BLDit Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how BLDit Inc. ("BLDit," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://bldit.ca ("Site"). It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit them. These files are stored by your browser and allow websites to recognize your device on subsequent visits, enhance your browsing experience, and deliver functionality.

Cookies serve various purposes, such as enabling you to navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and helping us understand how our website is being used. They may contain information such as user preferences, login status, and browsing activity.

Cookies set directly by BLDit are known as "first-party cookies," and those set by third-party service providers (such as advertising or analytics platforms) are called "third-party cookies." These third-party cookies can track your activity across different websites and help deliver personalized content or advertising.

Some cookies last only for the duration of your session (session cookies), while others persist even after you leave the site and can be used when you return (persistent cookies).

2. Why We Use Cookies

BLDit uses cookies to improve the performance, usability, security, and personalization of our Site. We utilize cookies both to enable critical website functionality and to optimize the way users interact with the Site. These technologies are used for the following specific purposes:

• Website Functionality: Essential cookies ensure the website operates efficiently and securely. They facilitate page navigation, user authentication, secure sessions, access control, and the preservation of session state as users move between pages. Without these cookies, some services on the Site may be unavailable or function improperly.
• User Experience Enhancement: Cookies store user preferences, such as your selected language, location, display settings, and previously accessed content. By remembering these preferences, we can personalize the experience to reduce friction and enhance satisfaction on repeat visits.
• Analytics and Performance Monitoring: Analytical cookies collect anonymous data on how users interact with the Site, such as pages viewed, time spent, and error messages encountered. We use this data internally and through services like Google Analytics to improve the performance and design of our Site.
• Security and Fraud Prevention: Cookies assist in monitoring suspicious or unusual activities to help prevent fraudulent use of our platform. They may also identify repeated failed login attempts and other behaviors that may indicate security threats.
• Marketing and Advertising: With user consent, we use cookies to track online activity and deliver advertisements that are aligned with your interests. Cookies also help us measure the performance of our campaigns and the effectiveness of third-party advertisements displayed on or linked from our Site.
• Third-Party Integrations: These cookies enable external tools or applications integrated into our Site to function correctly. This may include embedded video players, social media sharing widgets, online chat support, or secure payment processors.

These cookies allow us to tailor our offerings to user preferences and enhance the quality, relevance, and efficiency of our platform. You may manage your cookie preferences as described in Section 4 below.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

a) Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through our Site. They enable core functionalities such as secure logins, account management, and maintaining your session across pages. Disabling these cookies may severely affect website functionality.

b) Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how users interact with our Site. This includes data such as pages visited, time spent on the Site, click-through rates, and navigation paths. The information is aggregated and anonymous, used solely to improve website performance and user experience.

c) Functional Cookies

These cookies allow our Site to remember the choices you make and provide more personalized features. For example, remembering your username, preferred region, font size, or custom layout. They help us tailor content to better suit your preferences and facilitate a smoother user experience.

d) Targeting or Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They may track your browsing habits and interactions across different websites and devices. These cookies also help limit how often you see an ad and help us measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Some advertising cookies may be placed by third-party networks with our permission. These third parties may use the data collected to show you targeted ads on other websites.

4. How Can You Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can modify your browser settings to remove or block cookies if you prefer. Instructions for managing cookies can typically be found in your browser's "Help," "Preferences," or "Settings" menu.

Please note that disabling essential cookies may impair certain features of the Site, such as account access, user preferences, and secure navigation.

In addition to browser controls, you may opt out of interest-based advertising or tracking by visiting the following platforms:

• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): https://optout.aboutads.info/
• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): https://optout.networkadvertising.org/
• Your Online Choices (EU Users): https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

You may also configure your cookie preferences directly via the BLDit cookie banner, which appears on your first visit or when we make significant changes to our cookie usage. You can revisit and modify these preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings link at the bottom of the Site.

Some cookies may continue to collect data unless and until you actively disable or delete them from your device.

5. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We reserve the right to revise this Cookie Policy at any time to reflect changes in legal obligations, our data practices, or updates to our use of cookies. When we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you either through a notice on our Site or by other appropriate means, such as email, if we have your contact information.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The “Effective Date” at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.

Your continued use of the Site following any updates signifies that you agree to the revised Cookie Policy. If you do not agree with the revised policy, you should stop using the Site and manage your cookie preferences accordingly.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, you may contact us using the details below:

• Email: info@bldit.ca
• Mailing Address:
  202-1457 McCowan Road, Toronto, Ontario, M1S 5K7

We aim to respond to cookie-related inquiries within a reasonable time frame and in compliance with applicable data protection laws.