|  Privacy
Policy
EFFECTIVE DATE June 1, 2004:
The most recent version of this Privacy Policy, as revised,
is effective as of POSTED DATEPRIVACY POLICYThis
Privacy Policy applies to certain web sites which are owned
and/or operated
by or on behalf of CBS Broadcasting Inc.,
UPN, VTSG (Viacom Television Stations Group), King World
Productions, Inc. and/or other affiliated entities controlled
by, or under
common control with, such parties (each such web site being
individually referred to herein as the “Web Site”).
If you have arrived at this Privacy Policy by “clicking” on
an authorized link from a Web Site, then this Privacy Policy
applies to such Web Site, and the individual entity which
owns and/or operates the particular Web Site from which you “clicked” to
this Privacy Policy via an authorized link shall be referred
to herein as “Sponsor,” "we" or "us." Sponsor
respects the privacy of its users, and this Privacy Policy
explains what information we collect on our Web Site and
how we use such information. Please read this Privacy Policy
carefully.
In addition, please review the Terms of Use posted at the
Web Site, which governs your use of the Web Site. Your use
of our
Web Site indicates to us that you have read and accepted
our privacy practices, as outlined in this Privacy Policy
and our
Terms of Use. ApplicabilityPlease
note that this Privacy Policy only applies to Web Sites owned
and/or
operated by or for Sponsor, and upon which Sponsor
has placed a “link” which, when “clicked”,
transfers you to this Privacy Policy. It is not applicable
to the individual web sites owned, sponsored or operated
by or for any independent television or radio stations affiliated
with Sponsor. While on our Web Site, you may encounter links
to these or other web sites or online material. If you "click" on
a link to such a third party, the "click" takes
you off our Web Site and to a third party’s web site,
which is beyond Sponsor’s control. These other web
sites may set their own cookies, collect data, and/or have
their
own
privacy policies. This Privacy Policy only covers information
collected at the Web Site, and does not cover any information
collected by any other web site or offline by Sponsor (unless
otherwise specifically stated or disclosed by Sponsor), its
corporate affiliates, broadcast affiliates, licensees or
any other company, and we encourage you to review the privacy
policy
of any other web site you visit.In
addition, please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply
to any information
you may disclose publicly in any chat
rooms, message boards, or similar web pages. You should keep
in mind that whenever you publicly disclose information about
yourself online – for example, via message boards or
chat rooms – that information could be collected and
used by people that you do not know. In addition, certain
message boards and similar user forums may display IP addresses
(as
defined below) along with the message poster’s name
and message. Sponsor bears no responsibility for any action
or
policies of any third parties who collect any information
users may disclose on the message boards, chat areas or other
user
forums, if any, on the Web Site. Information Sponsor CollectsPersonally
Identifiable Information: Personally identifiable information
is information
that could reasonably be used to
identify you personally (such as your name, address, birth
date or e-mail address), which we refer to in this Privacy
Policy as "PII." Generally, you may browse our
Web Site without providing us with PII. However, there may
be times
when we ask you to provide us with certain PII, such as when
you choose to register with our Web Site and/or for newsletters
or choose to participate in an online contest, sweepstakes,
survey or voting procedure. We may also ask you to provide
us with demographic information or information regarding
your interests, hobbies or similar information. Sponsor reserves
the right, at any time, to add features to our Web Site that
require you to register or otherwise provide PII, including
credit card information, or to require registration to access
our Web Site. You can choose not to provide certain information,
but then you may not be able to take advantage of or participate
in some of the Web Site’s features. We may combine
the information we collect with information available from
other
sources, including information received from promotional
partners or other third parties. We may provide you the opportunity
to e-mail a friend an article, electronic greeting card or
other special feature from our Web Site. The e-mail addresses
you supply us for those activities will be used to send the
requested e-mail and will not be used to send you or your
friend
any other e-mail communications.The
Web Site does not knowingly collect PII from children under
thirteen (13)
years of age: This is not a web site directed
to children under the age of 13, and Sponsor does not knowingly
collect any information from children under 13 years of age
at the Web Site. If you are under 13 years of age, do not
send any information about yourself to Sponsor. If Sponsor
discovers
that a child under the age of 13 has provided the Web Site
with PII, Sponsor will delete that child’s PII from
its system. Anonymous Information: When you visit the Web
Site, our web servers automatically collect web site usage
information. Web
site usage information is anonymous information that describes
how our visitors use and navigate our Web Site, and it includes
the number and frequency of visitors to each web page and
the length of their stays. We collect the anonymous information
automatically sent to us by your web browser, such as browser
type, referrer data that identifies the web page visited
prior
and subsequent to visiting our Web Site, and IP address.
