Cookies are usually classified into (i) Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies, and (ii) in First Party Cookies and Third Party Cookies, which will be explained in the following.
3.1 Session Cookies
Session Cookies ensure that a User can use functions and refer to information on the TDK Electronics | TDK Europe Website in an efficient way. For example, they ensure that a User is not required to enter the same information repeatedly while using the TDK Electronics | TDK Europe Website. They are stored in temporary memory and deleted when the web browser is closed.
3.2 Persistent Cookies
Persistent Cookies are stored on the hard disk of the User's device and are not deleted if the web browser is closed. For example, they are used to save a setting that ensures a User can use the same language when he/she visits next time and to record the number of visits. The period these Cookies are stored varies from Cookie to Cookie.
3.3 First Party and Third Party Cookies
First Party Cookies are issued by TDK Electronics | TDK Europe. Third Party Cookies are issued by third party service providers, which TDK Electronics | TDK Europe Website use, e.g. to embed certain functionalities on its website for social media content. In some cases, third party providers use further sub-providers that issue so called Fourth Party Cookies that come along with their service applications. Under this Cookie Policy and the TDK Electronics | TDK Europe Website Cookie management system, Fourth Party Cookies are treated as Third Party Cookies. This means that any setting a User applies to Third Party Cookies will also apply to any Fourth Party Cookies associated therewith.