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What Are Cookies?

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to enable you to use our website(s) and to carry out statistical analysis of page use and interactions. This page describes what information they gather and why we need to store these cookies.

The Cookies We Set

We use cookies that enable our website to function properly and to carry out statistical analysis of page use and interactions. We do not collect any identifiable personal data via cookies except where you have asked us to remember your details.

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More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you, however if you are still looking for more information then please contact us:

Email: office@gracechurchuk.org

Phone: 01722333351 

This notice was last updated on 12th February 2025

   
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