Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Blue Diamond Development Inc. uses cookies and similar technologies on our Site, and the choices you have.
What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device, remember preferences, and gather information about your use of the site. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixel tags, local storage, session storage, and software development kits (SDKs). For convenience, this Cookie Policy uses the term “cookies” to refer to all of these technologies.
Why We Use Cookies
Blue Diamond Development Inc. (“BDDI,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) uses cookies to operate the bluediamonddevelopinc.com Site (the “Site”), to remember your preferences, to analyze how visitors use the Site, to support marketing, and to detect and prevent fraud and security incidents.
Categories of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the Site to function. They enable security, load balancing, and basic functionality such as page navigation and form submission. You cannot opt out of strictly necessary cookies, although you may configure your browser to block them, in which case parts of the Site may not function correctly.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting information about page views, time on page, click patterns, and similar metrics. We use this information to improve the Site. We may use Google Analytics or similar services for this purpose.
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced features.
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements relevant to your interests on our Site or on third-party sites. They may be set by us or by advertising partners and may track your activity across multiple websites.
Specific Cookies
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Analytics: distinguish users and sessions | Persistent | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Analytics: distinguish users | Persistent | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Analytics: throttle request rate | Persistent | 1 minute |
| bddi_cookies_accepted | BDDI | Functional: store cookie consent | Persistent | 12 months |
| wp-settings-* | WordPress | Strictly Necessary: WordPress session | Persistent | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | WordPress | Strictly Necessary: server-side session | Session | End of session |
| fr, _fbp | Meta (Facebook) | Marketing: ad targeting and conversion | Persistent | 3 months |
| li_sugr, bcookie | Marketing: ad targeting and conversion | Persistent | 2 years |
The exact list may change as we update the Site. We may add or remove cookies at any time without prior notice.
Your Choices
You may control cookies in several ways:
- Cookie Banner: when you first visit the Site, our cookie banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
- Browser Controls: most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete, and block cookies. Refer to your browser’s help documentation for details. Disabling cookies may impair Site functionality.
- Opt-Out Tools: you may opt out of certain analytics and advertising services using their published opt-out tools, including Google Analytics Opt-Out (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout), Network Advertising Initiative (optout.networkadvertising.org), and Digital Advertising Alliance (optout.aboutads.info).
- Global Privacy Control: we honor GPC signals as an opt-out of sale or sharing where applicable state law recognizes that signal.
- Do Not Track: there is no industry standard for DNT, and we do not respond to DNT signals at this time.
Cookies and Personal Information
Some cookies collect information that may be personal information under applicable law. We use that information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third parties when you visit our Site, including analytics, video, social-media, and advertising providers. We do not control third-party cookies. Review the privacy and cookie policies of those providers for more information.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy. The “Last Updated” date reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the Site after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
Contact Us
Blue Diamond Development Inc.
Attention: Privacy Officer
1501 South Greeley Highway, Suite C-3022, Cheyenne, WY 82007
Phone: (888) 851-1477
Email: derrick@bluediamonddevelopinc.com
Lifespan and Expiration
Cookies have varying lifespans. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain until they expire on the date set by the cookie’s issuer or until you delete them manually. The exact expiration of each cookie is listed in the table above. We periodically review and reduce cookie lifespans where consistent with the cookie’s purpose.
Local Storage and Session Storage
In addition to cookies, our Site uses HTML5 local storage and session storage to retain information on your device. Local storage and session storage are not transmitted with each request the way cookies are, and they may be retained longer than cookies. We use these technologies to remember preferences and to support features such as your acceptance of the cookie banner. You can clear local and session storage through your browser’s settings.
Pixels and Web Beacons
Pixels and web beacons are small graphic elements (typically a 1×1 transparent image) that allow us to record that a particular page has been viewed or a particular email has been opened. They are commonly used in conjunction with cookies. Where we use pixels supplied by third parties (such as Meta or LinkedIn), the third party may set or read its own cookies as part of the pixel. Refer to the third party’s policy for details.
Software Development Kits and Mobile Identifiers
If you access our content through a mobile application, that application may use mobile identifiers (such as Advertising ID on Android or IDFA on iOS) and software development kits supplied by analytics or marketing vendors. You can reset or limit the use of mobile identifiers through your mobile operating system settings.
Cookies Used for Analytics
We may use Google Analytics 4 to analyze usage of our Site. Google Analytics is configured with IP-anonymization where supported, and we do not enable Google Signals or cross-device user-ID linking. Data is retained at the default property setting and may be anonymized on a rolling basis. Refer to Google’s Privacy Policy for details on Google’s processing.
Cookies Used for Marketing
We may use Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and similar marketing pixels to measure the performance of advertising campaigns and to deliver relevant advertising on third-party platforms. These pixels set cookies in your browser and transmit information about your activity on our Site to the platform operator. You can opt out of marketing pixels through your platform privacy settings, through industry opt-out tools, or by declining marketing cookies in our cookie banner.
Children
We do not knowingly use cookies or similar technologies to collect information from children under thirteen (13) without parental consent, and we do not direct cookies for online behavioral advertising at children under sixteen (16). If you believe we have done so in error, contact us so we can correct the issue.
Cross-Device and Cross-Context Tracking
Some marketing pixels and SDKs may attempt to associate activity across multiple devices and contexts. We honor opt-out preferences expressed through Global Privacy Control and through the major industry opt-out programs.
Cookie Banner and Consent Records
The first time you visit our Site, our cookie banner asks you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored in a cookie named bddi_cookies_accepted. You may revoke or modify your choice at any time by clearing your browser’s cookies for our Site or by clicking the cookie-preferences link, where available, in our footer. We retain consent records for the period required by applicable law (typically not less than three (3) years from the date of consent).
Working With Browser Privacy Features
Modern browsers include privacy features such as Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP), Enhanced Tracking Protection, and storage partitioning. These features may limit or block third-party cookies regardless of your cookie preferences. We work with our analytics and marketing vendors to operate within those constraints, including server-side tagging and first-party cookies where appropriate.