WBD US State Privacy Supplement

CNN · agreement dated August 10, 2026 · Official agreement

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Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Supplement addresses residents of nineteen named US states

This US State Supplement provides additional information for residents of California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. If you are a resident of one of these states, you have certain rights as specified under state law, which the supplement says can be exercised at the linked WBD Privacy Center. The supplement itself does not restate each state's statutory rights.

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Where
California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia
Who
residents of the named states using WBD/CNN Services

Supporting quotations

This US State Supplement provides additional information for residents of California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
you have certain rights as specified under state law, which you can exercise at our Privacy Center.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • State-law rights are held "as specified under state law"; the supplement summarizes rather than restates statutes
  • Linked Privacy Center page text is not supplied in this document

Not stated here

  • Exact content of the linked Privacy Center page is not supplied

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Adults are directed to read this Supplement with the WBD Privacy Policy

For adults using the Services, the supplement directs readers to read it in combination with the linked WBD Privacy Policy "for a complete understanding of how we collect, use, and share your personal information or personal data". The supplement also describes that Privacy Policy as detailing what Information is collected, its sources, the purposes of use and disclosure, and the categories of third parties that may receive it. The Privacy Policy text itself is not supplied in this saved document.

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Who
adults using the Services

Supporting quotations

If you are an adult using our Services, please read this Supplement in combination with our Privacy Policy for a complete understanding of how we collect, use, and share your personal information or personal data.
the sources of that Information, the purposes of use and disclosure, and the categories of third parties that may receive that Information.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Scope: adults using the Services
  • Linked WBD Privacy Policy text is not supplied in this document

Not stated here

  • The linked Privacy Policy's text is not supplied here; this card cannot say what that policy actually collects, uses or shares, only what this supplement directs readers to do.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Children and their parents are directed to the Children's Privacy Policy

A child using the Services, or a parent or guardian of such a child, is directed to read this Supplement in combination with the linked Children's Privacy Policy, which describes how WBD collects, uses, and shares personal information or personal data about children. The Children's Privacy Policy text is not supplied in this saved document.

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Who
children using the Services and their parents or guardians

Supporting quotations

If you are a child using our Services, or a parent or guardian of such a child, please read this Supplement in combination with our Children’s Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use, and share personal information or personal data about children.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Scope: children using the Services and their parents or guardians
  • Linked Children's Privacy Policy text is not supplied in this document

Not stated here

  • The linked Children's Privacy Policy's text is not supplied here; this card cannot say what that policy actually provides, only what this supplement directs readers to do.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The supplement uses "personal information"; other capitalized terms are defined in the WBD policies

The supplement states it will use the term “personal information” in the text that follows. Any capitalized terms not defined in the supplement are defined in the linked Privacy Policy or the linked Children's Privacy Policy, as applicable. Because those linked policy bodies are not supplied here, the exact wording and content of those imported definitions is unknown from this document; claims relying on this supplement's terms are recorded with that limitation.

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Supporting quotations

We will use the term “personal information” below.
Any capitalized terms not defined in this Supplement are defined in the Privacy Policy or the Children’s Privacy Policy, as applicable.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Definitions live in the unsupplied linked policies ("as applicable")

Not stated here

  • The linked Privacy Policy and Children's Privacy Policy texts are not supplied here; this card cannot state what those policies define or how their definitions differ.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Rights list is qualified by applicable state law and presented as non-exhaustive

The rights that follow are introduced with "In accordance with applicable law, your rights as specified under state law may include the following". The "may include" wording presents the list as a summary of rights available under applicable state law, offered in accordance with applicable law; it does not state the complete statutory content of any state's rights.

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In accordance with applicable law, your rights as specified under state law may include the following:

Qualifications & exceptions

  • "In accordance with applicable law" qualifies the whole list
  • "may include" — the list is presented as non-exhaustive

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Rights may be exercised via the Privacy Center or by toll-free phone/TTY

To exercise the rights specified under your state's laws, the supplement directs you to the linked WBD Privacy Center, or you can contact WBD toll-free at 1-866-324-3637 or through TTY using 711, where an agent will assist you with submitting a request.

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What it does
visit the Privacy Center or contact toll-free/TTY to submit a request
Why
exercise rights specified under your state's laws

Supporting quotations

Visit our Privacy Center to exercise your rights specified under your state's laws.
You can also contact us toll free at 1-866-324-3637 or TTY: use 711 and an agent will assist you with submitting a request.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Rights exercised are those "specified under your state's laws"
  • Other rights-exercise channels exist elsewhere in the supplement (for example the sale/targeted-advertising opt-out controls); this card covers the general routing
Also annotated in the same passage (2)

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Authorized agents may submit requests; written permission may be required, POA permitted but not required

You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. Depending on the nature of the request, WBD may authenticate it, for example by requiring a signed written permission from you authorizing the agent to act on your behalf. A valid power of attorney will constitute signed written permission, but you are not required to obtain a power of attorney to use an authorized agent.

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Who
you and your designated authorized agent
Condition
agent authentication may be required depending on the request
Exception
power of attorney is accepted but never required for an authorized agent

Supporting quotations

You may also designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf.
Depending on the nature of the request, we may authenticate the request, such as by requiring a signed written permission from you that authorizes the agent to act on your behalf.
A valid power of attorney will constitute signed written permission, but you are not required to obtain a power of attorney to use an authorized agent.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Authentication (such as signed written permission) is required "depending on the nature of the request"
  • A power of attorney suffices as signed written permission, but is not required to use an authorized agent
Also annotated in the same passage (2)

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Parents or guardians may submit requests on behalf of a minor child

A parent or guardian of a minor child may submit a request on behalf of the child. In that case WBD will ask for the child's email address and a signed form authorizing WBD to proceed with the request regarding the child's personal information. This supplements, but does not restate, the unsupplied Children's Privacy Policy addressed to children and their parents earlier in the supplement.

