WBD Privacy Policy (CNN)

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

WBD Privacy Policy governs the whole Warner Bros. Discovery family of Services

This policy states that Warner Bros. Discovery, a global media and entertainment family of companies, may collect information about you when you interact with its Services online or offline (websites, apps, games, studio tours, purchases). The listed Services include HBO Max, CNN, WB Games, Bleacher Report, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Theatrical, so the policy is the governing privacy policy for CNN as one named Service.

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Warner Bros. Discovery (“WBD”) is a global media and entertainment family of companies.

including HBO Max, CNN, WB Games, Bleacher Report, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Theatrical, and many others

we may collect information about you (“Information”), including information considered “personal information” or “personal data” under applicable privacy laws

Last updated: July 9, 2025

Qualifications & exceptions

• Dated July 9, 2025
• Service list is illustrative (“and many others”); CNN is one listed Service

Use & Processing · Company practice

Which WBD company controls your Information depends on the Service

Different members of the WBD family control Information depending on the Service used. A Controllers List link shows the controlling entity; an Affiliates List includes all members of the family that may receive or use Information, always under this Privacy Policy unless they notify you that other policies apply. The policy also states WBD may disclose Information to its Affiliates in connection with any use set out in the policy, and, where permitted by law, to other Controllers in the family so they can contact you about other WBD Services.

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Different members of the WBD family of companies control Information about you depending on the Services you are using.

includes all members of the WBD family that may receive or use Information, always in accordance with this Privacy Policy (unless they notify you that other policies apply)

Affiliates. We may disclose Information to our Affiliates in connection with any of the uses of your Information set out in this Privacy Policy.

Also, where we are permitted to do so under applicable law, we may disclose Information to other Controllers in our family of companies so that they can contact you about other Services we provide.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Affiliate use is “always in accordance with this Privacy Policy (unless they notify you that other policies apply)”

Not stated here

• The Controllers List and Affiliates List are linked pages not supplied in the source; their named entities and contents are unknown

Use & Processing · Restriction or exception

Does not cover child-directed Services; separate Children’s Privacy Policy applies

This Privacy Policy itself does not apply to Services or experiences directed to children. A separate, linked Children’s Privacy Policy explains handling of children’s data on child-directed Services and child-specific experiences (for example, children’s profiles on HBO Max).

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This Privacy Policy is not for Services or experiences directed to children.

which explains how we handle children’s data on child-directed Services and in child-specific experiences

Not stated here

• The Children’s Privacy Policy is linked but not supplied in the source; its terms are unknown

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Collection happens from you, from your use, or from third parties; consent where law requires

When you interact with the Services online or offline, WBD collects Information that is either provided by you, collected by WBD through your use of the Services, or given to WBD by third parties. Where required by law, WBD obtains your consent to collect this Information.

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What Information Do We Collect?

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.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Collects account and contact details

The collected Information includes account and contact details: name, phone number, postal address, email address, username, password, and age or birth date.

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Account and Contact Information: Name, phone number, postal address, email address, username, password, age, or birth date.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Includes password, an authentication secret

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Collects payment card, subscription, account, purchase and discount information

WBD collects payment card information (credit, debit or other) and Information about your subscription, account, purchases or discounts.

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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.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Collects sensitive demographic data only in limited cases

In limited cases, WBD collects demographic Information that can be sensitive under privacy laws: physical or mental health, race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.

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In limited cases, physical or mental health, race, or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.

Qualifications & exceptions

• “In limited cases” only — the source does not state which cases those are

Not stated here

• The source does not say how the “limited cases” are determined

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Collects coarse location always and precise location only for limited services or region-specific offerings

WBD collects coarse location (derived from device information associated with your IP address, city or country code, or address), and precise location only for limited services and/or region-specific offerings.

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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

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Collects device and technical identifiers including IP address

WBD collects Information about your hardware, operating system, browser type and settings, mobile carrier or Internet Service Provider, and unique device identifiers, including your IP address.

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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.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Collects photos, videos and audio from your device, submissions, or live events

WBD collects images or recordings from your device, media you post or submit, and photos or recordings of you from live experiences or events.

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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.

