# executive functions

## Cookies Overview

### Necessary
- **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
- **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.

### Analytics
- **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:** Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.

- **Cookie:** _hjSessionUser_*
  - **Duration:** 1 year
  - **Description:** Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.

- **Cookie:** _hjSession_*
  - **Duration:** 1 hour
  - **Description:** Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.

### Performance
- **Cookie:** _gat
  - **Duration:** 1 minute
  - **Description:** Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites.

### Advertisement
- **Cookie:** __Secure-YEC
  - **Duration:** past
  - **Description:** YouTube sets this cookie to 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:** Google cookie used to protect user security and prevent fraud, especially during the login process.

- **Cookie:** __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN
  - **Duration:** 6 months
  - **Description:** YouTube sets this cookie to manage feature rollout and experimentation.