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.

_gid Used to distinguish users. This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017, no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. 24 hours Performance cookie
_ga This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is 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 customizable by website owners. 2 years Performance cookie
AWSALB AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. 6 Days Strictly necessary cookie
_cookieConsent Cookie Consent Disclaimer text (we cannot store disclaimer on user computer as we have not taken consent yet. this cookie should have value of only yes or no) (show the banner content using other programming / development) 1 year Strictly necessary cookie
__cf_bm To read and filter requests from bots. A few seconds Strictly Necessary
cf_clearance The Clearance Cookie stores proof that a challenge was passed. If present, it prevents issuing the challenge again and is needed to access the origin server. 1 Year Strictly Necessary

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.

How to disable cookies in your browser