Cookie Policy

Understanding how we use cookies to enhance your dining experience at Blackjack pizza

Last updated: January 15, 2026

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Blackjack pizza ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at blackjack-pizza.click (the "Website"). This policy describes what cookies are, why we use them, the types of cookies we use, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy. This policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which provides additional information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

As a food service business, we use cookies to enhance your ordering experience, remember your location for delivery estimates, save your menu preferences, and maintain your shopping cart across sessions.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners about user preferences and behavior.

How Cookies Work

When you visit our website, we may place cookies on your device. These cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's memory. Cookies help us recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language settings, login status, and items in your shopping cart.

Types of Cookies

Session vs Persistent Cookies

  • Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. We use these to maintain your session while you browse our website and keep items in your cart during your visit.
  • Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. We use these to remember your preferences and provide a personalized experience on return visits.

First-Party vs Third-Party Cookies

  • First-Party Cookies: Set directly by our website. These cookies are essential for our website to function properly and to provide our food ordering services.
  • Third-Party Cookies: Set by other companies whose services we use, such as Google Analytics for website analytics or Facebook for advertising purposes.

Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several important purposes that help us provide better food service and user experience:

Essential Website Functionality

  • Maintaining your shopping cart while you browse our menu
  • Remembering your login status if you create an account
  • Storing your delivery address for accurate delivery estimates
  • Processing your pizza orders and payment information securely
  • Ensuring website security and preventing fraud

Performance Improvement

  • Analyzing how visitors use our website to identify areas for improvement
  • Understanding which menu items are most popular
  • Optimizing page loading times and website performance
  • Monitoring website uptime and technical issues

User Experience Personalization

  • Remembering your favorite pizza toppings and customizations
  • Saving your preferred restaurant location
  • Displaying relevant menu recommendations based on past orders
  • Customizing the website interface based on your preferences
  • Remembering your dietary restrictions or allergen preferences

Analytics and Statistics

  • Understanding visitor demographics and behavior patterns
  • Measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
  • Tracking conversion rates for online orders
  • Identifying the most popular menu items and promotions

Marketing and Advertising

  • Displaying relevant advertisements for our pizza and food services
  • Retargeting visitors who showed interest in our menu items
  • Measuring the effectiveness of our online advertising campaigns
  • Providing personalized offers and promotions

Types of Cookies We Use

We use different categories of cookies on our website. Below you'll find detailed information about each type of cookie, including specific cookie names, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device.

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for our website to function properly. They cannot be disabled as they are necessary for basic website operations and food ordering functionality.

Cookie Name Provider Purpose Type Duration
PHPSESSID Blackjack pizza Maintains your session while browsing and ordering Session Browser session
cart_session Blackjack pizza Stores items in your shopping cart Session Browser session
security_token Blackjack pizza Prevents cross-site request forgery attacks Session Browser session
user_preferences Blackjack pizza Remembers your website preferences Persistent 30 days
location_data Blackjack pizza Stores delivery location for accurate estimates Persistent 7 days
load_balancer Blackjack pizza Ensures optimal server performance Session Browser session

4.2 Performance/Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our food service and website performance.

Cookie Name Provider Purpose Type Duration
_ga Google Analytics Distinguishes unique users and sessions Persistent 2 years
_gid Google Analytics Distinguishes users for 24-hour period Persistent 24 hours
_gat_gtag_UA_* Google Analytics Throttles request rate to Analytics Persistent 1 minute
page_views Blackjack pizza Tracks page visits for menu optimization Persistent 30 days
order_analytics Blackjack pizza Analyzes ordering patterns and preferences Persistent 90 days

4.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your choices and preferences, making your pizza ordering experience more convenient and personalized.

