Cookie Policy
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored by a website or a service used by that website. Some cookies last only for a browser session, while others remain for the period stated in the cookie table. Similar browser storage may also be used by embedded services.
How Hitech uses cookies
Hitech uses cookies and related services on hitech-china.com to operate site features, remember cookie choices, protect forms, support language and embedded content, understand site use, and measure advertising activity. Non-essential categories can be controlled through the CookieYes consent panel.
Cookie categories
- Necessary: supports core website functions, cookie choices, WordPress/browser capability checks and form protection. This category is always active in the current consent configuration.
- Functional: supports optional functions such as language tools and embedded-video preferences.
- Analytics: supports site-usage measurement through Google Analytics and Hotjar when this category is enabled.
- Performance: the current CookieYes audit table lists no cookies in this category.
- Advertisement: supports Google Ads/DoubleClick measurement and YouTube advertising features when this category is enabled and the relevant service is used.
Current CookieYes-declared cookies
| COOKIE / SERVICE | DOMAIN / PROVIDER | CATEGORY | PURPOSE | DURATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elementor | hitech-china.com | Necessary | The website's WordPress theme uses this cookie. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time. | Never Expires |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | hitech-china.com | Necessary | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly. | session |
| cookieyes-consent | hitech-china.com | Necessary | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. | 1 year |
| rc::a | google.com | Necessary | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | Never Expires |
| rc::c | google.com | Necessary | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | session |
| yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | Functional | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. | Never Expires |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube.com | Functional | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. | Never Expires |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | Functional | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. | Never Expires |
| yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | Functional | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. | session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Functional | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | session |
| yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | Functional | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | session |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | Functional | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | session |
| _ga_* | .hitech-china.com | Analytics | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| _ga | .hitech-china.com | Analytics | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| _gcl_au | .hitech-china.com | Analytics | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | 3 months |
| _hjSessionUser_* | .hitech-china.com | Analytics | Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site. | 1 year |
| _hjSession_* | .hitech-china.com | Analytics | Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site. | 1 hour |
| test_cookie | .doubleclick.net | Advertisement | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes |
| YSC | .youtube.com | Advertisement | Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. | session |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | Advertisement | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. | 6 months |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | Advertisement | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 6 months |
Cookie declarations describe the current CookieYes configuration. A declared conditional cookie may not be written on every page or every visit. The site also reads a first-party cookie named _lscache_vary during LiteSpeed guest-variation handling; its category, purpose and duration are not documented in the current CookieYes audit table and remain UNKNOWN.
Third-party services detected on the site
The current public site source contains CookieYes, Google tag configurations (GT-P8RZR3RM and G-MW9LE54EG0), Google Ads (AW-16748501670), Hotjar (site ID 5228414), Google reCAPTCHA v3, GTranslate, a Google Maps embed on the Contact page, and a WhatsApp click-to-chat link. CookieYes also declares YouTube cookies for pages that use embedded YouTube content.
When enabled or used, these integrations can send browser requests to provider domains. This policy does not state that every service or conditional cookie loads on every page.
Managing cookie preferences
The consent banner provides Customise, Reject All, and Accept All controls. In the preference panel, visitors can enable or disable available non-essential categories and select Save My Preferences. Necessary cookies remain active. The consent-preferences control can be reopened later to change a choice. Browser settings can also be used to block or delete cookies, although doing so may affect site features.
Changes to this policy
If this Cookie Policy changes, the revised text will be posted on this page. No policy date is stated unless an approved date is supplied.
Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to info@hitech-china.com.
