Cookies Policy

Effective date: 22 October 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Converge Venues (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website https://convergevenues.com (“Website”).
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They help the site function properly, remember your preferences, and improve user experience.
Some cookies are essential, while others are used for analytics or marketing purposes.

Cookies can be:

• Session cookies: deleted when you close your browser; or
• Persistent cookies: remain on your device for a set period or until deleted.

2. How we use cookies

We use cookies to:

• Enable essential website functionality (e.g., page navigation, security, and access to forms);
• Remember your preferences (e.g., cookie consent choices, form autofill data);
• Analyse how visitors use our website to help us improve content and performance;
• Support marketing and venue-listing insights (only where you consent).

3. Types of cookies we use

• Strictly necessary
• Purpose: Required for the website to function properly. These cookies enable basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas.
• Example: Session ID, security tokens, cookie-consent preferences
• Retention: Session or up to 12 months

• Performance & analytics
• Purpose: Help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. We use aggregated data and do not identify individual users.
• Example: Google Analytics (_ga, _gid), page views, referrer URLs, session length
• Retention: 1 day –   24 months

• Functional
• Purpose: Remember your choices and preferences (e.g., location, contact form info) to enhance usability.
• Example: Preference cookies, saved form fields
• Retention: Up to 12   months

• Marketing   (optional)
• Purpose: Used to deliver relevant marketing or remarketing ads and measure campaign performance. Only set if you opt in.
• Example: Google Ads, Meta Pixel
• Retention: Up to 24   months

4. Third-party cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages, such as:

• Google Analytics (to understand visitor behaviour)
• LinkedIn Insight Tag / Meta Pixel (for marketing performance, if applicable
• Each provider has its own privacy and cookie policies.

For more information:

• Google Analytics Privacy & Terms
• Meta Privacy Policy
• LinkedIn Cookie Policy

5. Managing your cookie preferences

You can manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time by:

• Changing your browser settings to block or delete cookies.

Most browsers allow you to refuse all or some cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality or features.

6. Consent

When you first visit our Website, you will see a cookie banner explaining that we use cookies.

• Essential cookies are set automatically because the website cannot function without them.
• Non-essential cookies (analytics and marketing) are set only if you choose to accept them.

You can update your consent choices at any time by clearing your cookies.

7. Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. The most recent version will always be available on this page, with the Effective date updated accordingly.

8. Contact us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or data practices, please contact:

Converge Venues
Email: enquiries@convergevenues.com