## Cookies and Their Categorization

### Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. They do not store any personally identifiable data.

- **Cookie**: rc::a  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

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

- **Cookie**: rc::c  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Set by the Google recaptcha service.

- **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**: Set by CookieYes to remember users' consent preferences.

- **Cookie**: wordpress_test_cookie  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Set by WordPress to determine whether cookies are enabled.

### Functional Cookies

These cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms.

- **Cookie**: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-connected-devices  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Set by YouTube to store video preferences.

- **Cookie**: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube for improving user search experience.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-device-id  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store user video preferences.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-session-name  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store video player preferences.

### Analytics Cookies

These cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website.

- **Cookie**: _ga  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Used by Google Analytics for tracking unique visitors.

- **Cookie**: _gid  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Used for creating an analytics report of the website's performance.

- **Cookie**: _hjSessionUser_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Used by Hotjar to track user ID.

### Performance Cookies

These cookies are used to understand the critical performance metrics of the website.

- **Cookie**: _gat  
  **Duration**: 1 minute  
  **Description**: Used by Google to limit data collection on high-traffic sites.

### Advertisement Cookies

These cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on previous visits.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-YEC  
  **Duration**: past  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store user preferences.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-YNID  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Used to protect user security during logins.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to manage feature rollout.