# BuildingBlocks3e

**Brookes Publishing**

**Cookies Overview**

We value your privacy and use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. Below you’ll find detailed information about the cookies we use, categorized into types:

## Necessary

Necessary cookies are required to enable basic features such as secure log-in or adjusting consent preferences. They do not store personally identifiable information.

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

- **Cookie:** rc::a  
  **Duration:** Never Expires  
  **Description:** Set by Google reCAPTCHA to identify bots and protect against spam.

- **Cookie:** wpEmojiSettingsSupports  
  **Duration:** session  
  **Description:** Helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly.

- **Cookie:** rc::c  
  **Duration:** session  
  **Description:** Set by Google reCAPTCHA for the same reasons as above.

- **Cookie:** VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA  
  **Duration:** 6 months  
  **Description:** Set by YouTube to store user's cookie consent state.

- **Cookie:** _GRECAPTCHA  
  **Duration:** 1 year  
  **Description:** Google reCAPTCHA.

- **Cookie:** NID  
  **Duration:** 1 year  
  **Description:** Google reCAPTCHA NID.

## Functional

Functional cookies help perform specific functionalities, such as sharing content on social media and collecting feedback.

- **Cookie:** VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE  
  **Duration:** 6 months  
  **Description:** Set by YouTube to measure bandwidth.

- **Cookie:** yt-remote-connected-devices  
  **Duration:** Never Expires  
  **Description:** Stores the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

## Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website, providing insights into metrics.

- **Cookie:** _ga  
  **Duration:** 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description:** Google Analytics cookie for tracking page views.

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

## Performance

Performance cookies help understand and analyze key performance indicators of the website.

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

## Advertisement

Advertisement cookies provide visitors with customized ads based on previous page visits and analyze ad effectiveness.

- **Cookie:** __Secure-YEC  
  **Duration:** past  
  **Description:** Sets user preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie:** __Secure-YNID  
  **Duration:** 6 months  
  **Description:** Protects user security during logins.

- **Cookie:** __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN  
  **Duration:** 6 months  
  **Description:** Manages feature rollout and experimentation.