Effective Date: September 8, 2008
This Privacy Policy
applies only to the web sites (however accessed and/or used, whether
via personal computers, mobile devices, or otherwise) operated by CBS
Television Stations Group, a division of CBS Corporation ("Company,"
"we," "our" or "us") or other interactive features that are accessible
or downloadable through the web sites owned or controlled by Company
and that post a link to this Privacy Policy (each one individually or
collectively, the "Web Sites"). This Privacy Policy only covers
information collected at the Web Sites, and does not cover any
information collected at any other web site or offline by Company
(unless specifically stated). The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to
disclose to you what information we may collect on the Web Sites, how
we may collect it, with whom we may share it, and certain other matters
related to such information, including the choices you may have
regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of such information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. In addition, please review our
Terms of Use, which govern your use of the Web Sites.
Table of Contents Types Of Information That May Be Collected- Web Site Usage Information & Device Identifiers
- Information You Provide Us
- Information From Other Sources
- Send To A Friend
How Information May Be Collected- Cookies
- Web Beacons
- How We Use The Information Collected
Third-Party Ad Serving & Audience and Traffic Measurement ServicesWith Whom Information May Be Shared- Third Parties Providing Services on Our Behalf
- When You Agree to Receive Offers From Third Parties
- Sweepstakes, Contest & Promotions
- Business Transfers
- Legal Protection and Law Enforcement
Correcting/Updating Personal Information Chat Rooms, Forums, And Message BoardsThird Party Content and Links To Other Web SitesConsent To TransferSecurityA Special Note For Parents Concerning PrivacyNotification Of Changes And Your Acceptance Of The Privacy PolicyTYPES OF INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTEDThe following are the types of information we may collect:
Web Site Usage Information & Device Identifiers We
may receive and store certain types of web site usage information
whenever you visit or interact with the Web Sites. For example, we may
collect the page served, the time, the source of the request, the type
of browser making the request, the preceding page view, or other
similar information. We also may collect your IP address or some other
unique identifier for the particular device you use to access the
Internet, as applicable (collectively referred to herein as a "Device
Identifier"). A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer, your cell phone, or other device used to
access the Internet, and our computers identify your device by its
Device Identifier. We may associate your Device Identifier with the
personal information you provide. When analyzed, web site usage
information helps us determine how visitors arrive at the Web Sites,
what type of content is most popular, and what type of visitors are
interested in particular kinds of content and advertising.
Information You Provide Us We
may ask you to provide us with two types of information: (1) personal
information, which is information that could reasonably be used to
identify you personally, such as your name, e-mail address, telephone
or cell phone number, and physical address; and (2) demographic
information, such as gender, zip code, or similar information. We may
collect this information at various places and forms on the Web Sites,
including registration forms for newsletters and other communications
(e.g. whether by e-mail, mobile device, etc.), when you communicate or
otherwise interact with us, when you submit information to us (whether
or not the information is intended to be posted on the Web Sites),
contests or sweepstakes, surveys or voting or when you purchase a
product or service through the Web Sites. You may also be asked to
choose a user name and password in order to identify yourself during
future visits to the Web Sites. Do not use your real name or the name
of any other actual person as your user name. Providing us with
information about yourself is your choice, and you can always choose
not to provide certain information, but then you may not be able to
take advantage of some of the Web Sites' features.
Information from Other SourcesWe
may receive information about you from other sources; for example, we
may obtain geographic or demographic information, or information
regarding your possible interests, from third parties, or we may
receive information from a marketing partner in connection with a
co-branded web site or promotion.. We may combine the information we
receive from those other sources with information we collect through
the Web Sites. In those cases, we will apply this Privacy Policy to any
personal information received, unless otherwise specifically disclosed
by us at the time you provide your personal information.
Send To A FriendIf
you send a friend a communication from the Web Sites, the information
you provide (names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc.) is used on a
one-time basis to facilitate the communication and is not used for any
other marketing purpose, unless we obtain additional consent.
HOW INFORMATION MAY BE COLLECTED CookiesThe
Web Sites use standard technology called "cookies," which are small
data files that are transferred to your computer (or other
Internet-accessing device) when you visit the Web Sites and allow your
browser to accept cookies. Cookies automatically identify your web
browser to the Web Sites whenever you visit the Web Sites, and may make
navigating and using the Web Sites easier for you. Also, by tracking
how and when you use the Web Sites, cookies help us determine which
areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to
the Web Sites are based on data obtained from cookies. Additionally,
accepting cookies may allow you to, among other things, personalize
your experience on the Web Sites. Cookies may also allow the Web Sites
to present to you advertising that may be of interest to you as well as
limit how often you see certain ads that may detract from your user
experience on our Web Sites. If you do not want to allow information to
be collected through the use of cookies, you can generally opt out of
providing this information by setting your browser to reject cookies.
However, please be aware that some areas of the Web Sites may not
provide you with an acceptable user experience if you have disabled the
use of cookies.
