Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 23 May, 2023
This cookie policy outlines the use of website technologies (“Cookie Policy”) by BCD Meetings & Events LLC (“we”, “us”, and “our”) to improve your web browsing experience when you visit this website. This Cookie Policy explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and for how long, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small data file sent by a domain/website into your computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar device each time you use that device to visit a website. Cookies are widely used by websites to make the websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies allow our system to recognize your device the next time you visit our website, which helps us to provide you with a better web browsing experience. Cookies can store user settings and other information (e.g. your web browsing data), which can help us improve our websites to make your online experience easier.
Cookie management on your device
You can decide for yourself if you wish to allow storage of cookies on your device. If you wish to prevent the use of cookies now or in the future, you can adjust the settings on your web browser at any time. Please bear in mind that not allowing cookies may mean that some functions or services on this website may not be available or may not run properly.
The means by which you can refuse cookies can vary by web browser. You should visit your web browser’s help menu for more information on how to manage cookies. Further details on how to manage information collected through each type of cookie on this website can be found in the Section below titled “Cookies on this website”.
Who exactly stores cookies on your device?
Any cookies sent by us, as the site operator, and stored on your device are designated “first-party cookies”. Some cookies may be placed by third parties; these are designated “third-party cookies”. First-party cookies are those cookies which are associated with our host name. Third-party cookies are cookies from other domains.
Third-party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. advertising, interactive content, security functions, analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when you visit the website in question and when you visit certain other websites.
We use third-party cookies to enhance the performance and functionality of our website, to report usage statistics, for online security, and to track user activities on our website. We use these cookies to ensure that our website functions securely, seamlessly, and to better cater to your preferences.
How long are cookies stored?
Cookies are stored either on your hard disk (persistent cookie) or in your computer RAM (session cookie).
Session cookies: Session cookies are generated by our website when you start your visit and contain a randomly generated individual ID number allocated to your device. These cookies become invalid and are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Persistent cookies: These cookies remember information, settings, preferences, or sign-on credentials after you may have closed your browser. When persistent cookies are used, the validity of these cookies do not automatically expire when you close the web browser. These cookies are stored in your browser device and remain in place for as long as they are valid or until they are manually deleted.
For more information on the storage per cookie placed, please read the information specified below in the Section titled “Cookies on this website”.
Cookies on this website
Our website uses cookies for various purposes relating to functionality, performance/analytics, and targeting/advertising.
Strictly Necessary Cookies:
These cookies are necessary to enable the use of functions in our website (e.g. provide you with content available through our website). Also, these cookies help to recognize whether a cookie notice is read, accepted, or rejected by you and to ensure visitors are not bots. Because these cookies are technically necessary to inform and ensure your online safety, they are not optional.
Specifically, these cookies are as follows:
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Hosted by |
| cf_bm | This cookie is necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | 0 days | info.bcdme.com |
| cf_bm | This cookie is necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | 0 days | insights.bcdme.com |
| cfruid | Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic. | 0 days | insights.bcdme.com |
| cfruid | Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic. | 0 days | info.bcdme.com |
| hs_ab_test | This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they have seen before. | 0 days | info.bcdme.com |
| optanonalertboxclosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and, in some cases, only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. This cookie contains no personal information. | 5 days | bcdme.com |
| optanonconsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the user’s browser when consent is not given. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 5 days | bcdme.com |
Functionality Cookies:
Certain parts of our website (i.e. pages displaying maps, videos) use cookies to embed video content on our website and remember choices you may have made regarding videos (e.g. the language you have chosen, the region you have indicated). By using these cookies, we can provide a more personalized and enhanced user experience when delivering our video content.
These cookies uniquely identify your web browser or device, but do not store personal data which can directly identify you.
You can accept or reject functional cookies on our website by clicking the respective buttons on the cookie banner available at the bottom of this website. As soon as you clear your web browsing data, you will be asked to signify your cookie choices again. Please note that blocking or deleting such cookies means that some content on our website (videos) may no longer be available to you or your data can no longer be used to improve your viewing experience.