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Who
parent or guardian of a minor child
What it does
submit a request on behalf of the child
Condition
child's email address and signed authorization form requested

Supporting quotations

If you are the parent or guardian of a minor child, you may also submit a request on behalf of your child.
we will ask you to provide your child’s email address and to submit a signed form authorizing us to proceed with the request regarding your child’s personal information.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Submitter must be the parent or guardian of a minor child
  • Conditions: child's email address plus a signed authorization form

Not stated here

  • The Children's Privacy Policy's text is not supplied here; this card cannot state how WBD treats children's requests beyond what this section says.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Denied or unfulfilled requests may be appealed by email with "Appeal" in the subject line

If WBD denies your request or cannot fulfill it, you may appeal the decision by emailing the linked mailbox (wbdprivacy@wbd.com) to ask WBD to review the request again; the supplement says your email should include “Appeal” in the subject line. This describes the appeal route for this supplement's rights; it does not describe any separate statutory appeal procedures.

Details
What it does
email the appeal using the supplement's published appeal mailbox
Condition
after a denial or unfulfilled request

Supporting quotations

If we deny your request or cannot fulfill it, you may appeal our decision by contacting us via wbdprivacy@wbd.com to ask us to review your request again.
Your email should include “Appeal” in the subject line.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies when WBD denies a request or cannot fulfill it
  • Subject-line instruction: include “Appeal”
Also annotated in the same passage (1)

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising this supplement's rights

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment if you exercise any of the rights explained in this US State Supplement. Its wording ties the protection to the rights "explained in this US State Supplement"; the supplement does not limit the protection by state here.

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Condition
if you exercise any of the rights explained in this US State Supplement

Supporting quotations

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment if you exercise any of the rights explained in this US State Supplement.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Protection tied to exercise of rights explained in this US State Supplement
Also annotated in the same passage (1)

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

California section provides California law disclosures and metrics

Within the US State Supplement, the California heading introduces several additional California-specific disclosures and metrics, provided in accordance with California law. The lists that follow are those disclosures; they cover categories collected, sources, business-purpose disclosures, sale/sharing, retention, and metrics in the blocks of this section.

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Where
California

Supporting quotations

Below are several additional California-specific disclosures and metrics provided in accordance with California law.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Region: California-specific disclosures within the WBD/CNN US State Supplement
  • Provided "in accordance with California law"; the supplement does not restate the statute

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

California-law sale/sharing definitions are quoted and then applied

The section states that California law defines "sale" very broadly, including disclosure of personal information in exchange for anything of value, and defines "sharing" as disclosure of personal information for personalized advertising based on a consumer's information obtained from the consumer's activity across non-affiliated websites. These definitions are the supplement's rendering; the cited law's text is classified but not supplied or resolved here.

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Supporting quotations

California law defines the term “sale” very broadly. It includes the disclosure of personal information in exchange for anything of value.
The term “sharing” is defined as disclosure of personal information for personalized advertising which is based on a consumer’s information obtained from the consumer’s activity across non-affiliated websites.
Applying these definitions, we may have sold or shared the following categories of personal information in the past 12 months:

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Definitions are attributed to California law and quoted from this supplement only
  • The supplement then applies these definitions to its own disclosures

Not stated here

  • The statutory text itself is not supplied; the supplement's paraphrase is the only wording available here.
Also annotated in the same passage (1)

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

California request metrics published on a CCPA Metrics Reporting page

For the previous calendar year, WBD directs readers to a linked CCPA Metrics Reporting page for metrics on the number of access, correction, deletion, and Do Not Sell or Share requests WBD received, the number fulfilled in whole or in part, the number denied, and the average number of days in which WBD substantively responded. The metrics themselves live on the linked page and are not stated in this supplement.

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When
the previous calendar year

Supporting quotations

Please visit our CCPA Metrics Reporting page for metrics for the previous calendar year of the number of access, correction, deletion, and Do Not Sell or Share requests we received, the number fulfilled in whole or in part, and the number denied as well as the average number of days in which we substantively responded.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Metric period: the previous calendar year
  • Metric types named: requests received, fulfilled in whole or in part, denied, and average substantive response days

Not stated here

  • The linked CCPA Metrics Reporting page's text is not supplied here; this card cannot verify or state the actual metric values.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment

The supplement may be updated; material changes will bring additional notice

WBD states it may update this US State Supplement from time to time. If material changes are made to the State Supplement, WBD states it will provide its users with additional notice. WBD also encourages users to periodically check back and review the Supplement to stay up to date.

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Who
we (WBD)
Condition
material changes to this State Supplement
What it does
provide users with additional notice

Supporting quotations

From time to time, we may update this US State Supplement. If there are material changes made to this State Supplement, we will provide our users with additional notice.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Updates "from time to time" — updates are possible, not scheduled
  • The additional-notice commitment is conditioned on material changes

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Questions can be directed to WBD by email, phone/TTY, or postal address

For questions about this US State Supplement, contact WBD at wbdprivacy@wbd.com, 1-866-324-3637, TTY using 711, or by mail at Privacy Office, 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 700, Burbank, CA 91522.

Details
What it does
contact by email, phone, TTY, or mail
Why
questions about this US State Supplement

Supporting quotations

If you have any questions about this US State Supplement, you can contact us at wbdprivacy@wbd.com or 1-866-324-3637 or TTY: use 711 or at Privacy Office, 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 700, Burbank, CA 91522.