Web Beacons The
Web Sites and any communications sent by the Web Sites may contain
electronic images (generally, single-pixel ".gif" images) called "web
beacons." These web beacons allow Company and third parties to monitor
and collect certain information about the viewer of the web page,
web-based document, e-mail message or other communication, such as the
type of browser requesting the web beacon, the Device Identifier of the
device that the web beacon is sent to and the time the web beacon was
viewed. Company's use of web beacons on its Web Sites, include, without
limitation, the following:
counting unique users (actually, unique web browsers), visits and page views.
monitoring traffic and conversion patterns through our various product
and service offerings on the Web Sites. For example, web beacons may be
integrated into a merchandise product page as well as the subsequent
shopping cart, transaction and verification pages.
personalizing your experience when you visit the Web Sites, including the advertising and content you see.
determining whether or not messages were opened, links were clicked or notifications/offers were acted upon.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED The information you provide to us may be used to:
Send you newsletters, e-mails and/or other communications for which you have registered;
Contact you about the Web Sites, including, without limitation, in our
discretion to notify you of changes to this Privacy Policy, the Web
Site's Terms of Use, or other policies that affect your use of the Web
Sites;
Confirm or fulfill an order you have made;
Provide special offers or promotional materials to you on behalf of us or third parties;
Contact you with regard to a sweepstakes, contest or promotion in which you have participated;
Authorize a purchase or complete a transaction that you have requested,
i.e., to deliver the products or other services that you ordered, and,
if necessary, to invoice you;
Monitor or improve the Web Sites;
Administer the Web Sites' systems and for other internal business purposes;
Customize the advertising and content you see;
Comply with and monitor compliance with our Terms of Use and other applicable agreements and polices; and
For other purposes disclosed when you provide your information.
Moreover,
if you submit to Company and/or the Web Sites comments, photographs,
videos, music, text or other content, it may be published online or
offline (including on-air, on a CD or DVD, through wireless
distribution, and transmission of soft copies, or any other media or
format currently existing or hereafter developed), and we may publish
your name, voice, likeness and other personal information in connection
with publishing the content or a portion of the content, and we may use
the content and any excerpt from the content in connection with
advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional activities. Please
also see "Information You Submit" in our Terms of Use [LINK], which
governs any content you submit through the Web Sites.
Please
note that information submitted to the Web Sites via a "contact us," or
other similar mechanism will not necessarily receive a response. We
will not use any such information you provide to contact you for
marketing purposes unrelated to your request.
THIRD-PARTY AD SERVING & AUDIENCE AND TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT SERVICES The
Web Sites may use third party network advertisers to serve
advertisements on the Web Sites and may use a traffic measurement
service to analyze traffic on the Web Sites. Network advertisers are
third parties that display advertisements based on your visits to the
Web Sites and other web sites you have visited. Third-party ad serving
enables us to target advertisements to you for products and services in
which you might be interested. Although advertisers and other companies
do not have access to cookies set by the Web Sites, the Web Sites'
third party ad network providers, the advertisers, the sponsors, and/or
traffic measurement services may themselves set and access their own
cookies on your computer if you choose to have cookies enabled in your
browser. These third party cookies are set to, among other things, help
deliver advertisements to you that you might be interested in, to
prevent you from seeing the same advertisements too many times and to
conduct research regarding the usefulness of certain advertisements to
you. Note that any images (or any other parts of a web page) served by
third parties in association with third party cookies may serve as web
beacons, which enable third parties to carry out the previously
described activities. Third party cookies and web beacons are governed
by each third party's specific privacy policy, not this one. While we
may use a variety of companies to serve advertisements on the Web
Sites, you may wish to visit
http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp, which provides information regarding the "opt-out" procedures of certain third party ad servers we may use.
WITH WHOM INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED Except
as otherwise disclosed at the time you provide your information, the
following outlines the ways in which your information may be shared
with others:
Third parties providing services on our behalf We
employ third parties to perform functions on our behalf; examples
include hosting or operating Web Sites, fulfilling orders for products
and services purchased through the Web Sites, sending e-mail and/or
other communications, providing wireless services, removing repetitive
information from customer lists, data analysis, marketing assistance,
credit card payment processing, and customer service. These third
parties may have access to your personal information for the purpose of
performing such functions on the Web Sites' behalf.
Non-Personal Information
We
may share non-personal information, such as aggregate user statistics,
demographic information, and web site usage information with third
parties.
When You Agree To Receive Information From Third Parties You
may be presented with an opportunity to receive information and/or
marketing offers from third party(s), also known as opt-ins. If you do
not agree to have your personal information shared, your personal
information will not be shared with such third party(s) for direct
marketing purposes. If you do agree to have your personal information
shared, your personal information will be disclosed to such third
party(s) and all information you disclose will be subject to the
privacy policy and practices of such third party(s). We are not
responsible for the privacy policies and practices of such third
party(s) and, therefore, you should review the privacy policies and
practices of such third party(s) prior to agreeing to receive such
information from third party(s). If you later decide that you no longer
want to receive communication from a third party, you will need to
contact that third party directly.
