Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files containing letters and numbers that are sent by a webserver (such as the www.altium.com or www.octopart.com webserver) to your computer, smartphone, tablet or any other device with internet access which you use in order to visit our Websites (“Device”). Once a cookie is stored on your Device, the Websites server may be able to recognize the Device you use.

Cookies broadly fall into the following categories:

• A First-Party Cookie refers to a cookie created by the domain of the website the user is visiting.
• A Third-Party Cookie is a cookie that is placed by a domain other than that of the website the user is visiting. These cookies enable analysis across websites.
• A Session Cookie is temporary, linking the actions of a user during the any given browser session. When the browser is closed, the cookie is deleted.
• A Permanent Cookie, also known as a persistent cookie, is stored for a specific period of time and activates each time the user visits the website that created the cookie.

“Web Beacons” are small graphic data (also known as ‘Pixel Tags’ or ‘Clear GIFs’), which can be included on our Websites and newsletters and are usually used in combination with cookies to identify users and user behavior.

To learn more about cookies, web beacons, and other data collection technology, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.