Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Meridian Corporate Events uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, what each category of cookie is for, and how you can control them.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember information about your visit — for example, whether you have closed our cookie banner, or which pages you have viewed during a session.
We also use similar technologies, including local storage and pixel tags. Where this policy refers to "cookies", it refers to these technologies collectively.
Cookies are not harmful programs and cannot access other files on your device. They cannot be used to identify you personally by themselves — only to recognize your browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies on the Meridian website for four purposes:
- To keep the website functioning correctly and securely
- To remember your preferences, including your cookie choices
- To understand how visitors use the website so that we can improve it
- To measure the performance of our marketing communications, where you have consented
Our principle: we use as few cookies as possible, and we only use non-essential cookies where there is a legitimate business purpose. We do not sell cookie data to third parties.
3. Types of Cookies
We group the cookies we use into four categories. You can accept all categories or continue with strictly necessary cookies only via the banner shown on your first visit.
| Category | Purpose | Consent required |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Enable the website to function. Examples include session security, form protection and remembering your cookie choice. | No |
| Functional | Remember your preferences and improve your experience. Examples include remembering whether you dismissed a specific promotion. | Yes |
| Analytics | Help us understand how visitors use the website: which pages are viewed, how long visits last and where visitors arrive from. | Yes |
| Marketing | Measure the effectiveness of campaigns and prevent repetitive advertising. We use very few of these and only where you have consented. | Yes |
3.1 Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to work. They cannot be disabled through our banner because the website would not function correctly without them. They do not store any personal information used for marketing.
3.2 Functional cookies
Functional cookies remember choices you have made so that the website feels consistent between visits. For example, we use local storage to record whether you have accepted or declined cookies so that we do not show you the banner on every visit.
3.3 Analytics cookies
We use aggregated analytics to understand how visitors find and use the site. This helps us improve navigation, content and performance. We configure our analytics in a way that does not identify individual visitors.
3.4 Marketing cookies
Where you have consented, we may use marketing cookies to measure the effectiveness of our communications. We do not use cookies to build a profile of your interests across other websites.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services we use to operate the website. These include:
- Font and asset delivery services used to load typefaces and images
- Analytics providers that help us understand website usage
- Form protection services that prevent spam submissions
These providers may set their own cookies subject to their own privacy policies. We select providers who meet our data protection standards and we require them to handle data lawfully. We do not permit any third party to use cookies on our site for their own independent marketing purposes.
5. Managing Cookies
You have several ways to control cookies:
5.1 Our cookie banner
When you first visit the website, you are shown a banner where you can Accept All cookies or continue with Essential Only. Your choice is remembered for one year. If you wish to change your choice, clear the site's local storage in your browser settings and reload the site — the banner will appear again.
5.2 Browser settings
Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or delete cookies that have already been set. The exact steps depend on your browser. Common settings can be found under the "Privacy", "Security" or "Cookies" section of your browser preferences.
Please note that if you disable cookies entirely, parts of the website may not function correctly.
5.3 Mobile devices
On mobile devices, you can typically manage cookie preferences through the browser settings or through the device's privacy controls. Some mobile operating systems also allow you to limit ad tracking at the system level.
6. Do Not Track
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" ("DNT") signal that requests websites not to track visitors. There is currently no industry-wide standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. We do not currently alter our cookie behavior in response to a DNT signal, but we respect your choices through the banner and through your browser's cookie controls.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use or in applicable law. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, refresh the cookie banner so that you can review your choices.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact our privacy team.
Meridian Privacy Team
For questions about this Cookie Policy or how to exercise your preferences.
875 N Michigan Ave, Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60611