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Categories of cookies and what we use them for
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Marketing
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Third party
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Cookies
Name CookieConsent
Provider Shared HD Care
Purpose Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain
Expiry 1 year
Type HTTP cookie
Name csrftoken
Provider Shared HD Care
Purpose Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks
Expiry 1 year
Type HTTP cookie
Marketing
Name NID
Provider Google
Purpose Contains a unique ID Google uses to remember preferences and other information, such as preferred language
Expiry 6 months
Type HTTP cookie
Provider YouTube
- Name #-#
Purpose Used to track user's interaction with embedded content
Expiry Session
Type HTML local storage - Name iU5q-IO9@$
Purpose Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen
Expiry Session
Type HTML local storage - Name LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Purpose Used to track user's interaction with embedded content
Expiry Session
Type HTML local storage - Name LogsDatabaseV2:V# ||LogsRequestsStore
Purpose Describes the management, storage or structure of records (logs) and storage of requests in a database
Expiry Persistent
Type IndexedDB - Name PREF
Purpose Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites
Expiry 8 months
Type HTTP cookie - Name remote_sid
Purpose Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website
Expiry Session
Type HTTP cookie - Name ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog
Purpose Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website
Expiry Persistent
Type IndexedDB - Name TESTCOOKIESENABLES
Purpose Used to track user's interaction with embedded content
Expiry 1 day
Type HTTP cookie - Name VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Purpose Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos
Expiry 180 days
Type HTTP cookie - Name YSC
Purpose Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen
Expiry 1 day
Type HTTP cookie - Name ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Purpose Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen
Expiry 1 day
Type HTTP cookie - Name YtIdbMeta#databases
Purpose Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Expiry Persistent
Type HTML Local Storage - Name yt-remote-cast-available, yt-remote-cast-installed, yt-remote-cast-connected-devices, yt-remote-device-id, yt-remote-fast-check-period, yt-remote-session-app, yt-remote-session-name
Purpose Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Expiry Persistent
Type HTML Local Storage