# Cookie Categories

## 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 clicked by the user.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-device-id  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: YouTube stores 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 using embedded YouTube video.

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

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

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-cast-available  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used to store the user's preferences regarding casting on their YouTube video player.

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

## 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 for analytics reports.

- **Cookie**: _hjSessionUser_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Ensures data from subsequent visits is attributed to the same user ID.

- **Cookie**: _hjSession_*  
  **Duration**: 1 hour  
  **Description**: Ensures data from subsequent visits is attributed to the same user ID.

- **Cookie**: _gid  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Stores information on how visitors use a website and creates an analytics report.

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

## Performance

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance metrics of the website for a better user experience.

- **Cookie**: _gat  
  **Duration**: 1 minute  
  **Description**: Limits the data collection on high-traffic sites.

## Advertisement

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on previous pages visited and to analyze the effectiveness of ad campaigns.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-YEC  
  **Duration**: past  
  **Description**: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

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

- **Cookie**: __Secure-YNID  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Used to protect user security and prevent fraud during login.

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