OEB Monthly Review: May 2026

The Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (OEB) released its monthly review for May 2026. The review includes information on cookies used on its website for various purposes.

Cookies set by Google and YouTube include:

  • NID (6 months): Used for advertising purposes, such as limiting ad frequency and measuring ad effectiveness.
  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (5 months 27 days): Set by YouTube to measure bandwidth and determine the interface version.
  • YSC (session): Tracks views of embedded YouTube videos.
  • yt-remote-connected-devices (never): Stores user video preferences for embedded videos.
  • yt-remote-device-id (never): Stores user video preferences for embedded videos.
  • yt.innertube::nextId (never): Registers a unique ID to store data on viewed YouTube videos.
  • yt.innertube::requests (never): Registers a unique ID related to viewed YouTube videos.

Other cookies include:

  • _GRECAPTCHA (5 months 27 days): Set by Google reCAPTCHA to identify bots and prevent spam.
  • GDPR Cookie Consent cookies (1 year to 11 months): Record user consent for categories including Advertisement, Analytics, Functional, Necessary, Other, and Performance.
  • PHPSESSID (7 days): Manages user session IDs for PHP applications.
  • viewed_cookie_policy (11 months): Stores whether the user has consented to cookie use.

More details are available on the official OEB website.