Cookies

Effective Date: 1 June 2026

On curiosity.nu we use cookies, local storage, and session storage. All these types store information on your device when you visit our site. No cookies are placed while you simply browse.

How we use cookies

Curiosity does not store any personal information via cookies and cannot track visitors.

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the following functions and are set only when you actively trigger them:

• Subscribing to the newsletter
• Logging into an account
• Making a donation

Because they are required for the service to work, these cookies do not require your consent.

Third-party cookies:

These cookies are set by external providers when you use certain features:

• Playing embedded media from YouTube

When a YouTube video is embedded, cookies are placed by youtube.com and google.com. For each video we show a placeholder image together with a notice that playback requires your consent. Clicking the placeholder loads the video and activates the corresponding cookies. Node 17 does not control these third-party cookies and cannot manage your consent for them.

Cookies on curiosity.nu

Subscribing to the newsletter

Name(s): ghost-members-ssr, ghost-members-ssr.sig
Type: Strictly necessary
Domain: curiosity.nu
Purpose: Enables functionality for subscribers and members.
Third-party: No
Lifetime: 184 days
Consequences without cookie: Visitor cannot subscribe to the newsletter
Tracks visitor: No

Logging into an account

Name(s): ghost-members-ssr, ghost-members-ssr.sig
Type: Strictly necessary
Domain: curiosity.nu
Purpose: Enables functionality for subscribers and members.
Third-party: No
Lifetime: 184 days
Consequences without cookie: Visitor cannot login or administrate their account.
Tracks visitor: No

Making a donation

Name: stripe-cookie-name
Type: Strictly necessary
Domain: curiosity.nu
Purpose: Security for making payments.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 365 days
Consequences without cookie: Visitor cannot donate money to Curiosity.
Tracks visitor: No

Playing embedded media from YouTube

Name: NID
Type: Functional
Domain: google.com
Purpose: Store preferences like language, search results count, and SafeSearch.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 6 months
Consequences without cookie: Visitor cannot watch YouTube videos.
Tracks visitor: Yes

Name: __Secure-ENID
Type: Functional
Domain: google.com
Purpose: Store preferences like language, search results count, and SafeSearch.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 13 months
Consequences without cookie: Visitor cannot watch YouTube videos.
Tracks visitor: Yes

Local Storage on curiosity.nu

Playing embedded media from YouTube

Name: yt-player-bandwidth
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 2 days
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt-player-user-settings
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 30 days
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt-remote-connected-devices
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 1 day
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt-remote-device-id
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 1 year
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt.innertube::nextId
Type: Advertising
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores information about the video to be shown after current video.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 1 day
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt.innertube::requests
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 1 day
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores the last search result entry that the user clicked on. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: 1 day
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Session Storage on curiosity.nu

Playing embedded media from YouTube

Name: yt-remote-cast-available
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Store the user's preferences regarding whether the cast function is available in their YouTube video player.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: Session
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt-remote-cast-installed
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores the user's settings for the video player when embedded YouTube videos are used.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: Session
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt-remote-fast-check-period
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores the user's settings for the video player when embedded YouTube videos are used.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: Session
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt-remote-session-app
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores user settings and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: Session
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Name: yt-remote-session-name
Type: Functional
Domain: www.youtube-nocookie.com
Purpose: Stores user settings and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player.
Third-party: Yes
Lifetime: Session
Consequences without cookie: YouTube functionality partially not working.

Avoiding Cookies

If you prefer not to accept cookies, you can configure your browser to block them automatically or to alert you whenever a site tries to set one. In that case you’ll see a brief cookie notice on each page load.

Your browser also lets you delete cookies that have already been stored. Consult the browser’s help documentation for instructions.

You can browse curiosity.nu without cookies, except for the four functions detailed on this page.

Avoiding Session Storage and Local Storage

If you prefer not to accept optional use of these types of storage, you must not play any content from YouTube. Each video comes with a disclaimer stating it will place files on your device.

Your browser also lets you delete session storage and local storage content that have already been stored. Consult the browser’s help documentation for instructions.

You can browse curiosity.nu without session storage and local storage, except for when you watch YouTube videos.