Cookies

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What cookies are used on this site uses and why

Essential cookies

Cookie preference

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This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on orbitas.co.uk. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.

Analytics cookies

Google Analytics

Like many websites, we use Google Analytics to help us to identify the way in which our website is used so we can try to improve it. The following cookies are set by Google analytics:

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These are all used to collect non-personal information about how visitors use our site in terms of the numbers of visitors, the pages that they visit and the website they came from.

Marketing cookies

Google Maps

We would like to embed Google maps on our Orbitas funeral service page. This helps us to easily show you the location of participating funeral directors. In return, Google use marketing cookies to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

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How to change cookie settings

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