# EC-newsletter-1215

## Cookie Overview

### Necessary Cookies
1. **nabSegmentation**  
   - **Duration**: 4 months  
   - **Description**: Description is currently not available.
2. **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.
3. **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.
4. **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.
5. **VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA**  
   - **Duration**: 6 months  
   - **Description**: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.
6. **_GRECAPTCHA**  
   - **Duration**: 1 year  
   - **Description**: Google Recaptcha.
7. **NID**  
   - **Duration**: 1 year  
   - **Description**: Google Recaptcha NID.

### Functional Cookies
1. **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.
2. **yt-remote-connected-devices**  
   - **Duration**: Never Expires  
   - **Description**: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.
3. **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.
4. **yt-remote-device-id**  
   - **Duration**: Never Expires  
   - **Description**: Stores user preferences in embedded YouTube videos.
5. **yt-remote-session-name**  
   - **Duration**: session  
   - **Description**: Used by YouTube to store user preferences in the video player.
6. **yt-remote-fast-check-period**  
   - **Duration**: session  
   - **Description**: Used by YouTube to store user preferences for embedded videos.
7. **yt-remote-session-app**  
   - **Duration**: session  
   - **Description**: Used by YouTube to store user preferences about the embedded video player interface.
8. **yt-remote-cast-available**  
   - **Duration**: session  
   - **Description**: Stores user preferences regarding casting availability.
9. **yt-remote-cast-installed**  
   - **Duration**: session  
   - **Description**: Stores user video player preferences in embedded YouTube video.

### Analytics Cookies
1. **_ga_* **  
   - **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
   - **Description**: Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.
2. **_ga**  
   - **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
   - **Description**: This cookie calculates visitor, session, and campaign data and tracks site usage for analytics.
3. **_hjSessionUser_* **  
   - **Duration**: 1 year  
   - **Description**: Hotjar sets this cookie to attribute data from visits to the same user ID.
4. **_hjSession_* **  
   - **Duration**: 1 hour  
   - **Description**: Ensures data attribution for subsequent visits.
5. **_gid**  
   - **Duration**: 1 day  
   - **Description**: Stores information on how visitors use a website for analytics.
6. **YSC**  
   - **Duration**: session  
   - **Description**: Used by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

### Performance Cookies
1. **_gat**  
   - **Duration**: 1 minute  
   - **Description**: Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to limit data collection on high-traffic sites.

### Advertisement Cookies
1. **__Secure-YEC**  
   - **Duration**: past  
   - **Description**: Stores user video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
2. **uid**  
   - **Duration**: Never Expires  
   - **Description**: Set by publuu.
3. **__Secure-YNID**  
   - **Duration**: 6 months  
   - **Description**: Used to protect user security and prevent fraud during logins.
4. **__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN**  
   - **Duration**: 6 months  
   - **Description**: Helps control feature rollout and experimentation for consistent user experience during testing.

### Uncategorised Cookies
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