## Cookie Consent Overview

### Necessary Cookies
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**: 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**: cookieyes-consent  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about site visitors.  
- **Cookie**: wordpress_test_cookie  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: WordPress sets this cookie to determine whether cookies are enabled on the users' browsers.

### Functional Cookies
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**: The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future.

### Analytics Cookies
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 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**: _gid  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

### Performance Cookies
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

- **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.