Data Access & Collection · Permission or license

Collects viewing and usage data, including recordings of your interactions with the Services

WBD collects the films, shows and videos you view (title and genre, watchlists, searches), the webpages, apps and ads you see and interact with, linked accounts, and recordings of your interactions that may include mouse clicks, movements, keystrokes and page scrolling. The policy states that using the Service constitutes your consent to recording of your interactions with WBD.

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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.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Keystroke/interaction recording is covered by a stated consent-by-use clause
• Recording “may” include those examples, not a fixed list

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Collects social media engagement information

WBD collects Information about your social media engagement and your interaction with social media sites.

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Information about your social media engagement and interaction with social media sites.

Data Access & Collection · Permission or license

Collects chats, comments, posts, service communications, and possibly biometric data in research programs

When you use the Services or join events, surveys, promotions, or interact on WBD’s channels and accounts on social media and other platforms, WBD may collect chats, comments, posts and customer service communications. It may also collect data that could be considered biometric, but only if you choose to participate in an interactive research study or a similar initiative that involves collecting this data.

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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.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Sources beyond you: friends, companies you direct, third-party sites and partners

In addition to collecting directly from you, WBD may receive Information from a variety of sources, including other individuals and third-party businesses, and may combine it with Information collected directly. In the policy’s cookies section, WBD also states it works 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 Google Analytics and other analytics services.

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What Are Our Sources of Information?

WBD may receive Information about you from a variety of sources, including other individuals and third-party businesses.

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.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Friends and other people may disclose Information about you

WBD may receive Information from people you know, for example when a friend invites you to an offering, makes recommendations, or discloses content to you.

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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.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Companies you direct (carriers, TV providers) disclose your Information to WBD

WBD receives the Information you ask other companies to share, such as your mobile carrier, device carrier, or cable or TV provider, for authentication and personalization, to receive access to WBD content, or to participate in special events.

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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.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Linked, integrated non-affiliated sites and tools are a possible data source

WBD may receive Information from websites and tools offered by non-affiliated companies that are linked to or integrated in WBD Services, or that link to WBD’s Services — for example third-party communities, forums, social-media sites/services, plug-ins and applications.

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Linked Sites and Tools. 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.

Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception

Non-affiliated sites and tools are governed by their own privacy policies, not this one

Your interactions with websites and tools of companies that are not affiliated with WBD are covered by those companies’ privacy policies, not by this Privacy Policy. The policy tells you to read the privacy policies of the sites and tools you use.

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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.

Not stated here

• Those third-party policies are not supplied in the source; their terms are unknown

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Publicly available sources, in limited cases

In limited cases, WBD may get Information from publicly available sources.

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Publicly Available Sources. In limited cases, we may get Information from publicly available sources.

Qualifications & exceptions

• “In limited cases” only — the source does not state which cases

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Service providers and technology partners are a data source

WBD may receive Information from its service providers and technology partners, such as companies assisting with account validation, analytics, fraud prevention, or otherwise running the Services — including attractions, events and exhibits such as a film premier or influencer event.

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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.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Advertising and marketing partners may provide profile, preference or inferred data

WBD works with advertising and marketing partners (advertisers, app developers, publishers, data providers) that enable purchase or delivery of ads and its personalization/targeting/measurement. These partners may provide Information about your preferences or interests, or Information inferred or derived from your information, activity or interactions from businesses not associated with WBD.

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We work with advertising and marketing partners, such as advertisers, app developers, publishers, and data providers that enable us to purchase or deliver ads as well as personalize, target, and measure the performance of those ads or campaigns.

These partners may provide Information about your preferences or interests or may provide Information that is inferred or derived based on your information, activity, or interactions from different businesses not associated with WBD.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Joint venture, promotional, or strategic partners are a data source

When WBD partners with other companies (joint venture, promotional or strategic partners), WBD 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.

Linking & Identification · Company practice

WBD may combine third-party Information with directly collected Information

WBD may combine Information received from these sources with the Information it collects directly from you.

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We may combine this Information with Information we collect directly from you.

