Section 01What are cookies & digital identifiers?
Cookies are small, encrypted text files placed onto your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you browse modern web platforms. They facilitate essential site security, preserve your session across intake steps, and ensure our web portal renders flawlessly on touch-enabled devices.
Section 02Our minimal cookie philosophy
As a bespoke medical clinic prioritizing confidential patient discretion, we deliberately avoid intrusive third-party behavioral tracking, cross-site social retargeting pixels, and programmatic advertising cookies.
Zero advertising tracking: Sissy Clinic never sells, leases, or trades patient browsing data to advertising exchanges or data brokers.
Categories of cookies utilized
Below is a breakdown of the specific cookies and storage mechanisms utilized across our platform:
| Cookie name | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|
| PHPSESSID | Strictly necessary | Preserves secure consultation session state and form token validation. | Browser session |
| sc_csrf_token | Security | Protects confidential dossier submissions against cross-site forgery. | Session |
| sc_cookie_consent | Preference | Remembers your consent status regarding technical site cookies. | 12 months |
| __cf_bm / cf_clearance | Infrastructure | Differentiates legitimate patients from automated bot traffic and DDoS attacks. | 30 minutes |
Third-party technologies & encrypted APIs
Our platform interfaces with selected infrastructure providers exclusively to guarantee uptime, high performance, and rapid global delivery:
- Cloudflare: Provides CDN caching, TLS/SSL encryption, and DNS protection.
- Mailtrap API: Transports confidential consultation dossiers directly via secure TLS endpoints without leaving readable logs in insecure mail queues.
- Typography services: Hosted Google Fonts served through optimized local caches to avoid non-consensual visitor profiling.
Section 05Managing your choices & browser controls
You maintain complete authority over how cookies are stored on your device. Most modern browsers allow you to:
- Inspect and delete stored cookies at any time.
- Block all third-party cookies by default in your browser privacy settings.
- Browse in private or "Incognito" mode to ensure session cookies are immediately expunged upon closing the browser window.
Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies (such as session tokens) may prevent the surgical dossier submission form from functioning correctly.
Questions regarding your digital privacy?
Our concierge office is available to provide any clarifications regarding data protection or confidentiality protocols.
