WBD describes Services broadly, including websites, apps, games, studio tours and purchases, and expressly includes CNN among its businesses. It may collect information, including personal data, when you use or interact with those Services.
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When you use our websites or apps, play our games, visit our studio tours, purchase our products or services, or otherwise interact with our businesses online or offline (collectively referred to as “Services”), we may collect information about you (“Information”), including information considered “personal information” or “personal data” under applicable privacy laws.
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Information comes from users, Service use and third parties
WBD collects information through online and offline interactions: users provide it, WBD collects it during Service use, or third parties supply it. WBD says it obtains collection consent where law requires it.
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In general, the Information we collect is either (a) provided by you, (b) collected by us when you use our Services, or (c) given to us by third parties. Where required by law, we get your consent to collect this Information.
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Account and contact details are collected
The collection list includes names, contact details, usernames, passwords, age and birth date.
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Account and Contact Information: Name, phone number, postal address, email address, username, password, age, or birth date.
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Payment, subscription and purchase details are collected
WBD lists payment-card information and information about subscriptions, accounts, purchases and discounts among the information it collects.
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Payment, Purchase and Account Information: Credit, debit or other payment card information and Information about your subscription, account, purchases, or discounts.
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Sensitive demographic information is collected in limited cases
In limited cases, WBD collects sensitive demographic information such as health, race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation and political affiliation. This does not say each Service collects all of these categories.
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Demographic Information: In limited cases, physical or mental health, race, or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
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Location data can include precise location for limited offerings
WBD lists coarse location derived from IP-related device information, city or country codes, or addresses. Precise location collection is limited to particular Services or region-specific offerings.
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Location Information: coarse location (i.e., Information derived from device information associated with your IP address, city or country code, or address) or precise location for limited services and/or region-specific offerings.
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narrowed by (model-proposed): Device settings can limit precise location collection through apps — The device-setting choice limits precise mobile-app location collection; the collection clause also covers coarse location and limits precise location to particular offerings.
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Device and technical identifiers are collected
WBD collects hardware, operating-system, browser and carrier or internet-provider information, as well as device identifiers including IP addresses.
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Device and Other Technical Information: Information about your hardware, operating system, browser type, browser settings, your mobile carrier or Internet Service Provider, and unique identifiers associated with your device, including IP address.
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Images and recordings may come from devices, submissions or events
The information list includes photos, video and audio from your device, material you post or submit, and photos or recordings of you at live experiences or events.
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Photos, Videos, or Audio Information: Images or recordings from your device or that you otherwise post or submit to us or photos or recordings of you from live experiences or events.
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Usage data includes viewing history and recorded interactions
WBD collects viewing titles and genres, watchlists, searches, pages, apps and ads you interact with, linked accounts and interaction recordings. These recordings may include clicks, mouse movements, keystrokes and scrolling. The policy states that using the Service constitutes consent to recording interactions.
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Usage and Viewing Information: Films, TV shows, and videos that you view (including title and genre, watchlists you compile, and searches you conduct), webpages, apps, and ads you see and interact with, as well as the accounts you link together, including recordings of your interactions with our Services, which may include mouse clicks, mouse movements, keystrokes, and page scrolling. When you use our Service, you consent to the recording of your interactions with us.
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Social-media engagement information is collected
WBD lists information about engagement and interactions with social-media sites as a collection category.
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Social Media Information: Information about your social media engagement and interaction with social media sites.
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Communications and voluntary research can supply more information
WBD collects information provided through Services, events, surveys, promotions and interactions on its channels or other platforms, including chats, comments and customer-service communications. It may collect data considered biometric if you choose a research study or other initiative involving that collection.
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For instance, we may collect chats, comments, posts, customer service communications. We may also collect data that could be considered biometric if you choose to participate in one of our interactive research studies or other initiatives that involve the collection of this data.
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Other people and businesses can supply information about you
Besides information collected directly from you, WBD may receive information about you from other individuals and third-party businesses.
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In addition to the Information we collect from you directly, WBD may receive Information about you from a variety of sources, including other individuals and third-party businesses.
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Friends can supply information through invitations and recommendations
WBD may receive information from people you know, for example when friends invite you to an offering, make recommendations or disclose content to you.
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Friends and Other People. We may receive Information from people you know, such as when a friend invites you to participate in an offering, makes recommendations, or discloses content to you.
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Companies can supply information at your direction
WBD receives information you ask other companies, such as mobile or device carriers and cable or TV providers, to supply. The stated contexts include authentication, personalization, content access and special events.
