EFFECTIVE DATE:
The most recent version of this Privacy Policy, as revised, is effective
as of October 28, 2004
This 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.
Applicability
Please 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 Collects
Personally 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 Information
Sponsor: 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 Policy.