# Cookies Overview

## Necessary

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**: setting_billingCountryId  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Sets default Billing Country

- **Cookie**: setting_browseCurrencyCode  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Sets the browser currency

- **Cookie**: shapeways_guest  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Guest User cookie

- **Cookie**: __cf_bm  
  **Duration**: 1 hour  
  **Description**: This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.

- **Cookie**: PHPSESSID  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: This cookie is native to PHP applications and stores the unique session ID for user session management.

- **Cookie**: _cfuvid  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Calendly sets this to track users across sessions for user experience optimization.

- **Cookie**: elementor  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: WordPress theme cookie to implement or change website content in real-time.

- **Cookie**: sw_usr  
  **Duration**: past  
  **Description**: Shapeways User Cookie

- **Cookie**: uauth  
  **Duration**: past  
  **Description**: Authentication Cookie

- **Cookie**: rc::a  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Set by Google Recaptcha service to identify bots.

- **Cookie**: rc::c  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Bot identification by Google Recaptcha.

- **Cookie**: _GRECAPTCHA  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Set by Google Recaptcha to identify bots.

- **Cookie**: rc::f  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Bot identification by Google Recaptcha.

- **Cookie**: rc::b  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Bot identification by Google Recaptcha.

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

## Functional

Functional cookies assist with functionalities like sharing website content and collecting feedback.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-connected-devices  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Stores user video preferences with embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Used by YouTube to store the last clicked search result entry for better future search results.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-device-id  
  **Duration**: Never Expires  
  **Description**: Stores user video preferences with embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-session-name  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores user video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-fast-check-period  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores user video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-session-app  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores user preferences for the interface of the embedded YouTube player.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-cast-available  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: User preferences for casting availability on YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: yt-remote-cast-installed  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores user video player preferences with embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: _dc_gtm_UA-*  
  **Duration**: 1 minute  
  **Description**: Loads the Google Analytics script tag.

- **Cookie**: li_gc  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Stores LinkedIn visitor's consent regarding non-essential cookies.

## Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand visitor interactions with the website.

- **Cookie**: wmc  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Assigns a unique visitor ID for statistics.

- **Cookie**: _ga_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Stores and counts page views for Google Analytics.

- **Cookie**: _ga  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Calculates visitor, session, and campaign data for analytics reports.

- **Cookie**: _gcl_au  
  **Duration**: 3 months  
  **Description**: Experiments advertisement efficiency using Google Tag Manager.

- **Cookie**: _gid  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Stores information on how visitors use the website for an analytics report.

- **Cookie**: _fbp  
  **Duration**: 3 months  
  **Description**: Displays advertisements on Facebook after visiting the website.

- **Cookie**: guid  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Stores a unique user identifier for tracking behavior across visits.

- **Cookie**: _hjSessionUser_*  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Ensures data from subsequent visits is attributed to the same user ID.

- **Cookie**: _hjSession_*  
  **Duration**: 1 hour  
  **Description**: Ensures data from subsequent visits is attributed to the same user ID.

- **Cookie**: _hjTLDTest  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Stores different URL substrings to determine the most generic cookie path to use.

## Performance

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

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## Advertisement

Advertisement cookies are used to provide customized ads based on previous page visits.

- **Cookie**: YSC  
  **Duration**: session  
  **Description**: Tracks views of embedded YouTube videos.

- **Cookie**: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Measures bandwidth to determine player interface.

- **Cookie**: VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Stores user's cookie consent state.

- **Cookie**: personalization_id  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Tracks user interaction data for optimization.

- **Cookie**: bcookie  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Recognizes browser IDs from LinkedIn.

- **Cookie**: muc_ads  
  **Duration**: 1 year 1 month 4 days  
  **Description**: Collects user behavior data for optimization.

- **Cookie**: tt  
  **Duration**: 1 year  
  **Description**: Tracks interactions with embedded Twitter content.

- **Cookie**: lidc  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Facilitates data center selection for LinkedIn.

## Uncategorised

Various uncategorised cookies are under analysis.

- **Cookie**: enableProfiling  
  **Duration**: past  
  **Description**: Currently unavailable.

- **Cookie**: __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN  
  **Duration**: 6 months  
  **Description**: Currently unavailable.

- **Cookie**: user_experience_group  
  **Duration**: 1 month  
  **Description**: Currently unavailable.

- **Cookie**: session_experience_group  
  **Duration**: 1 day  
  **Description**: Currently unavailable.