We document every cookie and click identifier plainly.
The Honey House operates active advertising campaigns across Google, Microsoft, and Meta networks. This document lays out what data stays on your machine, how Consent Mode v2 regulates ad signals, and how you revoke permissions.
When did this cookie specification take effect?
This cookie specification and ad measurement protocol took effect on 2026-11-12. Any revisions to platform storage keys, ad network click tags, or tracking parameters are stamped here with the exact operational deployment date.
What categories of cookies and browser keys do you use?
We divide browser storage into three strict categories. We do not use cross-device probabilistic graphing, third-party data broker beacons, or hidden device fingerprinting scripts:
- Strictly Necessary Storage: These keys keep basic browser functions operational. They record your consent choice so our banner does not prompt you on every page turn, hold the temporary session token for our Dubois workshop support chat widget, and pass anti-bot timestamp values when you send an apiary inquiry.
- Analytics Storage: When granted, analytics keys measure aggregate site visits, page loading speed across Wyoming and national connections, and the referring domain. These measurements carry no raw contact identity.
- Advertising & Attribution Storage: We run live paid ad campaigns on search and social networks. When you permit storage, these cookies attribute inbound clicks from ad placements to inquiry submissions and let search engines determine if our clover honey and gift set listings matched your search query.
Which specific cookies and local storage keys are placed?
Every key placed by the site runtime or third-party ad networks is catalogued below with its owner, domain origin, mechanical purpose, and lifespan:
| Key Name | Provider | Category | Operational Purpose | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
site_consent_v2 |
Thehoneyhousewy | Necessary | Stores your accept or decline decision for cookie storage categories. | 12 months |
chat_token |
Thehoneyhousewy | Necessary | Stores your support chat session ID so responses from our Dubois desk remain linked. | 18 months |
_gcl_au |
Google LLC | Advertising | Google Ads conversion linker storage when marketing consent is granted. | 90 days |
_ga |
Google LLC | Analytics | Distinguishes unique anonymous sessions for traffic metrics. | 13 months |
_ga_* |
Google LLC | Analytics | Maintains operational session state across page views during one visit. | 13 months |
_uetsid |
Microsoft Advertising | Advertising | Stores session visit identification for Microsoft Advertising search campaigns. | 24 hours |
_uetvid |
Microsoft Advertising | Advertising | Tracks visitor attribution across visits from Bing search ads. | 13 months |
_fbp |
Meta Platforms | Advertising | Stores ad delivery measurement and conversion attribution for Meta Ads. | 90 days |
Which ad platforms send traffic here and what click tags arrive?
This site is a live commercial destination for paid advertising. We run campaigns on Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising, and run promotional campaigns on Meta Ads. When you click an advertisement pointing to thehoneyhousewy.com, the destination network appends a unique cryptographic query parameter to the URL:
- gclid (Google Click Identifier): Attached by Google Ads (operated by Google Ireland Ltd and Google LLC) to link the click to your search query for raw honey, cut comb, or apiary gift samplers.
- msclkid (Microsoft Click Identifier): Attached by Microsoft Advertising (operated by Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd) to measure Bing search ad interactions and merchant listing delivery.
- fbclid (Meta Click Identifier): Attached by Meta Ads (operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd) to verify referral traffic originating from Instagram or Facebook campaigns.
These identifiers allow our systems to confirm that an incoming inquiry for a three-jar clover honey sampler arrived from an active campaign rather than an organic referral. None of these networks have reviewed, approved, certified, or endorsed our Dubois apiary operation or this site.
How does Consent Mode v2 work on this website?
We implement Google Consent Mode v2 directly in our tracking architecture. Before you make any choice in our consent prompt, our scripts initialise all four core operational signals to denied:
| Consent Mode v2 Signal | Default State | Granted State | Revoked State |
|---|---|---|---|
ad_storage |
denied | granted | denied |
ad_user_data |
denied | granted | denied |
ad_personalization |
denied | granted | denied |
analytics_storage |
denied | granted | denied |
When signals are denied, ad network scripts do not read or write advertising cookies on your machine. Pings sent to ad servers carry state flags showing storage is denied, preventing conversion modelling from building personal profiles. If you click “Accept”, the signals transition to granted. If you select “Decline”, they remain denied. If you change your mind later, our consent manager immediately resets all four parameters to denied.
How do I choose what cookies you set and how do I change my mind?
When you land on our site, a consent bar appears at the bottom edge of the viewport. You can grant access by clicking “Accept” or refuse non-essential tracking by clicking “Decline”.
To change or withdraw your choice at any point, click the button located in the footer of every page, or tap the button above. The consent bar reopens immediately. Selecting “Decline” clears advertising cookies and sets all Consent Mode v2 signals back to denied instantly.
We also honour the Global Privacy Control signal. If your browser transmits the Sec-GPC header, our scripts interpret it as an immediate directive to deny ad storage and analytics without waiting for you to interact with the banner.
What happens if I decline or block all cookies?
If you decline cookies, our raw honey catalogue, gift crate specifications, fit calculator tool, and batch inquiry forms remain fully functional. You can calculate ounce weights for clover honey, configure custom three-to-six jar pine crates, and send inquiry tickets directly to our Dubois workshop desk.
What stops: advertising conversion tracking ceases, your visit is excluded from performance analytics, and our marketing platforms will not track whether your inquiry followed an ad click. Declining tracking never results in restricted pricing, slower quotation responses, or hidden site content.
Where can I read the privacy policies of your ad networks?
Each advertising platform processes click telemetry and conversion signals under its own corporate privacy commitments. You can examine their operational rules, opt-out mechanisms, and data protection disclosures at their direct URLs:
- Google Ads & Google Analytics: Read how Google manages ad data at policies.google.com and its general privacy policies at policies.google.com.
- Microsoft Advertising: Review Microsoft privacy governance, Merchant Center policies, and ad data controls in the full Microsoft privacy statement at privacy.microsoft.com.
- Meta Ads: Inspect Meta advertising standards and privacy governance at facebook.com/privacy/policy.
In addition, data storage and notification transmission rely on our infrastructure hosting provider and email mail provider, which retain server access logs for 90 days.
Who at The Honey House handles questions about cookies?
For any technical or operational inquiry regarding our cookies, platform click identifiers, or Consent Mode v2 implementation, write or call our workshop: