Last updated: 14 September 2026
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They let the site remember things about your visit, such as your preferences or whether you are logged in. Similar technologies such as pixels, tags and local storage do much the same job, and this policy covers those too.
We use cookies on totalaudits.io to make the site work, to remember your choices, to understand how the site is used, and — where you agree — to show and measure advertising.
When you first visit totalaudits.io you will see a cookie banner. Necessary cookies are set automatically because the site cannot work without them. Everything else is off until you turn it on.
You can change your choices at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our website footer. Our consent manager, CookieYes, records your preference and applies it on future visits.
You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings, though this may stop parts of the site working properly. Guidance for each major browser is available on its own support site, and aboutcookies.org explains the process generally.
Required to enable basic features of the site, such as secure browsing and recording your consent preferences. These do not store personally identifiable information and are set without consent because the site cannot operate without them.
| Cookie | Domain | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _cfuvid | .totalaudits.io | Cloudflare — maintains session consistency across requests | Session |
| __cf_bm | .linkedin.com | Cloudflare — bot management | 1 hour |
| cookieyes-* | www.totalaudits.io | CookieYes — stores your consent preferences | 1 year |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | YouTube — stores your cookie consent state for the domain | 6 months |
Enable additional functionality such as embedded video and sharing content on social platforms. Only set if you accept them.
| Cookie | Domain | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | YouTube — measures bandwidth to determine player interface | 6 months |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube.com | YouTube — stores the last search result entry clicked | Does not expire |
| lidc | .linkedin.com | LinkedIn — data centre selection | 1 day |
| li_gc | .linkedin.com | LinkedIn — stores consent for non-essential cookies | 6 months |
Help us understand how visitors interact with the site — visitor numbers, bounce rate, traffic source and similar. Only set if you accept them.
| Cookie | Domain | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | .totalaudits.io | Google Analytics — calculates visitor, session and campaign data | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| ga* | .totalaudits.io | Google Analytics — stores and counts page views | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| hjSessionUser* | .totalaudits.io | Hotjar — attributes return visits to the same user ID | 1 year |
| hjSession* | .totalaudits.io | Hotjar — holds current session data | 1 hour |
| YSC | .youtube.com | YouTube — tracks views of embedded videos | Session |
Used to deliver advertising relevant to you and to measure how our ad campaigns perform. Set by us and by our advertising partners. Only set if you accept them.
| Cookie | Domain | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | .totalaudits.io | Meta — stores and tracks interactions for advertising | 3 months |
| bcookie | .linkedin.com | LinkedIn — browser identification from share buttons and ad tags | 1 year |
| _gcl_au | .totalaudits.io | Google — measures advertising efficiency via Google Tag Manager | 3 months |
| test_cookie | .doubleclick.net | Google — checks whether your browser supports cookies | 15 minutes |
| __Secure-YNID | .youtube.com | YouTube — security and fraud prevention | 6 months |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | .youtube.com | YouTube — manages feature rollout and experimentation | 6 months |
| __Secure-YEC | .youtube.com | YouTube | Session |
Several cookies above are set by other companies — Google, Meta, LinkedIn, Hotjar, YouTube and Cloudflare — whose services appear on our pages.
The Meta pixel and LinkedIn Insight Tag send information about your visit, including your IP address and the pages you viewed, to Meta and LinkedIn. Those companies may combine that information with data they already hold about you and use it for their own purposes as set out in their own privacy policies.
We do not control these cookies. To understand how each company uses them, see that company's own privacy and cookie policy. You can also manage your advertising preferences directly in your Google, Meta and LinkedIn account settings.
Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire or you delete them. The duration of each cookie is shown in the tables above.
For details of how we handle personal data generally, see our Privacy Policy.
If you have questions about our use of cookies, contact us at chandler@totalaudits.io.
We may update this policy when we change the cookies we use or when the law changes. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.
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