Cookie Policy on PingCAP.com

Effective: June 1, 2020

Our Sites and related online services use cookies and similar technologies to enable certain functionality and help collect information about your visit. This page describes what information is gathered, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can opt-out these cookies from being stored, which, however, may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.

What Are Cookies

“Cookies” are small text files, typically containing a unique string of letters and numbers, stored on your hard drive by a Site. When you return to the Site using the same browser, the Site can read the cookie and thereby gather information about your usage over time. Among other things, we use cookies and other technology to see which areas and features are popular and to count visits, which helps us to improve our Site, our Products, and your experience.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

The Cookies We Set

• Web Beacons

  We may collect information using Web beacons. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on our Site, Products, or in our emails. We use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness, and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon.

• Performance Cookies

  Performance cookies are used to analyze how people use the Site and to monitor Site performance. Analyzing use allows us to improve the Site by identifying popular content and monitoring helps us to spot and fix problems quickly.

• Functionality Cookies

  Functionality cookies are used to allow us to remember your preferences for helpful features, such as providing the Site in a different language.

• Marketing Cookies

  Targeting cookies are used to help in providing users with adverts that are relevant to them by collecting information about their browsing habits and Site usage. They can also be used to allow third parties to display relevant and personalized ads to users through their networks, to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and to limit the number of times you see the same advert.

Third-Party Cookies

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site.

• This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

  For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

• This site uses the Algolia search API to provide in-site search services, which may track the keywords you search to provide better search experience. For more information on Algolia cookies, see the Algolia page.

Disabling Cookies

You may refuse to accept cookies from this site at any time by adjusting the cookie setting on your browser. Further information about the procedure to follow in order to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website. You may wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers.

CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT

PingCAP may modify or update this COOKIE POLICY from time to time to reflect the changes in our practices. If we do so, we will notify you by changing the “Last Updated” date above. If we make any material changes, we will provide you with additional notice or obtain consent as may be required by applicable law.

More Information

You can find out more about cookies at [www.allaboutcookies.org]. To learn about how your privacy is protected on our website, see Privacy Policy.

If you are looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:

• Email: legal@pingcap.com