Below is information about how West Monroe Partners LLC and its affiliates (“we”) use cookies and other similar technology on this website, www.westmonroe.com.

Last updated: Monday, November 25th, 2024

We can place cookies and other similar technology on your device, including mobile device, in accordance with your preference set forth in our cookie consent manager. Depending on your preferences, the following information may be collected: your unique device identifier, mobile device IP address, information about your device’s operating system, mobile carrier and general location information (all to the extent permissible under applicable law).

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, West Monroe) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer or mobile device both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies and similar technologies?

We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our site to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our site for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below. They can also help to ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

How does West Monroe use cookies for marketing and analytics?

Yes, we may use information collected from our cookies to identify user behavior and to serve content and offers based on your profile, and for the other purposes described below, to the extent legally permissible in certain jurisdictions.

Some of the cookies we use don't collect information that identifies a visitor.

For example:

  • Performance cookies (see below)
  • Targeting cookies (see below)

In other cases, we can associate cookie information (including information from cookies placed via our advertisements on third party sites) with an identifiable individual. For example:

  • If we send you a targeted email which includes web beacons, cookies or similar technologies we will know whether you open, read, or delete the message.
  • When you click a link in a marketing e-mail you receive from West Monroe, we will also use a cookie to log what pages you view and what content you download from our websites, even if you are not registered at or signed into our site.
  • Combining and analyzing personal data: As described here in our Privacy Policy, we may combine data from publicly available sources, and from our different e-mail, website, and personal interactions with you (this includes information collected across our different websites such as our careers and corporate sites and information collected when you sign-up or log on to our sites or connect to our sites using your social media credentials (such as LinkedIn and Facebook). We combine this data to better assess your experience with West Monroe and to perform the other activities described throughout our privacy policy.

Do you use any cookies from third party companies?

Some cookies we use are from third party companies, such as Google Analytics, Sitecore, Salesforce and LinkedIn Analytics to provide us with web analytics and intelligence about our sites. These companies use programming code to collect information about your interaction with our sites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on and how long you are on our sites. This code is only active while you are on a West Monroe digital property. For more information on how these companies collect and use information on our behalf, please refer to their privacy policies:, Google at Google Privacy & Terms, Sitecore at Sitecore Privacy Policy and Salesforce at Salesforce Privacy Policy, LinkedIn at LinkedIn Privacy Policy and Facebook at Facebook Privacy Policy.

Does West Monroe use any non-cookie tracking technologies?

We may also use web beacons (including conversion pixels) or other technologies for similar purposes as above and we may include these on our sites, in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletter, affiliated websites, to determine whether messages have been opened and links clicked on. Web beacons do not place information on your device, but they may work in conjunction with cookies to monitor website activity. The information provided below about cookies also applies to web beacons and similar technologies. Conversion pixels are small codes located on a particular web page which are triggered when someone visits a page resulting in an increase in the conversion count.

What if I don’t want cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.

The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our site. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our site though your access to some functionality and areas of our site may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

If you want to remove existing cookies from your device, you can do this using your browser options. If you want to block future cookies being placed on your device, you can change your browser settings to do this. For more information on managing cookies see How to Manage Cookies.

Please bear in mind that deleting and blocking cookies will have an impact on your user experience as parts of the site may no longer work. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to block cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site or click on a link in a targeted email that we have sent you, even if you have previously deleted our cookies.

What types of cookies are there and which ones does the site use?

The cookies used on West Monroe sites have been categorized on the basis of the categories found on Cookiepedia. However, it is important to note that not all cookies may be used in all jurisdictions or websites. A list of all the cookies used on this site by category is set out below. Within these four categories below, cookies are classified as either session or persistent cookies.

In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:

  • Digital Advertising Alliance
  • Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
  • European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance

“Session” cookies are temporary and once you close the browser window, they are deleted from your device.

“Persistent” cookies remain on your device for a longer period and are used by the website to recognize your device when you return. You can find more information about cookies at All About Cookies.

West Monroe uses both session and persistent cookies.

Category

Examples

Strictly Necessary cookies:
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

We categorize the following as Strictly Necessary cookies:

  • Registered Visitor cookie: A unique identifier given to each registered user, used to recognize them through their visit and when they return to the site. (See also Functionality cookies below.)

Performance cookies:
These cookies are generally third-party cookies from vendors we work with or who work on our behalf that collect information about your visit and use of the West Monroe website, for instance which pages you visit the most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how the website works. Third party vendors may have access to this data and may use it to improve their overall services and offerings.

We categorize the following as Performance cookies:

  • Referrer URL (internal page): Used to store the URL of the previous page visited. Allows us to track how visitors navigate throughout our site.

  • Referrer URL (external page, including if you click on links on West Monroe social media pages): Used to store the URL which refers a visitor to our site so we may understand which URLs are referring visitors to our site.

  • URL history: Used to store the pages visited by a user.

  • Unregistered Visitor cookie: A unique identifier given to each visitor to allow analysis on how unregistered visitors use our site.

  • Session Management cookies: These cookies allow us to follow the actions of a user on our sites during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window, visits our sites and finishes when they leave our sites and close their browser window. Our Session Management cookies are created temporarily. Once you close your browser, our Session Management cookies are deleted. Gathering analytics and intelligence cookies

Functionality cookies:
These cookies allow a site to remember choices you make and provide more enhanced, personal features. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our site.

We categorize the following as Functionality cookies:

  • Registered Visitor cookie: A unique identifier given to each registered user to our site, used to serve them content and offers based on their profiles. Also used for analysis and marketing purposes. (See also Strictly Necessary cookies above.)

Targeting Cookies:
These cookies are used to (1) deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests; (2) limit the number of times you see an advertisement; (3) help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; and (4) understand people’s behavior after they view an advertisement. They are usually placed on behalf of advertising networks with the site operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a site and quite often they will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.

We categorize the following as Targeting Cookies:

  • Third Party cookies: The Targeting cookies may also be used on third party websites and third parties may use them on our websites as follows:

    • Social media sites: Third-party social media sites may log information about you. This may include activities such as when you click an "Add This" or "Like" button for a social media site while on our site. We do not control such sites or their activities. You may be able to find information about social media sites on the sites themselves. We recommend you read the terms of use and privacy policy of such sites before using them.

    • West Monroe advertisements on non-West Monroe sites: Cookies may be placed on non-West Monroe sites so that when you click on a West Monroe advertisement located on these sites, West Monroe is provided with this information to enable us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising.

Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these. You may update your preferences regarding advertising cookies here.

How often will you update 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 therefore revisit 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 I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at: privacy@westmonroe.com

You can adjust your cookie settings at any time from our cookie consent manager.

If you have any questions now or during your visit, please submit your request through our Contact Us form. In addition, to find the West Monroe office in your state, visit our Office Directory page. For further information on our privacy practices please review our Privacy Policy.