### By [Bryce Edwards](/content/author/bryceedwards/index.html)• September 28, 2017

### Cookie Information

#### Necessary

| **Cookie**                  | **Duration**         | **Description**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| nabSegmentation             | 4 months           | Description is currently not available.                                                                            |
| rc::a                       | Never Expires      | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports     | session            | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site.                                   |
| rc::c                       | session            | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA    | 6 months           | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.                          |
| _GRECAPTCHA                 | 1 year             | Google Recaptcha                                                                                                   |
| NID                         | 1 year             | Google Recaptcha NID                                                                                               |

#### Functional

| **Cookie**                  | **Duration**         | **Description**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE         | 6 months           | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth determining user interface.                                            |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Never Expires      | YouTube sets this cookie to store user video preferences using embedded videos.                                     |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY| Never Expires      | YouTube cookie to store the last search result entry clicked by the user, improving future search results.        |
| yt-remote-device-id         | Never Expires      | YouTube cookie to store user video preferences using embedded videos.                                             |
| yt-remote-session-name      | session            | Used by YouTube to store user's video player preferences.                                                          |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period  | session            | YouTube cookie for storing video player preferences.                                                              |
| yt-remote-session-app      | session            | YouTube cookie used to store user preferences for the video player interface.                                     |
| yt-remote-cast-available    | session            | YouTube cookie for preferences regarding casting availability.                                                     |
| yt-remote-cast-installed    | session            | YouTube cookie to store user video player preferences using embedded video.                                        |

#### Analytics

| **Cookie**                  | **Duration**         | **Description**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| _ga_*                       | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.                                                  |
| _ga                         | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data.                               |
| _hjSessionUser_*            | 1 year             | Hotjar cookie to attribute visits to the same user ID.                                                            |
| _hjSession_*                | 1 hour             | Hotjar cookie to attribute data from subsequent visits to a unique user ID.                                       |
| _gid                        | 1 day              | Google Analytics cookie to store information on visitor website usage.                                             |
| YSC                         | session            | YouTube cookie used to track views of embedded videos.                                                            |

#### Performance

| **Cookie**                  | **Duration**         | **Description**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| _gat                        | 1 minute           | Google Universal Analytics cookie to restrain request rate and limit data collection on high-traffic sites.        |

#### Advertisement

| **Cookie**                  | **Duration**         | **Description**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| __Secure-YEC                | past               | YouTube cookie to store user's video player preferences.                                                           |
| uid                         | Never Expires      | Set by Publuu.                                                                                                     |
| __Secure-YNID               | 6 months           | Google cookie for user security and fraud prevention during login.                                                |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN      | 6 months           | YouTube cookie for managing feature rollout and experiments.                                                      |

#### Uncategorised

| **Cookie**                  | **Duration**         | **Description**                                                                                                    |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| No cookies to display.      |                    |                                                                                                                    |