Cookie Policy
Parts of Our Site - pages used by our staff, users, and collaborators - may use cookies. A cookie contains information that is either stored in your computer's memory, or in a file on your computer's hard disk. Cookies that are stored in your computer's memory are automatically removed when you quit your browser. Cookies that are stored in a file on your computer's hard disk will have an expiration date after which time they will no longer be valid. Most modern web browsers allow you to control cookie use by enabling, disabling, or prompting when a cookie is encountered.
Privacy
Granite is sensitive to the privacy of users of Our Site. In general, you can visit this site without revealing who you are or disclosing any information about yourself. If you provide us with information, Granite may store and disclose this information only as allowed or required by applicable law, including making disclosures which are advisable or necessary to (i) preserve or protect the rights, safety or property of Granite or others, and (b) comply and conform to legal or regulatory requirements. Granite will not trade, sell, or rent your personal information but may collect and/or provide aggregate statistics about Our Site and users to other parties. Granite does not use cookies, small files that are sent to your browser and stored on your hard drive to record how and when you use a site. Our Site, however, contains links to other Websites, and Granite does not control the privacy policies of those sites. See Linked Third Party Sites. This privacy statement applies only to information collected and maintained by Granite.
The cookies which are used
Granite Construction Incorporated uses the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of the Website.
- Analytical/performance cookies. These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to the Website. This enables us to personalize content for you and remember your account preferences.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. Investis may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Third-party cookies
Please note that third parties (including, for example, providers of external services such as web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which Granite Construction Incorporated have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. The types of third-party cookies that might be used include:
Google Analytics
The Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (text files placed on your computer) to help website operators analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this Website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
| __cf_bm | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie | 0 Days | Strictly Necessary Cookie |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is used by Cloudflare to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address for the purpose of enforcing rate limiting rules. | 0 Days | Strictly Necessary Cookie |
| SSESS########### | This cookie is likely to be a session cookie used to maintain an anonymized user session by the server in a secure environment, often seen in sites built with the Drupal content management system. | 23 Days | Strictly necessary cookie |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. For more info, please consult Google's Privacy & Terms site. | 1 year | Performance Cookie |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no info is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. For more info, please consult Google's Privacy & Terms site. | 0 Days | Performance Cookie |
| _gclxxxx | This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to store and track conversions. Google conversion tracking cookie. | 0 Days | Performance Cookie |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 1 Year | Performance Cookie |
| _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. Google Analytics Cookies. | 0 Days | Targeting Cookie |
| AWSALBCORS | Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. | 6 Days | Functional Cookie |
| AWSALBTG | Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. | 6 Days | Functional Cookie |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | This domain is owned by Investis, which provides functionality for load balancing and maintaining user sessions on the website. | 0 Days | Functional Cookie |
| ak_bmsc | This domain is owned by Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, which provides press release distribution and regulatory disclosure services. | 0 Days | Functional Cookie |
| AWSALBTGCORS | Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. | 6 Days | Functional Cookie |
| AWSALB | Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. | 6 Days | Functional Cookie |
Sharing tools
This Website uses sharing tools. Sharing tools allow you to share content through social networks such as YouTube, Facebook or Twitter. When you use one of these buttons, the social networking site may place a cookie on your computer. This would be a third-party cookie set by the social networking site. If you have any questions about the use of these third-party cookies, you should check the relevant social networking site's cookie policy.
How to refuse the use of cookies
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, if you do this you may lose some useful functionality such as personalization and “keep me signed in” and “remember me” features.