Cookie Name Provider Purpose Type Duration
preferred_language Blackjack pizza Remembers your language preference Persistent 365 days
restaurant_location Blackjack pizza Remembers your preferred restaurant location Persistent 90 days
menu_preferences Blackjack pizza Stores your favorite menu items and customizations Persistent 180 days
dietary_restrictions Blackjack pizza Remembers allergen and dietary preferences Persistent 365 days
ui_customization Blackjack pizza Stores interface customization settings Persistent 30 days

4.4 Targeting/Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests in our food services. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Cookie Name Provider Purpose Type Duration
_fbp Facebook Identifies browsers for Facebook advertising Persistent 90 days
_fbc Facebook Stores click information for Facebook ads Persistent 90 days
Google_ads Google Ads Tracks conversions and ad interactions Persistent 90 days
retargeting_pixel Blackjack pizza Enables retargeting of interested customers Persistent 30 days
promotional_offers Blackjack pizza Delivers personalized offers and promotions Persistent 60 days

Third-Party Cookies

We work with trusted third-party service providers who may place cookies on your device to help us provide better food service and analyze website performance. These partners have their own privacy policies governing their use of cookies.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, which helps us improve our pizza ordering experience and menu offerings. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous information about your visit.

Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Facebook Pixel

We use Facebook Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to show relevant ads to people who have visited our website or shown interest in our food services.

Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

Google Ads

We use Google Ads to advertise our pizza and food services. Google may use cookies to show you relevant advertisements based on your interests and previous interactions with our website.

Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Payment Processors

Our payment processing partners may use cookies to ensure secure transactions and prevent fraud when you order food online.

Cookie Duration

Cookies have different lifespans depending on their purpose and type. Here's how long different categories of cookies remain on your device:

Session Cookies

These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. They include:

  • Shopping cart contents
  • Login session information
  • Security tokens
  • Server load balancing

Short-Term Persistent Cookies (1-30 days)

  • Location data for delivery estimates: 7 days
  • Daily analytics data: 1 day
  • User interface preferences: 30 days
  • Retargeting information: 30 days

Medium-Term Persistent Cookies (30-180 days)

  • Menu preferences and favorites: 180 days
  • Restaurant location preference: 90 days
  • Order analytics: 90 days
  • Advertising cookies: 90 days
  • Promotional offers: 60 days

Long-Term Persistent Cookies (180+ days)

  • Language preferences: 365 days
  • Dietary restrictions: 365 days
  • Google Analytics: 2 years

How to Manage Cookies

You have several options to control and manage cookies on our website. You can modify your browser settings, use our cookie consent tool, or opt out of specific services.

7.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Here are step-by-step instructions for popular browsers:

Google Chrome

  1. Open Chrome and click the three-dot menu in the top right corner
  2. Select "Settings" from the dropdown menu
  3. Click "Privacy and security" in the left sidebar
  4. Click "Cookies and other site data"
  5. Choose your preferred cookie settings:
    • "Allow all cookies" - Accepts all cookies
    • "Block third-party cookies in Incognito" - Default setting
    • "Block third-party cookies" - Blocks advertising cookies
    • "Block all cookies" - May break website functionality
  6. To delete existing cookies, click "See all cookies and site data"
  7. Find "blackjack-pizza.click" and click the trash icon to remove our cookies

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Firefox and click the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top right
  2. Select "Settings" (or "Preferences" on Mac)
  3. Click "Privacy & Security" in the left panel
  4. Under "Cookies and Site Data," choose your preferred setting:
    • "Standard" - Blocks known trackers
    • "Strict" - Blocks more trackers but may affect functionality
    • "Custom" - Allows you to customize cookie settings
  5. To delete cookies, click "Manage Data"
  6. Search for "blackjack-pizza.click" and click "Remove Selected" to delete our cookies
  7. Click "Save Changes" to confirm

Safari (Mac/iOS)

  1. Open Safari and click "Safari" in the top menu bar
  2. Select "Preferences" from the dropdown
  3. Click the "Privacy" tab
  4. Under "Cookies and website data," choose:
    • "Always allow" - Accepts all cookies
    • "Allow from websites I visit" - Recommended setting
    • "Allow from current website only" - Blocks third-party cookies
    • "Always block" - May break website functionality
  5. To delete cookies, click "Manage Website Data"
  6. Find "blackjack-pizza.click" and click "Remove" to delete our cookies
  7. Click "Done" to save changes

Microsoft Edge

  1. Open Edge and click the three-dot menu in the top right corner
  2. Select "Settings" from the menu
  3. Click "Cookies and site permissions" in the left sidebar
  4. Click "Cookies and site data"
  5. Choose your cookie preference:
    • "Allow all cookies" - Accepts all cookies
    • "Block only third-party cookies" - Default setting
    • "Block all cookies" - May break functionality
  6. To delete cookies, click "See all cookies and site data"
  7. Search for "blackjack-pizza.click" and click the trash icon to remove

