# ASQ Online

By [Bryce Edwards](/content/author/bryceedwards/index.html)• May 1, 2018

## Cookies Overview

The cookies that are categorised as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site.

### Necessary Cookies
- **nabSegmentation**  
  - Duration: 4 months  
  - Description: Description is currently not available.

- **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.

- **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.

- **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.

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

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

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

### Functional Cookies
- **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.

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

- **ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY**  
  - Duration: Never Expires  
  - Description: The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user.

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

- **yt-remote-session-name**  
  - Duration: session  
  - Description: The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

- **yt-remote-fast-check-period**  
  - Duration: session  
  - Description: The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences.

- **yt-remote-session-app**  
  - Duration: session  
  - Description: The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences.

- **yt-remote-cast-available**  
  - Duration: session  
  - Description: This cookie is used to store the user's preferences regarding casting availability.

- **yt-remote-cast-installed**  
  - Duration: session  
  - Description: This cookie stores the user's video player preferences.

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

- **_ga**  
  - Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  - Description: Google Analytics tracks site usage for analytics reports.

- **_hjSessionUser***  
  - Duration: 1 year  
  - Description: Hotjar ensures data from subsequent visits is attributed to the same user ID.

- **_hjSession***  
  - Duration: 1 hour  
  - Description: Hotjar ensures data from subsequent visits is attributed to the same user ID.

- **_gid**  
  - Duration: 1 day  
  - Description: Google Analytics stores information on how visitors use a website.

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

### Performance Cookies
- **_gat**  
  - Duration: 1 minute  
  - Description: Google Universal Analytics limits data collection on high-traffic sites.

### Advertisement Cookies
- **__Secure-YEC**  
  - Duration: past  
  - Description: Stores the user's video player preferences.

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

- **__Secure-YNID**  
  - Duration: 6 months  
  - Description: Google cookie used to protect user security.

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