Altair Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be used on the websites, including, but not limited to www.altair.com, www.altairenlighten.com, www.altairhyperworks.com, www.altairproductdesign.com, www.pbsworks.com, www.solidthinking.com, innovationintelligence.com, www.altairthinklabs.com, www.toggled.com, connect.altair.com, www.carriots.com, www.carriotsanalytics.com, www.altairuniversity.com, www.pbs.org, www.pbscloud.io, www.altairatc.com, www.efatigue.com and other websites owned or operated by Altair, including local websites in your country, such as www.altair.it, www.altair.de, and www.altair.se (collectively, our "Websites") operated by or for Altair ("Altair" or "we") when you visit it.
We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Cookie Policy on this page. The date that this Cookie Policy was last revised is identified at the top of this page.
If you have further questions, please contact us at the Contact Information listed in our Privacy Policy.
What are Cookies and Similar Technologies Used on Our Websites
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. We only place cookies on your hard drive with your consent. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time by logging into the Websites, navigating to "Cookie Consent" link at the bottom of the page and adjusting our user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an email stating your request at webmaster@altair.com. Our use of cookies is governed by our Privacy Policy. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you do not consent to our use of cookies or select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Websites. You can find more information about cookies at https://www.allaboutcookies.org and https://youronlinechoices.eu.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Websites and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Altair, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related Website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain Website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Third Party Cookies. Some content or applications, including advertisements, on our Online Interfaces are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, application providers, and social media sites. With your consent, these third parties may use cookies (alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies) to collect information about you when you access our Online Interfaces. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Data or they may collect information, including Personal data, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising and other targeted content. We do not control these third parties� tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information on how you can consent or withdraw your consent to receive targeted advertising from many providers, please see our Privacy Policy.
You can learn more about your choices and how we use Cookies and Web Beacons by visiting our Privacy Policy.
Cookies and Other Similar Technologies Used on Our Websites
Our Websites use 1st party cookies (set by Altair), 3rd party cookies (which are set by third parties), and other similar technologies. Below is a list of the different types of cookies that we use on our Websites, as of the effective date of this Privacy Policy.
Essential Cookies and Similar Technologies:
Essential cookies and other similar technologies used by us enable you to navigate the Websites and use their services and features. Without these essential cookies, the Websites will not perform correctly and we may not be able to provide the Websites to you or provide you with certain services or features of our Websites.
| Cookie Name |
Description of purpose. More information. |
When do cookies expire |
1st party or 3rd party cookie? |
| .ASPXANONYMOUS |
This cookie is used by sites using the .NET technology platform from Microsoft. It enables the site to maintain an anonymous user-id to track unique users within a session without them logging in or otherwise identifying themselves. And it is necessary for the platform to function |
8 months |
1st party |
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
This cookie is used by sites using the .NET technology platform from Microsoft. This cookie contains the user's session ID and the cookie will expire at the end of the session (when you close your browser). |
current session only (expire on browser closing) |
1st party |
| __distillery |
Wistia Inc. video player cookie recording the position where the video has been stopped to allow playback continuation. used by video player to remember where you are in a video so that if playback is interrupted |
12 months |
1st party |
| user_country |
feed user location country to Ensighten |
5 days |
1st party |
| cookie_policy_showed |
track if site cookie popup has showed to EU first time users |
12 months |
1st party |
| muxData Wistia Inc. |
This cookies supports video functionality by Wistia. |
240 months |
3rd party |
| PHPSESSID |
This cookie is used by sites using the PHP framework. This cookie contains the user's session ID it is necessary for the platform to function |
session only |
1st party |
| wordfence_verifiedHuman |
This cookie is used WordPress to verify access is from human user browser, not spamming robots |
session only |
1st party |
| wfvt_525550783 |
PHP WordPress user tracking, traffic ranks, site worth |
30 hours |
1st party |
| altairUniCountry |
PHP WordPress user country tracking |
session only |
1st party |
Preference Cookies and Similar Technologies: Preference cookies collect information about your choices and preferences and allow us to remember language and other local settings and to customize our Websites accordingly.