We also may determine what technology is available through
your
browser in order to serve you the most appropriate version
of a web page. For example, we may determine that you have
installed a version of Flash, and we will then send you the
appropriate Flash version of the web page rather than an
HTML page. IP
Addresses: An IP address is a number that is assigned to
your computer
or network when you are on the Internet. When
visitors request pages from our Web Site, our servers log
the visitor’s IP address. We may collect IP addresses
for a variety of internal purposes, such as system administration,
to report aggregate information to our business partners
or
to audit the number of visits to different pages on our Web
Site. Please note that some services within our Web Site,
such as certain message boards, may display IP addresses
along with
the message poster’s name and message.Cookies:
Cookies are information files that our Web Site may place
on your
computer to provide extended functionality and
to personalize your experience at our Web Site. We may use
cookies for a number of purposes. For example, we may use
cookies to track usage patterns on the Web Site and we may
use cookies
when we conduct polls and sweepstakes to limit multiple responses
and registrations. Or, we may use cookies to record registration
and personalization information, enabling you to save your
user name and password. We do not store any PII in cookies,
but we may link the cookie to any information we collect.
You can, of course, disable cookies on your computer by indicating
this in the preferences or options menus in your browser.
However,
it is possible that some parts of the Web Site will not operate
correctly if you disable cookies. You should consult with
your browser’s provider/manufacturer if you have any
questions regarding disabling cookies.Sponsor’s
Use and Disclosure of Collected InformationSponsor: Sponsor
may use your PII to provide the information or content you
have requested, to contact you or to fulfill
prizes in connection with a contest or sweepstakes, to contact
you about Sponsor programs, products, features or services,
or for other purposes disclosed at the time of collection.
We may also use your PII to contact you regarding your use
of our Web Site or changes to our Privacy Policy, Terms of
Use or other policy or terms that affect you and your use
of our Web Site. If you e-mail someone else an article, electronic
greeting card or other special feature from our Web Site,
we
will use the information you provide about someone else to
send that person the requested e-mail. Sponsor may use information
collected about our users to improve the content and navigation
of our Web Site, or for other internal purposes.Third
parties providing services on our behalf: Sponsor may employ
other companies
and individuals to perform functions
on its behalf. Examples may include hosting the Web Site,
sending communications on our behalf, hosting message boards
or other
user forums, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance,
creating, hosting and/or running contests/sweepstakes/games
and providing customer service. These third parties may have
access to our users’ PII in order to provide these
services to us or on our behalf, but they are not permitted
to use it
for other purposes.Other Third Parties: Sponsor may disclose
anonymous, aggregated user statistics to third parties for
a variety of purposes.
For example, we may disclose how many individuals visited
certain areas of our Web Site, or how many men or women receive
our
newsletter. Sponsor does not rent, sell or otherwise disclose
your PII to third parties unless disclosed to you at the
time such information is collected or unless you otherwise
give
consent, other than in the following limited circumstances:
Legal action. Sponsor may disclose information about its users,
including PII, when legally required to do so, at the request
of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to
verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our
Web Site and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse
or unauthorized use of our Web Site. Sponsor may also disclose
user information whenever we believe disclosure is necessary
to limit our legal liability, to protect or defend our rights
or property or protect the safety, rights or property of our
users.
Corporate change. Sponsor may sell, transfer or otherwise disclose
user information, including PII, to a successor entity in connection
with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of substantially
all assets, or other fundamental corporate change respecting
the Web Site.
Security
Sponsor takes steps to secure the data you submit to us,
including limiting the number of people who have physical
access to our
user data. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, Sponsor cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit
to Sponsor and you do so at your own risk. Consent to Transfer
The Web Site is operated in the United States. If you are
located in the European Union 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
our Web Site, participating in any of our services and/or
providing us with your information, you consent to this
transfer.Acceptance / Changes to Privacy Policy
By using the Web Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy
Policy. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, alter or
otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time in its
sole discretion.
We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back
from time to time. However, we will only use the PII you
provide
to the Web Site in a manner consistent with this Privacy
Policy, unless you give us your consent.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our
Privacy Policy, please contact us at the address provided
on the
Web Site from which you “clicked” via an authorized
link to arrive at this Privacy
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