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Companies You Direct to Disclose Information. We receive the Information you ask other companies to provide to us, such as your mobile carrier, your device carrier, or your cable or TV provider for authentication and personalization, to receive access to our content, or to participate in special events.
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Linked third-party tools can supply information
WBD may receive information from unaffiliated sites and tools linked to or integrated with its Services, including social tools and plug-ins. Your interactions with those third-party tools are governed by their companies’ privacy policies, rather than this WBD policy.
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We may receive Information from websites and tools offered by companies that are not affiliated with us, but that are linked to or integrated in our Services or provide links to our Services, such as third-party communities, forums, and social media sites, services, plug-ins, and applications. Your interactions with websites and tools offered by companies that are not affiliated with us are covered by the privacy policies of those companies, not this Privacy Policy.
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Public sources supply information in limited cases
WBD may obtain information from publicly available sources, but describes this as occurring in limited cases.
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Publicly Available Sources. In limited cases, we may get Information from publicly available sources.
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Service and technology partners can supply information
WBD may receive information from providers and technology partners helping with account validation, analytics, fraud prevention and operation of Services, attractions, events and exhibits.
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WBD Technology and Service Providers. We may receive Information from our service providers and other technology partners we work with, such as companies that assist us with account validation, analytics, fraud prevention, or otherwise help us run our Services, including attractions, events, and exhibits such as a film premier or influencer event.
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Joint-venture and other partners can supply information
When WBD partners with other companies, including joint-venture, promotional or strategic partners, it may receive information from them.
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Joint Venture, Promotional, or Strategic Partners. When we partner with other companies, we may receive Information from them.
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WBD may record communications to provide features and address abuse
WBD may record comments, text or voice communications to provide features, improve Services and address potential terms-of-use abuses or other user concerns. The linked terms of use are not supplied here, so this card does not infer their rules.
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We may record your comments, text, or voice communications for purposes of making features available, improving our services, and addressing potential abuses of the terms of usethat apply to our Services. or other concerns on behalf of our users.
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The linked terms of use are not supplied in this source; their substantive rules and remedies cannot be determined here.
Cookies and similar technologies support recognition and features
WBD collectively calls cookies, web beacons, SDKs, pixels and other tracking technologies “cookies.” They can recognize a browser or device, retain preferences and support features such as game scores or saved locations. Cookie blocking may prevent access to some content or features; advertising and other control choices are explained separately.
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WBD uses cookies, web beacons, SDKs, pixels and other tracking technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies”) to make your experience on our Services better. These technologies help recognize your browser or device, maintain your preferences, and provide certain features (like storing a high score on a game or saving your location).
WBD and third parties can track over time for ads and measurement
WBD, affiliates and third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information over time across apps, websites and other digital products. WBD and advertising companies may use it for interest-tailored ads on and off WBD Services and ad measurement. WBD offers Ad Choices and participating third-party opt-outs; opting out of WBD targeted advertising does not end other data collection or all ads.
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WBD (including our affiliates) and third parties may use these technologies to collect information over time from apps, websites, and other digital products. We and third-party advertising companies may use this Information to help serve advertising tailored to your interests, both on and off the WBD Services. These technologies also help measure advertisements across our Services, marketing emails and other third-party websites, apps, devices, and services.
Analytics providers may collect across sites and use identifiers with consent
WBD may work with third parties collecting Service and other site or app use over time for non-advertising purposes. It names Google Analytics for performance and analytics, and Nielsen market research on some Services. These providers are responsible for their cookies and identifiers and may use them for their own purposes with your consent. WBD supplies a Google Analytics opt-out link; the linked providers’ policies are not supplied here.
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We may also work with third parties that collect data about your use of the Services and other sites or apps over time for non-advertising purposes. For example, WBD uses Google Analytics and other third-party services to improve the performance of the Services and for other analytics purposes. These third parties are responsible for their cookies and identifiers, and may use them for their own purposes with your consent.
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On some Services, WBD also uses Nielsen to allow users to contribute to market research.
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The linked Google and Nielsen policies are not supplied here; their additional processing terms cannot be determined.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Device settings can limit precise location collection through apps
To disable mobile-device precise location collection through WBD apps, the policy directs you to device settings to limit that collection. This choice concerns precise location, rather than promising to stop every form of location information.
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Precise Location Information. To disable collection of mobile device precise location information through our apps, please access your device settings and choose to limit that collection.
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narrows (model-proposed): Location data can include precise location for limited offerings — The device-setting choice limits precise mobile-app location collection; the collection clause also covers coarse location and limits precise location to particular offerings.