Products and Services Offered in Partnership with Third-Party(s)
Certain
Web Sites are provided to you in partnership with third party(s)
("Co-Branded Sites") and may require you to disclose personal
information in order to register for and access products and/or
services. Such Co-Branded Sites will identify the third party
partner(s). If you elect to register for such products and/or services
at Co-Branded Sites you may be providing your information to both
Company and the third party partner(s) and your information may be
subject to a separate privacy policy available at the point of
registration. Further, if you sign-in to a Co-Branded Web Site with a
user name and password obtained at one of our Web Sites, you are
automatically registering with the Co-Branded Site and your personal
information may be disclosed to the identified third party partner(s)
for that Co-Branded Site and will be subject to the posted privacy
policy(ies).
Sweepstakes, Contests and PromotionsWe
may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions through the Web
Sites that may require registration. If you choose to enter a
sweepstakes, contest or other promotion, your personal information may
be disclosed to third parties in connection with the administration of
such promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with
winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law, such as on
a winners list. Also, by entering a promotion, you are agreeing to the
official rules that govern that promotion, which may contain specific
requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law,
allowing the sponsor(s) of the promotion to use your name, voice and/or
likeness in advertising or marketing associated with the promotion.
Business TransfersCompany
shares the information collected through the Web Sites with and among
the Web Sites, and may share the information with its parent,
subsidiaries and affiliates. Company or any of it assets, including the
Web Sites, may be sold, or other transactions may occur in which your
personal information is one of the key business assets for the
transaction. In such a case, your personal information may be one of
the business assets we transfer. Hence, Company reserves the right to
disclose and transfer user information, including personal information,
in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring,
the sale of substantially all of our assets, sale of an individual
website or other corporate change.
Legal Protections and Law EnforcementWe
may disclose information about our users, including your personal
information, in the event we are required to respond to subpoenas,
court orders, legal process or other valid law enforcement measures; to
comply with a legal obligation; at the request of governmental
authorities conducting an investigation; to verify or enforce
compliance with the policies governing the Web Sites and applicable
laws; or to protect the legal rights, interests, or safety of the Web
Sites, our users or others. We may also use Device Identifiers to
identify users, and may do so in cooperation with copyright owners,
internet service providers or law enforcement agencies in our
discretion. Such disclosures may be carried out without notice to you.
CORRECTING/UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION The
Web Sites may contain web pages through which you can change your
subscriptions or correct or update the personal information you have
provided to us through registration with one or more of the Web Sites.
With regard to subscriptions, you also may cancel or modify if
applicable your subscriptions by following the instructions provided to
you in applicable communications regarding such subscriptions.
CHAT ROOMS, FORUMS, AND MESSAGE BOARDS The
Web Sites may make chat rooms, forums, blogs and message boards
available to its users. If you post personal information online, it
will be publicly available and you may receive unsolicited messages
from other parties. We cannot ensure the security of any information
you choose to make public in a chat room, forum, blog or message board.
Also, we cannot ensure that parties who have access to such publicly
available information will respect your privacy. Please exercise
caution when disclosing personal information in these areas. Your use
of chat rooms, forums, blogs and message boards is subject to our
Terms of Use.
THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES When
you are on the Web Sites you may be directed to other sites that are
operated and controlled by third parties that are beyond our control.
For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement, the "click" may
take you off the Web Sites onto a different web site. This includes
links from advertisers, sponsors and partners that may use the Web
Sites' logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other web sites
may send their own cookies to you, independently collect data or
solicit personal information and may or may not have their own
published privacy policies. If you visit a web site that is linked from
our Web Sites, you should consult that web site's privacy policy before
providing any personal information.
CONSENT TO TRANSFER The
Web Sites are operated in the United States. If you are located in the
European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States,
please be aware that any information you provide to us will be
transferred to the United States. By using the Web Sites or providing
us with your information, you consent to this transfer.
SECURITY Company
incorporates reasonable safeguards to help protect and secure your
personal information. However, no data transmission over the Internet,
or wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that Company cannot ensure or
warrant the security of any information you transmit to Company via its
Web Sites, and you do so at your own risk.
A SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS CONCERNING PRIVACY The
Web Sites are general audience web sites. We do not knowingly collect
any personal information from children younger than the age of thirteen
(13) on the Web Sites and we will delete any information later
determined to be from a user younger than thirteen (13).
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AND YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY By
using the Web Sites, you acknowledge your agreement to the terms of
this Privacy Policy. From time to time, Company may update this Privacy
Policy. However, Company will use your personal information in a manner
consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time you submitted
the information, unless you consent to the new or revised policy.