| Cookie Name |
Description of purpose. More information. |
When do cookies expire |
1st party or 3rd party cookie? |
| acceptcookie |
It stores user's reponse to site is using cookie popup alert |
12 months |
1st party |
| windowShowedCookie |
It tracks if site popup message lightbox has been displayed |
current session only (expire on browser closing) |
1st party |
| 1P_JAR, AID, APISID, HSID, NID, OGP, OTZ, SAPISID, SIDCC, SID, SNID, SSID, TAID |
The main purpose of cookies set by this host is: Functionality |
6 months to 39 months |
1st party |
Social Media Cookies and Similar Technologies: Social Media cookies and other similar technologies used by us collect information about your use of social media websites.
| Cookie Name |
Description of purpose. More information. |
When do cookies expire |
1st party or 3rd party cookie? |
| _ga, auth_token, guest_id, kdt, netpu, personalization_id, pid, remember_checked_on, syndication_guest_id, tfw_exp, twid, twitter_ads_id |
Twitter user session tracking on site https://insider.altairhyperworks.com/ |
from 12 months to 120 months |
3rd party |
| c_user, datr, fr, pl, sb, wd, xs |
Facebook user session tracking on site https://insider.altairhyperworks.com/ |
from 6 months to 36 months |
3rd party |
| _fbp |
To implement Facebook pixel tracking functions, for retargeting and measurement |
8 hours |
3rd party |
| LinkedIn Insight tag |
Enables the collection of non-personal data regarding visits to our website |
90 days |
3rd party |
| StackOverflow Pixel |
Enables the collection of non-personal data regarding visits to our website |
18 Months |
3rd party |
Analytics Cookies and Similar Technologies: Analytics cookies and other similar technologies used by us collect information about your use of the Websites and enable us to improve the way it works and operates. Specifically, analytics cookies provide us with information regarding what the most frequently visited pages on the Websites are, help us record and debug any issues you may have with the Websites, and show us how effective our advertising is. These analytics cookies do not allow us to see the usage of a single user but does allow us to see overall patterns of usage on the Websites. We do not examine this information for individually identifying information, but we do use this information to understand the traffic on our Websites.
| Cookie Name |
Description of purpose. More information. |
When do cookies expire |
1st party or 3rd party cookie? |
| _gat |
it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
1 min |
3rd party |
| _ga |
Google Analytics. It stores your Client ID. Used by Google Analytics will recognize and refer to you |
42 months |
3rd party |
| _gid |
Google Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited |
3 days |
3rd party |
| __utma |
Google Analytics. It records the time and date of the first visit, the total number of visits, keeping track of your website sessions |
39 months |
3rd party |
| __utmz |
Google Analytics. used to check approximately how fast people leave: when a visit starts, and approximately ends |
20 months |
3rd party |
| __hssc |
HubSpot.com platform. This cookie is used for to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when de-duplicating contacts. |
30 mins |
3rd party |
| __hstc |
HubSpot.com platform. Used for website analytics. It is the cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number |
42 months |
3rd party |
| Demandbase: tuuid and IUUID |
Cookie Description: Ad Serving, Ad Targeting, Analytics/Measurement, Content Customization, Cross Device Tracking, Optimization |
|
3rd party |
| hubspotutk |
HubSpot.com platform. Used for website analytics. It contains the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number |
126 months |
3rd party |
| messagesUtk |
HubSpot.com platform. This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you via the messages tool. If the visitor leaves your site before they're added as a contact, they will have this cookie associated with their browser. |
36 months |
3rd party |
| wiredminds tracking code |
wiredminds tracking |
|
3rd party |
Advertising Cookies and Similar Technologies: Advertising and other similar technologies used by us cookies are used to display targeting promotions or advertisements based on your use of the Websites and interests and to manage our use of advertising resources. These cookies collect information about your activities on this and other sites to provide you with targeted advertising.
| Cookie Name |
Description of purpose. More information. |
When do cookies expire |
1st party or 3rd party cookie? |
| __gads, __sonar, _sp_id.5a04, DSID, IDE |
DoubleCLick tracking, used by DoubleClick for advertising purposes |
10 months to 24 months |
3rd party |
| __ar_v4 |
The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising. |
|
3rd party |