Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 28, 2025

Advertising & Analytics Tools

We use several third-party services to help us understand how visitors use our website and to measure the effectiveness of our outreach and advertising efforts. These services may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to collect information such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, actions taken on the site, and other data to help improve our website and reach interested audiences more effectively.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and usage patterns. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our site so we can improve functionality and content. Google Analytics may collect information such as your IP address, browser, device type, and interactions with the site.

Google Ads

We use Google Ads, including conversion tracking, to understand the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. This helps us see what actions visitors take after clicking on our ads—such as donating, completing a form, or visiting key pages—so we can better allocate our outreach efforts. Google may use cookies or similar technologies for this purpose.

Learn more in the Google Privacy Policy and manage your settings at Google Ads Settings.

Meta Pixel (Facebook & Instagram)

We use Meta Pixel to measure the impact of our ads on Facebook and Instagram. This tool tracks user interactions on our website to help us reach people who are more likely to be interested in our mission and services.

See the Meta Privacy Policy for more information.

TikTok Pixel

We use TikTok Pixel to track visitor activity and understand the performance of our campaigns on TikTok. This allows us to better target and optimize our advertising to reach relevant audiences.

See the TikTok Privacy Policy to learn more.

Your Choices

You can manage your ad preferences and limit personalized ads through:

• Google Ads Settings
• Facebook Ad Preferences
• TikTok Ad Settings
• YourAdChoices (industry-wide opt-out)

Collection of Personal Information

We collect information from you when you submit a form on our website. We use the submitted information for the intended purpose only, such as replying to your request, processing your application form (e.g. Adoption Application and Volunteer Application), adding applicable information to our database and making the information available to the public (e.g. in the case of Lost & Found Pets).

If you want to edit your submission or be removed from our records, please call us at (941) 474-7884.

Donations, Event Registration & Email Signups

We partner with trusted third-party services to handle donations, event registrations, and email communications. These platforms may collect and process personal information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, payment details, and other contact information.

Donations (Harness)

When you make a donation through our website, your payment is securely processed by Harness. Harness collects necessary payment and contact information to process your donation, issue receipts, and help us manage donor communications.

See the Harness Privacy Policy for more details. Donor Bill of Rights

Event Registration Payments (Stripe)

Payments for event registrations are processed securely through Stripe. Stripe may collect and process your payment information, including credit card details, to complete the transaction. We do not store or have access to your full payment details.
See the Stripe Privacy Policy for more information.

Email Signups (Constant Contact)

If you sign up for our newsletter or email updates, your information is managed through Constant Contact. This includes your name, email address, and any other data you choose to provide. We use this information solely to send you updates and communications related to our organization.

Learn more in the Constant Contact Privacy Notice.

CleanTalk (Spam Filtering)

For security reasons and to protect this website from spam, this website is using CleanTalk. CleanTalk may store and process your IP address along with your submitted data. Some of this data will be stored in log files for 45 days. CleanTalk may use spam activity information of IP/email addresses to offer proper anti-spam protection to all websites connected to its service. It concerns exclusively those IP/email addresses that are being used for spam mailing. Also, to provide spam filtering services, CleanTalk is using 1st party cookies. For more information visit CleanTalk’s Privacy Policy.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to help us with the operation of our website, business and marketing. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to be able to work on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, as soon as they are posted on this page.

Questions, Concerns, Changes to Your Personal Information?

Please contact us.

Suncoast Humane Society
2620 Worth Ave
Englewood, FL 34224

Tel: (941) 474-7884