Specifically, these cookies are as follows:
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Hosted by |
| cf_bm | This cookie is necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie. | Few seconds | vimeo.com |
| cookieconsent | This cookie provides a notice about the cookies present on a website and gives the users a choice of prior consent before their data is handled. | 5 days | insights.bcdme.com |
| cookieconsent | This cookie provides a notice about the cookies present on a website and gives the users a choice of prior consent before their data is handled. | 5 days | consent.cookiebot.com |
| cookieconsent | This cookie provides a notice about the cookies present on a website and gives the users a choice of prior consent before their data is handled. | 5 days | info.bcdme.com |
| grecaptcha | To provide spam protection. | 5 days | www.google.com |
| hubspotutk | This cookie is for user authentication associated the HubSpot platform. | 5 days | bcdme.com |
| vuid | These cookies are used by the Vimeo video player on websites. | 2 days
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vimeo.com |
Performance/Analytics Cookies:
These cookies are stored on your device and enable analysis of the web pages you have used to gain a better understanding of user behaviour and to improve user experience when using our content.
You can accept or reject performance/analytics cookies on our website by clicking the respective buttons on the cookie banner available at the bottom of this website. As soon as you clear your web browsing data, you will be asked to signify your cookie choices again. Please note that blocking or deleting such cookies will mean your data can no longer be used to improve your website experience.
Specifically, these cookies are as follows:
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Hosted by |
| hssrc | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is used for website analytics. | 0 days | bcdme.com |
| hstc | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is used for website analytics. | 5 days | bcdme.com |
| hssc | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is used for website analytics. | 0 days | bcdme.com |
| gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited. | 0 days | bcdme.com |
| ga | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports. | 2 days | bcdme.com |
| consent | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 5 days | youtube-nocookie.com |
Targeting/Advertising Cookies:
These cookies are set on our website to collect information about your activities on this website and other sites across the web.
Advertising cookies display targeted promotions/advertisements based on your interests and interactions with our website and other websites across the web. These cookies uniquely identify your web browser and device (e.g. assigning a randomly-generated user ID), but do not store personal data which can directly identify you.
We use Pardot as a third-party marketing automation technology to facilitate some of our marketing and sales efforts. Certain parts of this website (e.g. landing pages, contact forms) use Pardot cookies which collect data on user activity. Pardot cookies are set to remember user details for future correspondence and future visits to our website. This information is used by us to improve the content of our website (e.g. understanding which of our reports users download most). In addition, we offer newsletter or email subscription services. Together with other gathered information, Pardot cookies allow us to see how you interact with our emails, whether our emails are opened, and which links are clicked. By tracking email open rates and click-through rates, we obtain information about your user experience that allows us to manage our email marketing and to send you relevant information.
Pardot cookies uniquely identify your web browser and device (e.g. assigning a randomly generated user ID), but do not store personal data which can directly identify you. The data collected by the Pardot cookies will not be compiled with your personal data, unless you provide your contact information (i.e. name, email address, etc.) through one of the Pardot forms available on this website. By completing a form, the web browsing history associated with the user ID is matched with your contact information to create a user profile.
You can accept or reject targeting/advertising cookies on our website by clicking the respective buttons on the cookie banner available at the bottom of this website. As soon as you clear your web browsing data, you will be asked to signify your cookie choices again. Please note that rejecting such cookies means that our content may not be tailored to your preferences and needs.
Specifically, these cookies are as follows:
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Hosted by |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | It typically acts as a third-party host where we have placed one of the content sharing buttons on our pages. | 5 days
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linkedin.com
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| li_gc | It acts as a third-party host where we have placed one of the content sharing buttons on our pages. Although cookies may be set regardless of whether the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile or agreed to their terms and conditions. | 5 days
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linkedin.com
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| UserMatchHistory | It is a third-party host where we have placed one of its content sharing buttons on our pages, although its content and services may be embedded in other ways. | 5 days
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linkedin.com
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| lidc | It acts as a third-party host where we have placed one of its content sharing buttons on our pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. | 0 days | linkedin.com |
| bcookie | This is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third-party host where we have placed one of its content sharing buttons on our pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. | 5 days | linkedin.com |
| bscookie | This is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third-party host where we have placed one of its content sharing buttons on our pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. | 5 days | www.linkedin.com |
| cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie necessary for bot protection. | 0 days | hubspot.com |
| ln_or | This cookie connects the buttons to the website they are on, cookies may be set regardless of whether the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile or agreed to their terms and conditions. | info.bcdme.com | |
| ln_or | Cookie buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile or agreed to their terms and conditions. | snap.licdn.com |
Updates and changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can you get further information?
If you have questions about the cookies we use, please contact us at [email protected]. Please provide us with your contact information, the name of our relevant website or services, and a detailed description of your request.