Cookie and Storage Policies

Effective date and structural governance

This Cookie Policy and Technical Platform Storage Registry took effect on November 10, 2026. San Diego Humane Society operates public information web services, veterinary scheduling inquiry forms, and animal sheltering profiles under California state privacy standards (CCPA/CPRA) and applicable federal statutes.

Storage categories utilized across our digital campus

We group browser storage technologies into three distinct functional tiers. Strictly necessary storage ensures basic site security, CSRF protection, and support chat state persistence. Performance analytics evaluate aggregate page traffic to optimize clinic scheduling. Targeted advertising tags assist prospective pet adopters and clinic clients in locating our facilities through paid campaigns.

Strictly necessary cookies execute automatically upon connection because our appointment inquiry pipelines and interactive fit tools cannot function without them. They do not store marketing profiles or cross-domain browsing histories.

Complete technical registry of cookies and storage keys

The following itemized registry details all first-party and operational third-party browser storage keys active across sdhumanes.com as verified in our November 10, 2026 technical audit.

Visitor refusal and functional operational impact

If you decline non-essential cookies via our consent banner or browser signals, all analytical telemetry and commercial advertising tracking scripts remain entirely disabled. What continues to work without restriction: browsing available shelter animals, reviewing clinic fee schedules, reading medical triage standards, using the interactive fit calculator locally, sending direct email inquiries to [email protected], calling our intake desk at 619-299-7012, and submitting contact requests through dejoe01.php.

What stops when non-essential storage is refused: our web analytics tools cannot register page visit counts or identify aggregate navigation hurdles, and third-party advertising engines cannot attribute your campus inquiry to an initial search ad click on Bing or Google.

Aggregate metrics and privacy safeguards

We utilize analytics instrumentation exclusively to understand campus inquiry volume, peak clinic scheduling periods, and popular animal adoption categories. IP addresses transmitted during analytical requests are masked and truncated at the ingestion layer prior to permanent database storage. We do not sell, rent, or cross-reference analytical records with private veterinary patient medical histories.

Active advertising platforms and click parameter handling

San Diego Humane Society actively runs paid advertising campaigns across Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and Meta Ads to raise community awareness for animal sheltering intakes, low-cost spay and neuter availability, and companion pet adoption days. When a visitor reaches our website through a paid ad link, our servers and integrated tags receive platform click identifiers: gclid for Google Ads, msclkid for Microsoft Advertising, and fbclid for Meta Ads.

Google Consent Mode v2 signal architecture

In compliance with modern digital advertising standards, our codebase integrates Google consent mode v2 natively. Prior to any visitor interaction with our consent banner, the foundational consent mode state is pre-configured with all tracking flags denied by default:

• ad_storage: Denied by default; upgraded to granted only upon explicit opt-in confirmation.
• ad_user_data: Denied by default; governs transmission of user identifiers to advertising network endpoints.
• ad_personalization: Denied by default; prevents targeted remarketing and profile-based ad personalization.
• analytics_storage: Denied by default; controls storage of analytical device cookies and measurement beacons.

If a visitor selects “Decline Non-Essential” or triggers an opt-out preference signal, all four Consent Mode parameters immediately revert to their denied status. No advertising tags execute or transmit device identifiers without valid consent tokens on record.

Direct links to platform vendor privacy documentation

For comprehensive explanations of how our advertising campaign partners process telemetry, review their official policies directly:

• Microsoft Advertising data handling and Bing search telemetry: review the Microsoft Privacy Statement at privacy.microsoft.com.
• Google advertising services, click attribution, and Consent Mode governance: review the Google Privacy & Terms portal at policies.google.com.
• Meta commercial advertising policies and cross-network privacy controls: review Meta Privacy at facebook.com/privacy/policy.

How consent is recorded and altered

When you first visit sdhumanes.com from a new browser or after clearing local cache, our fixed consent interface presents two explicit choices: “Allow Storage” or “Decline Non-Essential”. We store your selection inside the local storage key site_consent_v2 for a maximum period of 6 months.

You may adjust or withdraw your consent at any time. Simply click the “Cookie Preferences” link located in the footer of every page, or use your browser controls to remove site_consent_v2. Upon clearing, the consent prompt will reappear immediately on your subsequent page load.

Furthermore, our digital infrastructure honors the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal transmitted via HTTP headers (Sec-GPC: 1). When detected, our consent engine automatically sets all advertising and analytics permissions to denied without requiring manual interaction.

Inquiries regarding technical cookies and data handling

If you have questions regarding our technical storage keys, click identifier retention, or data privacy practices at the Gaines Street campus, our administration team is available via postal mail, telephone, or electronic mail: