CNN Terms of Use

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Age limit: must be 18 or older; minors need adult supervision

The CNN Services are intended for adults. To use and access the Services a user must be 18 years of age or older. A person below that age may only use the Services under the supervision of an adult.

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The CNN Services are intended for adults. In order to use and access the CNN Services you must be 18 years of age or older. Any person below this age may only use the CNN Services under the supervision of an adult.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Under-18 use is not prohibited outright; it is allowed only while supervised by an adult.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Account: what it may allow; info handling; third-party sign-in

Users may be given the opportunity to create a user account ('Account'), which may allow receiving information from CNN, accessing and displaying Content (including through a Subscription Service), and/or participating in certain features on the CNN Services, such as certain Interactive Areas. CNN uses information the user provides in accordance with the linked CNN Privacy Policy (whose text is not part of this saved source). A user may have the option to sign in to the Account with a third-party authentication service provider such as Google or Apple, in which case CNN may receive certain information from that provider to create or authenticate the Account. Whether an account is available at all is phrased as an opportunity, not a guarantee.

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Accounts; System Compatibility; Restrictions on Use

You may be given the opportunity to create a user account (“Account”) that may allow you to receive information from CNN, access and display Content (including through a Subscription Service), and/or to participate in certain features on the CNN Services, such as certain Interactive Areas (as defined below).

CNN will use the information you provide in accordance with the CNN Privacy Policy.

You may have the option to sign in to your Account using a third-party authentication service provider, such as Google or Apple. If you do so, we may receive certain information from that provider to create or authenticate your Account.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Account availability and what it may allow are hedged with 'may', not guaranteed.
• The third-party sign-in is optional and provider-supplied information is only 'certain information'.

Not stated here

• The CNN Privacy Policy text is not supplied in this saved source; what CNN does with the provided information beyond the reference stays unknown here.
• 'Interactive Areas' is forward-defined later in the document.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Account duties: accurate info; CNN reliance; user responsible for all uses; report misuse

The user represents and warrants that all information provided to create the Account is accurate, does not misrepresent affiliation with any person or entity, and does not use a username in violation of any person's or entity's rights. CNN may rely on any Account username and/or password to identify the user. The user is responsible for all uses of the Account and agrees to notify CNN immediately if unauthorized use of or access to the Account is suspected.

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You represent and warrant that all information that you provide to create your Account is accurate, does not misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or use a username in violation of the rights of any person or entity.

CNN may rely on any username and/or password of your Account to identify you. You are responsible for all uses of your Account. You agree to notify CNN immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of, or access to, your Account.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The responsibility is for ALL uses of the Account, not only the user's own authorized use.
• The discernible standard for 'immediately' is not defined in the source.

Not stated here

• No fixed reporting deadline is stated beyond 'immediately'.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

CNN may change username, cancel account, access/disclosed info; user waives; no ownership

Section 2(A) continues: CNN has the right to change a user's username or cancel the Account for any reason, and to access and disclose Account information to investigate an actual or suspected violation of the Terms or to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests; the user waives any claims resulting from such actions. The user has no ownership or other proprietary interest in any Account. If CNN (or a CNN parent, subsidiary or affiliate controlling the Account) sells or transfers its business or assets or is involved in a merger or transfer of the CNN Services, CNN may transfer the Account information as part of that transaction. These CNN rights are unconditional as written: 'for any reason'. Section 1(D) explains why Accounts gate content: certain content/features may be available only with an Account or Subscription. Section 6(F) adds that after a Subscription Provider suspends or terminates a subscription, the user agrees not to create another Account or try to access the Subscription Service and Providers may block attempted access.

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CNN has the right to change your username, or to cancel your Account for any reason, and to access and disclose your Account information to investigate any actual or suspected violation of these Terms of Use or to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests and you waive any claims resulting from any such actions taken by CNN.

You agree that you have no ownership or other proprietary interest in any Account.

CNN may transfer your Account information as part of that transaction.

Certain Content, features and functionalities may be available only if you have an Account (as defined in Section 2A) or only if you have a Subscription (as defined in Section 6A).

you agree not to create another Account or try to access the Subscription Service and such Subscription Providers reserve the right to block any such attempted access

Qualifications & exceptions

• The cancel/change rights apply 'for any reason' — no stated standard or notice requirement.
• The user waives any claims resulting from CNN's username/account-cancellation/disclosure actions.
• Account transfer is limited to sale, asset transfer, merger or CNN Services transfer scenarios.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Text messages: opt-in to receive, may opt out any time, consent not a purchase condition

If the user chooses to sign up to receive text messages, they acknowledge that CNN or its designated agent may send text messages. The user can opt out at any time (the card can't describe what the linked CNN Privacy Policy says about that: its text is not supplied in this saved source). The user is not required to agree to receive messages as a condition of purchasing any goods or services.

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If you choose to sign up to receive text messages, you acknowledge that CNN or its designated agent may send you text messages. You can opt out at any time. See CNN Privacy Policy. You are not required to agree to receive messages as a condition of purchasing any goods or services.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Text sending is by 'CNN or its designated agent' once the user opts in.
• Consent to messages is not a purchase condition.

Not stated here

• The CNN Privacy Policy's text is not supplied in this saved source; the card cannot state what that policy says about opting out of messages, only that the Terms direct users there.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Immediate suspension/termination for any reason; no re-registration afterwards

Any Subscription Provider may suspend or terminate a user's Subscription immediately, for any reason or for none, including when it reasonably determines that the user provided inaccurate Account or payment details or is otherwise in violation of the Terms. Providers may modify access or disable features of a Subscription Service where they conclude there has been misuse of the Account. After a suspension or termination of the Subscription and/or access to all or any part of the CNN Services, the user agrees not to create another Account or try to access the Subscription Service, and Providers reserve the right to block any attempted access.

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Any Subscription Provider may suspend or terminate your Subscription immediately for any reason or for no reason whatsoever, including if it is reasonably determined that you have provided inaccurate Account or payment details or you are otherwise in violation of these Terms of Use.

If a Subscription Provider suspends or terminates your Subscription and/or access to all or any part of the CNN Services, you agree not to create another Account or try to access the Subscription Service and such Subscription Providers reserve the right to block any such attempted access.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The trigger list is illustrative ('including'), and the right itself needs no reason at all.
• The post-termination no-new-account rule is a user undertaking, not just a provider right.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Simultaneous streams and device counts vary by plan; CNN may change them

The number of simultaneous streams and the number of devices that can access the Subscription Services may vary by Subscription plan, and CNN may change those maximums at any time.

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The number of simultaneous streams available to you, or the number of your devices that can access the Subscription Services, may vary by Subscription plan. CNN may change the maximum number of simultaneous streams and/or the number of devices that you may use on each Subscription plan at any time.