Cookie Policy
Last updated: April 2026
What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit. They let sites remember things between page loads — what you’ve consented to, whether you’re signed in, which session you’re part of — and they help the site owner understand how visitors are using the site so it can be improved.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies lyonsgroup.com uses, why we use them, and how you can control them. It applies to this corporate website only. Each Lyons Group venue maintains its own website and its own cookie practices; refer to that venue’s site for its specific policy.
How We Categorize Cookies
We follow the standard four-category model used by most cookie consent frameworks:
Strictly Necessary
Required for the site to function. They handle session continuity, security, and remembering your cookie preferences. These cannot be disabled and do not require your consent under applicable law.
Analytics
Help us understand how visitors interact with the site — which pages they visit, how long they stay, and where they came from — so we can improve the experience. Data is aggregated and pseudonymized; we do not use it to identify you personally.
Marketing
Used to measure the effectiveness of our advertising and to limit the number of times you see the same ad. We currently do not run paid advertising on lyonsgroup.com itself, but third-party services we embed (such as press article links or social media) may set their own marketing cookies if you interact with them.
Functional
Remember choices you’ve made, such as filter selections on the Our Venues page or whether you’ve dismissed a notice. These improve usability without tracking you across sites.
Specific Cookies This Site Sets
The cookies below are the ones our own platform sets directly:
- cookie_consent — records your consent choice (accepted, declined, or partial). Strictly necessary. Retention: 365 days.
- _ga and _ga_* — Google Analytics 4 identifiers delivered via Google Tag Manager. Distinguish unique visitors and maintain session state. Analytics. Retention: up to 2 years.
- _gid — Google Analytics short-lived visitor identifier. Analytics. Retention: 24 hours.
Third-Party Services We Embed
Some of the content on this site is hosted by third parties, and those services may set their own cookies when their content loads or when you interact with it:
- Google Tag Manager — loads our analytics tags. Privacy details at policies.google.com/privacy.
- Google Fonts — loads typography (Montserrat, Playfair Display). Does not set tracking cookies, but font requests are logged by Google.
- Press article links — clicking through to external press coverage (Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, etc.) may set cookies under those publishers’ policies. Those cookies are governed by the linked site, not by us.
- Venue websites — clicking “Visit Site” takes you to a third-party venue site. Those venues maintain their own cookie practices.
Consent Mode and How We Respect Your Choice
Before any analytics or marketing cookies are set, our site asks for your consent through a banner. We use Google Consent Mode v2, which means:
- Until you respond to the banner, analytics, ad, and ad-personalization storage are denied. The site still functions; we just don’t collect analytics.
- If you click Accept All, all categories are granted.
- If you click Decline, all non-essential categories stay denied.
- If you use the Manage option, you can grant analytics independently of marketing.
Your choice is recorded in the cookie_consent cookie and respected on every subsequent page load. To change your choice later, clear the cookie in your browser and the banner will reappear on your next visit.
Browser-Level Controls
You can block or delete cookies directly in your browser. Note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the site from working — for example, the consent banner will reappear every visit because we have no way to remember your choice.
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
Most browsers also offer a Do Not Track signal. Where required by law, we honor it; in jurisdictions where it is not legally binding, we do not currently respond to it.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy as we add or change services on the site. When we do, we’ll update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Material changes that affect what data we collect will trigger a fresh consent prompt.
Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy or about how we use cookies? Reach us through any of our online inquiry forms: