 01/07/2026
This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies are used on our website.
This website is operated by Britek, trading as Big Wight T-Shirt Co, Big Wight Embroidery & Print and BigWight.com (“we”, “us” or “our”).
Our website is:
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website.
They help websites work properly, remember your preferences, improve performance, and understand how visitors use the site.
Cookies can be:
- Session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
- First-party cookies, which are set by our website.
- Third-party cookies, which are set by external services used on our website.
Similar technologies may also be used, such as pixels, tags, scripts, local storage or device identifiers.
How we use cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- make the website function correctly
- remember items in your basket
- allow checkout and payment processes to work
- help keep the website secure
- remember cookie preferences
- understand how visitors use the website
- improve our website and customer experience
Types of cookies we use
1. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to work properly.
They may be used for:
- shopping basket functionality
- checkout functionality
- account login
- website security
- remembering your cookie choices
These cookies cannot normally be switched off through our cookie banner because the website would not function correctly without them.
You can block them using your browser settings, but some parts of the website may not work properly.
2. Analytics and performance cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use our website.
These cookies help us see:
- which pages are visited
- how visitors move around the website
- how long visitors spend on pages
- whether visitors experience errors
- how the website can be improved
We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
Analytics cookies are only used where you have given consent through our cookie banner, unless the law allows otherwise.
You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your cookie preferences.
3. Functional cookies
Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features.
These may include:
- remembering preferences
- improving your browsing experience
- supporting certain website features
If you disable these cookies, some features may not work as expected.
4. Marketing cookies
We do not currently use marketing cookies unless this is shown in our cookie banner.
If marketing cookies are used in future, they may be used to:
- show relevant advertising
- measure advertising performance
- understand how visitors interact with adverts
Marketing cookies will only be used where you have given consent.
Third-party cookies and services
Some cookies may be set by third-party services we use.
These may include:
Google Analytics
Google Analytics helps us understand how visitors use our website so that we can improve it.
Google may collect information such as your device type, browser, approximate location, pages visited and time spent on the website.
PayPal
If you choose to pay using PayPal, PayPal may set cookies or use similar technologies as part of the payment process.
PayPal’s use of cookies and personal data is governed by PayPal’s own privacy and cookie policies.
Website platform and plugins
Our website platform and any plugins or extensions may set cookies needed for basket, checkout, account login, security, performance or other website functions.
Managing your cookie preferences
When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner allowing you to choose whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
You can:
- accept all cookies
- reject non-essential cookies
- manage your cookie preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings icon in the bottom left of your screen.
Browser controls
You can also control cookies through your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to:
- see what cookies are stored
- delete cookies
- block cookies
- block third-party cookies
- clear cookies when you close your browser
Please note that blocking all cookies may affect how our website works, including basket, checkout and account features.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.
Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Big Wight Embroidery & Print
Daish Way
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5XB
United Kingdom
Email: sales@bigwight.com
