Visitor Preferences (necessary) - The system remembers whether the user has accepted (or not) the cookie policy. The following visitor preference cookies are used:

Name: cftn-cookie-consent
Service: Cookie consent
Purpose: Remembers user preferences regarding cookie usage decisions.
Type and validity: Persistent administrator cookie, 14 months
Operational Cookies (necessary) - Essential for proper website functioning. Often set by third-party services used in the service (e.g., Youtube). The following operational cookies are used:

Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Service: YouTube
Purpose: Used to store user video interface preferences and detect service issues (e.g., connection loss).
Type and validity: Functional, persistent cookie, stored for about 6 months.

Name: VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
Service: YouTube
Purpose: Stores user privacy settings to determine what personal data can be collected.
Type and validity: Analytical, persistent cookie, stored for about 6 months.

Name: YSC
Service: YouTube
Purpose: Session cookie used to record user activity history within the YouTube player during a single browsing session.
Type and validity: Essential, session cookie, valid only during active user session.

Name: __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN
Service: YouTube
Purpose: Used to ensure secure data transmission and experimental feature deployment (e.g., A/B tests) in YouTube services.
Type and validity: Security, persistent cookie, stored for about 6 months.

Name: _GRECAPTCHA
Service: Google reCAPTCHA
Purpose: Cookie used to ensure that website interactions are performed by humans, not bots. Supports Google reCAPTCHA functionality to prevent spam and abuse.
Type and validity: Essential; persistent cookie, stored for about 6 months.
Analytical Cookies (optional) - Used for internal purposes to improve offered services. They help analyze anonymous user interaction with the site. This data is not shared with third parties or used for other purposes. Users can reject these types of cookies by consenting to only necessary cookies on the welcome banner. The following analytical cookies are used:

Name: AEC
Service: Google
Purpose: Used to ensure security and prevent unauthorized access to user data. Protects against fraud and abuse during interactions with Google services, e.g., in forms.
Type and validity: Security, persistent cookie, stored for about 6 months.

Name: DV
Service: Google
Purpose: Used for ad personalization and tracking user activity, such as ad clicks. Most commonly found in the context of Google Ads.
Type and validity: Marketing, session cookie, valid for a short time (usually until session end).

Name: IDE
Service: Google DoubleClick
Purpose: Used to display personalized ads and track advertising campaign effectiveness on sites using Google DoubleClick.
Type and validity: Marketing, persistent cookie, stored for about 13 months.

Name: NID
Service: Google
Purpose: Stores user preferences and other information, such as language preferences and search results, to provide better ad matching and service personalization.
Type and validity: Functional, persistent cookie, stored for about 6 months.

Name: SOCS
Service: Google
Purpose: Used to store user decisions regarding cookie consents and privacy settings, in accordance with data protection regulations, e.g., GDPR.
Type and validity: Functional, persistent cookie, stored for about 13 months.

Name: __Secure-ENID
Service: Google
Purpose: Used for user authentication and data protection, as well as for ad personalization purposes. Additionally serves to improve account security.
Type and validity: Security, persistent cookie, stored for about 13 months.

Name: _ga
Service: Google Analytics
Purpose: Used to distinguish unique users based on their identifier (Client ID) for site traffic analysis purposes. Allows collecting data about how users interact with the website.
Type and validity: Analytical, persistent cookie, usually valid for 2 years.

Name: _ga_BR5H8D945Y
Service: Google Analytics (with GA4 extension)
Purpose: This is a specific version of the _ga cookie assigned to a specific Google Analytics property (e.g., unique site identifier). Used to track sessions and user interactions on the given service.
Type and validity: Analytical, persistent cookie, valid for 2 years.

Name: _gcl_au
Service: Google AdSense/Google Ads
Purpose: Used to store and track conversion information from Google ads. Helps measure advertising campaign effectiveness and monitor user actions after clicking an ad.
Type and validity: Marketing, persistent cookie, usually valid for 90 days.