# Cookie Usage and Consent Preferences

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalised ads or content, and analyse our traffic. Here's a detailed breakdown of the cookies we use and their purposes:

## Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site.

- **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.
- **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.

- **Cookie**: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth and determine the user interface.
- **Cookie**: yt-remote-connected-devices  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences.
- **Cookie**: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store the last search result entry.
- **Cookie**: yt-remote-device-id  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube for video preferences.
- **Cookie**: yt-remote-session-name  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store video player preferences.
- **Cookie**: yt-remote-fast-check-period  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube for video player preferences.
- **Cookie**: yt-remote-session-app  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores user preferences for the YouTube video player.
- **Cookie**: yt-remote-cast-available  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used to store preferences regarding casting on YouTube.
- **Cookie**: yt-remote-cast-installed  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores video player preferences on YouTube.

## Analytics Cookies
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website.

- **Cookie**: _ga  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Tracks site usage for analytics reports.
- **Cookie**: _gid  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Creates an analytics report of the website's performance.
- **Cookie**: _hjSessionUser_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Ensures data from visits are attributed to the same user ID.
- **Cookie**: _hjSession_*  
  **Duration**: 1 hour  
  **Description**: Ensures data from visits are attributed to the same user ID.
- **Cookie**: _ga_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Stores and counts page views.
- **Cookie**: YSC  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Used to track views of embedded videos on YouTube.

## Performance Cookies
Performance cookies are used to analyze the key performance indexes of the website.

- **Cookie**: _gat  
  **Duration**: 1 minute  
  **Description**: Restrains request rate to limit data collection on high-traffic sites.

## Advertisement Cookies
Advertisement cookies are used to provide customized advertisements.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-YEC  
  **Duration**: past  
  **Description**: Stores user video player preferences.
- **Cookie**: __Secure-YNID  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Protects user security during the login process.
- **Cookie**: __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Manages feature rollout and experimentation for a consistent user experience.

## Uncategorised Cookies
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