Cookies
Reading Paw Carnet sets no cookie at all. Signing in sets a few, and each one exists only to keep sign-in safe.
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The cookies we set
We set four strictly necessary cookies and no others. None is set until you start to sign in.
| Cookie | What it does | Set when | How long | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
__Host-sf-petcare | Keeps you signed in. It holds a signed session token, nothing about your pets. | When you finish signing in | 30 days, or until you press Sign out or Sign out everywhere | HttpOnly, Secure, this site only |
__Host-sf-petcare-hint | An empty flag (its value is 1) that tells our pages to check whether you are signed in. Without it a page never asks our server about you. | When you finish signing in | The same as your session | Secure, this site only; readable by the page |
__Host-sf-petcare-state | Ties a Google sign-in to the browser that started it, so nobody can sign you in to their account. | When you press Sign in with Google | 10 minutes, cleared when sign-in finishes | HttpOnly, Secure, this site only |
__Host-sf-petcare-mlstate | Ties an e-mailed sign-in link to the browser that asked for it, so a forwarded link cannot sign someone else in. | When you ask for a sign-in link by e-mail | 15 minutes, cleared when the link is used | HttpOnly, Secure, this site only |
Each name starts with __Host-, which tells your browser to send the cookie only to pawcarnet.com, only over HTTPS, and never to another site.
Why there is no cookie banner
Our analytics sets no cookie. That is why there is no cookie banner.
A banner asks you to agree to optional cookies. Paw Carnet has none: no advertising, no ad trackers, no social buttons, no embedded videos and no analytics cookie. The cookies above are needed to sign you in and keep you signed in, which you asked for by signing in, so the law does not ask for a separate yes.
If that ever changes, we will ask before setting anything optional, and this page will change first.
Other things your browser keeps
A few small values are kept by your browser, never sent to us on their own and never used for tracking:
| Where | What | How long |
|---|---|---|
| This tab only (sessionStorage) | petcare.signin.state, petcare.signin.return and petcare.signin.intent: a random sign-in check, the page to come back to and what you were doing (for example saving a plan). | Removed when you come back from sign-in, or when the tab closes |
| This tab only (sessionStorage) | petcare.draft.<form>: the answers in a step-by-step form you have not finished, such as adding a pet, so the Back button keeps them. | Until the tab closes |
| This tab only (sessionStorage) | petcare.pendingPlan: the vaccination dates a calculator worked out, kept when you press Save so the add-a-pet page can show them. Beside it, petcare.draftPlan.new-pet: a short code (not the plan) telling the add-a-pet page which plan its unfinished answers belong to. | Removed when the pet is added, or when the tab closes |
| This browser (localStorage) | petcare.pendingSave: the pet you were adding when you started to sign in, so it is saved after you come back. | Removed when the pet is saved; no longer used after 30 minutes |
| This browser (localStorage) | petcare.pendingPress: the Pro option you pressed before signing in, so it can be kept with your account. Nothing is charged. | Removed when you sign in; no longer used after 15 minutes |
| This browser (localStorage) | petcare.lockSnooze: that you pressed Not now on a Pro offer, so we don't show it again here for 30 days. | 30 days |
| This browser (localStorage) | petcare.ageScreen: that you passed the age question before signing in. The year you typed is not kept. | Until you clear this site's data |
| This browser (localStorage) | petcare.signin.return and petcare.signin.intent: the page to come back to after an e-mailed sign-in link, because that link opens in a new tab. | Removed when you open the link; if you never open it, until you clear this site's data |
Removing them
Sign out, or use Sign out everywhere on your account page, to end your session and remove the session cookies. You can also delete this site's cookies and data in your browser's settings at any time; you will simply be signed out.
The privacy notice covers everything else we keep. Questions: support@pawcarnet.com.