Information campaign for transport companies and professional drivers

The Cyprus Transport Department has announced an information campaign aimed at transport companies and professional drivers. The campaign provides guidance on data privacy, cookies, and online security measures.

The campaign highlights the use of various cookies, including Google and YouTube cookies, for advertising, video preferences, and security purposes. It emphasizes the importance of understanding cookie functions and managing user consent.

Key cookies mentioned include:

• NID (6 months): Used by Google for advertising and ad frequency control.
• VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (5 months 27 days): Used by YouTube to measure bandwidth and determine interface version.
• YSC (session): Tracks views of embedded YouTube videos.
• Yt-remote-connected-devices (never): Stores user video preferences.
• Yt-remote-device-id (never): Stores user video preferences.
• Yt.innertube::nextId (never): Registers a unique ID for viewed videos.
• Yt.innertube::requests (never): Stores data on viewed videos.
• _GRECAPTCHA (5 months 27 days): Used by Google reCAPTCHA to identify bots and prevent spam.
• GDPR Cookie Consent cookies (1 year to 11 months): Record user consent for various categories including advertisement, analytics, functional, necessary, other, and performance.
• PHPSESSID (7 days): Manages user sessions on the website.
• viewed_cookie_policy (11 months): Stores user consent status regarding cookies.

For more information, visit the official campaign page.