7.2 Opt-Out Links

You can opt out of specific third-party services we use:

Google Analytics Opt-Out

Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics:

Download Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on

Facebook Ad Preferences

Control the ads you see on Facebook and manage your advertising preferences:

Facebook Ad Preferences

Google Ads Settings

Manage your Google Ads personalization settings:

Google Ads Settings

7.3 Our Cookie Consent Tool

We provide a cookie consent banner that appears when you first visit our website. You can:

  • Accept all cookies for the full pizza ordering experience
  • Reject non-essential cookies (may limit functionality)
  • Customize your cookie preferences by category
  • Change your settings at any time by clearing your browser data and revisiting our site

Consequences of Disabling Cookies

While you have the right to block or delete cookies, doing so may significantly impact your experience on our website and your ability to order food online.

Limited Functionality Warning

If you disable cookies, the following features may not work properly:

Essential Features That Require Cookies

  • Shopping Cart: Items may not stay in your cart when navigating between pages
  • User Accounts: You may not be able to log in or stay logged in
  • Order Processing: Placing pizza orders may fail or encounter errors
  • Payment: Secure payment processing may not function correctly
  • Delivery Estimates: We cannot provide accurate delivery times without location cookies

Enhanced Features That Won't Work

  • Personalized Recommendations: We cannot suggest menu items based on your preferences
  • Saved Preferences: Dietary restrictions and favorite orders won't be remembered
  • Location Memory: You'll need to re-enter your address for each order
  • Language Settings: The site may not remember your language preference
  • Promotional Offers: You may not receive personalized deals and discounts

Performance Impact

  • Slower website performance due to lack of optimization data
  • Repeated loading of content that would normally be cached
  • Inability to troubleshoot website issues effectively
  • Less relevant search results and menu filtering

Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal that indicates your preference not to be tracked online. Currently, there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals.

Our Response to DNT

At this time, our website does not automatically respond to DNT signals from browsers. However, we respect your privacy choices and provide multiple ways for you to control tracking:

  • Use our cookie consent tool to customize your preferences
  • Opt out of specific third-party services using the links provided above
  • Configure your browser settings to block or limit cookies
  • Contact us directly with specific privacy requests

Setting DNT in Your Browser

If you wish to enable DNT signals, here's how to do it in popular browsers:

  • Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data > Send a "Do Not Track" request
  • Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Send websites a "Do Not Track" signal
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Website tracking > Ask websites not to track me
  • Edge: Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Send "Do Not Track" requests

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services, or legal requirements. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

How We Notify You of Changes

  • We will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy
  • For significant changes, we may display a notice on our website homepage
  • We may send email notifications to registered users about important policy updates
  • Changes will be posted on this page before they take effect

Your Continued Use

By continuing to use our website after policy updates are posted, you consent to the revised Cookie Policy. If you do not agree with any changes, you should stop using our website and delete any cookies we have placed on your device.

Significant Changes

If we make material changes to how we use cookies, we will provide at least 30 days' notice before the changes take effect. Material changes include:

  • Adding new categories of cookies
  • Sharing cookie data with new third parties
  • Significantly extending cookie duration periods
  • Using cookies for substantially different purposes

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, our privacy practices, or how we handle your information, please don't hesitate to contact us:

Contact Information

Blackjack pizza

2556 15th St, Denver, CO 80211, USA

+1 303-455-9463

[email protected]

Response Time

We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within:

  • General questions: 2-3 business days
  • Cookie-related issues: 1-2 business days
  • Data deletion requests: 5-7 business days
  • Technical support: 24-48 hours

What to Include in Your Message

To help us respond more quickly and effectively, please include:

  • Your specific question or concern about cookies
  • The browser and device you're using
  • Any error messages you've encountered
  • Steps you've already taken to resolve the issue

More Information

For additional information about cookies and privacy protection, you may find these external resources helpful:

Cookie Education Resources

Browser Help Pages

Privacy Organizations

Related Policies

Please also review our related policies for complete information about your privacy and data protection:

  • Privacy Policy - How we collect, use, and protect your personal information
  • Terms of Service - Terms and conditions for using our website and food services
  • Refund Policy - Information about order cancellations and refunds