Cookie Policy

Effective Date: June 4, 2025

This Cookie Policy is part of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and applies to you (“you”) when you access Conference-Board.org and our affiliated websites (e.g. tcb.org, CED.org, conferenceboard.org), platforms, portals, applications, databases, APIs, and any other technology or interface employed by us for your access and use (collectively, our “Platform”), regardless of the location from which you access them. Moreover, this Cookie Policy applies to our Platform, regardless of how you access or use our Platform, including through mobile devices.

About cookies

Cookies are small data files which are downloaded to your device when you visit our Platform and allow us to recognise your device. Cookies may gather information about your use of our Platform or may enable us to recognise you as an existing customer when you return to our Platform at a later date. This information includes computer and connection information such as statistics on your page views, traffic to and from our Platform, referral URL, your internet protocol address, and device identifiers; this information may also include your browsing history, transaction history, and your web log information.

You can choose to disable cookies in your browser, however, if cookies are disabled, not all features of our Platform will operate as intended. For example, you may not be able to use all the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences and some of our pages may not display properly. You can find more information on how to disable and/or delete cookies in section 4 below.

1. What types of cookies are used?

   We use both session cookies (automatically deleted when you close your browser or app) and persistent cookies (remain stored on your device) on our website and our mobile platform.

   We also use first party cookies (which are set by us and encrypted) and third-party cookies (which are not set by us, but by a server located outside the domain of our Platform and may or may not be encrypted).

   We use cookies for:

   • Strictly necessary purposes – these are essential to enable you to move around our website and our mobile platform, and use its features
   • Security purposes – to assist us in detecting or mitigating security threats to our Platform
   • Analytics and performance-related purposes – these collect information about how you use our Platform, such as which webpages/features you go to most often. This allow us to improve how the Platform works.
   • Functionality purposes – to remember your preferences, settings and other functionalities you may request (such as your login details)
2. List of Cookies used on this website

   The following list categorises and describes the various cookies used on this website and mobile platform and the purposes for which they are used:

   1. Coldfusion cookies
      • Name: CFID, CFTOKEN, TCBSession, SHB, AuthenticatedUser, ISEMPLOYEE, MEMBERSHIPFLYOUTMSGESGNEW, HASESFMEMBERSHIP, HASESGMEMBERSHIP, HASMCCMEMBERSHIP, HASMEMBERSHIP, ECONPORTALCONTACTDETAIL, ECONPORTALPROJECTNUM, ECONPORTALUSER
      • Purpose: These cookies are necessary to enable logins on the website and recognize users. They allow you to set preferences, and to remain logged in. Without these cookies, this process would be impossible.
      • Cookie owner: first party
      • Cookie type: recognition/ functionality
   2. Google Analytics cookies
      • Name: _ga, _gid, IDE, NID, AEC, _GRECAPTCHA, __gsas, _ga_<container-id>, _gcl_au
      • Purpose: These Cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve this website. The Cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including information on the number of visitors to this website, from where visitors came to this website and the pages they visited.
      • Cookie owner: third party
      • Cookie type: analytics / performance cookie
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. For more information about Google cookies, please read the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available from https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
   3. Social media cookies
      • Name: lidc,fr, ar_debug, AnalyticsSyncHistory, UserMatchHistory, li_sugr, sb, ps_l, ps_n, datr, bcookie, bscookie, _fbp
      • Purpose: These cookies are used to embed content from Facebook and LinkedIn on our website
      • Cookie owner: third party
      • Cookie type: analytics / performance cookie
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Facebook and/or LinkedIn. If you want more information on how these social media cookies work on each of these platforms you can read more on the links below:
        
        Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
        LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
   4. HubSpot cookies
      • Name: cf_bm, __cf_bm,__hstc, _cfuvid,hubspotutk, __hstc, __hssrc, __hssc
      • Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this website and to load Hubspot forms on our Sites.
      • Cookie type: analytics / functionality cookie
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Hubspot. You can find more information about the types of cookies HubSpot uses here:  https://knowledge.hubspot.com/privacy-and-consent/what-cookies-does-hubspot-set-in-a-visitor-s-browser
   5. Microsoft Clarity cookies
      • Name: MUID, CLID, _clsk, _clck
      • Purpose: Used to identify unique users to provide analytics and personalized experiences across Microsoft services.
      • Cookie owner: third party
      • Cookie type: analytics / functionality cookies
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Microsoft. You can find more information about the types of cookies Microsoft Clarity uses here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/setup-and-installation/cookie-list
   6. Feathr cookies
      • Name: f_id, feathr_session_id
      • Purpose: Identifies a unique visitor for Feathr's audience targeting and marketing personalization features.
      • Cookie owner: third party
      • Cookie type: analytics / marketing / tracking cookie
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Feathr. You can find more information about the types of cookies Feathr uses here: https://help.feathr.co/hc/en-us/articles/360053868274-Privacy-FAQs
   7. Weglot cookie
      • Name: BROWNIE
      • Purpose: Used to store user preferences related to language settings and session information for website translations. Helps remember the user's chosen language and improve localization experience.
      • Cookie owner: third party
      • Cookie type: functionality cookie
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Weglot. You can find more information about how Weglot uses cookies here: https://www.weglot.com/privacy
   8. Trinity Audio cookies
      • Name: TRINITY_USER_DATA,TRINITY_USER_ID
      • Purpose: Stores a unique identifier to track and recognize users across sessions, enabling personalized experiences and analytics.
      • Cookie owner: third party
      • Cookie type: analytics / functionality cookie
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Trinity Audio. You can find more information about how Trinity Audio uses cookies here: https://www.trinityaudio.ai/privacy-policy
   9. Cloudflare cookie
      • Name: _cfuvid
      • Purpose: Identifies individual users behind a shared IP address (e.g., in cafés, offices) to apply rate limiting and prevent abuse.
      • Cookie owner: third party
      • Cookie type: functionality cookie
      • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Cloudflare. You can find more information about how Cloudflare uses cookies here: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cloudflare-cookies/
   10. Imperva Incapsula cookie
       • Name: visid_incap
       • Purpose: Assists in detecting and mitigating potential security threats by distinguishing between legitimate users and malicious traffic.
       • Cookie owner: third party
       • Cookie type: security cookie
       • Information: The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Imperva Incapsula. You can find more information about how Imperva Incapsula uses cookies here: https://www.imperva.com/trust-center/privacy-statement/
3. Cookie configuration settings

   Cookie settings can vary from one browser to another. By way of example, the below hyperlinks provide further guidance on how to disable the use of cookies on certain browsers, and/or on how to delete cookies:

   • Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en;
   • Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies and http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11-win-7;
   • Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Enabling+and+disabling+cookies and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored;
   • Safari:http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
4. Agreement with our use of cookies – changes to our Cookie Policy

   By continuing to use our Platform, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of this Cookie Policy and that you agree with our use of cookies as set out above (unless you expressly indicated otherwise).

   We may amend this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes we make to our Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on our Platform, as applicable, and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Cookie Policy. Your continued use of our Platform following the posting of changes to this Cookie Policy will indicate your acceptance of these changes. This Cookie Policy was most recently updated as of the Effective Date set forth above.

5. Contact details

   Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookie Policy must be addressed to:

   The Conference Board, Inc.
   845 3rd Ave
   New York, NY 10022
   privacy@conference-board.org