# Cookies Overview

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

## Necessary

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

- **Cookie**: nabSegmentation  
  **Duration**: 4 months  
  **Description**: Description is currently not available.

- **Cookie**: rc::a  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

- **Cookie**: wpEmojiSettingsSupports  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly.

- **Cookie**: rc::c  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

- **Cookie**: VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.

- **Cookie**: _GRECAPTCHA  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Google Recaptcha

- **Cookie**: NID  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Google Recaptcha NID

## Functional

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

- **Cookie**: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-connected-devices  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-device-id  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-session-name  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-fast-check-period  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-session-app  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store user preferences for the embedded YouTube video player.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-cast-available  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores the user's preferences regarding whether casting is available.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-cast-installed  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences.

## Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

- **Cookie**: _ga_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.

- **Cookie**: _ga  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage.

- **Cookie**: _hjSessionUser_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits is attributed to the same user ID.

- **Cookie**: _hjSession_*  
  **Duration**: 1 hour  
  **Description**: Hotjar sets this cookie for session attribution.

- **Cookie**: _gid  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Used to store information on how visitors use a website.

- **Cookie**: YSC  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

## Performance

Performance cookies are used to analyze the website's performance for a better user experience.

- **Cookie**: _gat  
  **Duration**: 1 minute  
  **Description**: Used to restrain request rate to limit data collection on high-traffic sites.

## Advertisement

Advertisement cookies are used to provide customized advertisements based on previous pages visited and analyze ad effectiveness.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-YEC  
  **Duration**: past  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store video player preferences.

- **Cookie**: uid  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Set by Publuu.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-YNID  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Google cookie used to protect user security during the login process.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Used to manage feature rollout and experimentation.