Use & Processing · Company commitment

Uses are limited to law, this policy, or disclosure at collection

WBD uses Information to provide its Services. As a limit, WBD states it uses Information only as permitted or required by law, as described in this privacy policy, or otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

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How Do We Use the Information We Collect?

We use Information only as permitted or required by law and as described in this privacy policy or otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): Consent-based uses described at the point of collection — Consent-based uses are one of the stated limits on uses: they must be disclosed at the point of collection, consistent with the ‘only as permitted or required by law and as described in this policy or otherwise disclosed at the time of collection’ limit.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Providing and personalizing the Services; streaming example

WBD uses Information to provide the Services you request, view or otherwise engage with, including customization and personalization. For streaming services such as HBO Max, this can mean recommending shows, movies or sports events, managing subscription orders and payments, and targeting/delivering marketing and advertising on an ad-supported subscription tier.

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We use your Information to provide our wide range of Services that you request, view, or otherwise engage with. This might include customizing and personalizing the Services for you.

We may use it to recommend shows, movies, or sports events we think you’ll want to watch, manage your subscription orders and payments, or to target and deliver marketing and advertising on an ad-supported subscription service (see also Advertising and Marketing below).

Qualifications & exceptions

• Personalization “might” be included; recommendations are “may use”, not a fixed practice

Use & Processing · Company practice

Games: personalization, features, and permission-gated camera/speaker access

When you play WBD games and interactive products, Information may be used to personalize your experience, or to recommend or enable in-game features, leaderboards, purchases or rewards. For some Services, WBD asks permission to access the device’s speaker or camera; if you grant it, you may be able to record audio or take pictures/video in the app, or use AR or similar features.

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For some Services, we will ask for permission to access your device’s speaker or camera. If you grant permission, you may be able to record audio, take pictures or video within the app experience, or access certain augmented reality (“AR”) features or similar interactive features.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Studio tours and events: ticketing, prizes, event management, venue security cameras

At WBD Studio Tours, events or competitions, Information is used to facilitate ticket purchase/registration, personalize your experience, or send products or prizes. WBD may also collect other information for event management (for example, a food allergy or need for special assistance you tell them about), and its venues may have cameras to facilitate security and enable the experience.

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When you come in person to experience the magic of one of our Studio Tours or take part in a WBD event or competition, we may use your Information to facilitate a ticket purchase or registration, to personalize your experience, or to send you a product you’ve bought or prize you’ve won.

We may also collect other information for managing the event, like when you tell us you have a food allergy or need special assistance.

Our venues may also have cameras available to facilitate security and to enable the experience.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Venue cameras are “may” have, for security and the experience; event-management collection is “may”

Use & Processing · Company practice

Analyzing information, aggregated data, and third-party analytics to improve the Services

WBD may analyze your information (and create aggregated data from it) to develop, maintain, analyze, optimize, improve, measure and report on the Services and their features and how they are used. In the policy’s cookies section, WBD adds that it uses Google Analytics and other third-party services to improve the performance of the Services and for other analytics purposes.

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We may analyze your information (and create aggregated data derived from your Information) to develop, maintain, analyze, optimize, improve, measure, and report on our Services and Services features and how they are used.

WBD uses Google Analytics and other third-party services to improve the performance of the Services and for other analytics purposes.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The third-party analytics collection in that section is for non-advertising purposes; those third parties may use their identifiers for their own purposes with your consent

Use & Processing · Company practice

Communications, optional recording, and provider access to those recordings

WBD may send communications by email, push notification or text about purchases, your account, offers, contests, surveys, policy changes, customer service inquiries or feedback requests. It may also record your comments, text or voice communications for making features available, improving services, and addressing potential abuses of the visitor-agreement terms that apply to the Services, or other concerns on behalf of users. The policy’s disclosure section adds that chat, comment, survey, or moderation service providers may obtain recordings of those comments, texts or voice communications for the same purposes.

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We may send you communications, including by email, push notifications, or text, about purchases, your account, offers, contests, surveys, changes to policies, customer service inquiries, or to request feedback.

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.

These chat, comment, survey, or moderation service providers may obtain recordings of your comments, text, or voice communications for purposes of making the feature available, improving our services, or addressing potential abuses of our Terms of Use or other concerns on behalf of our users.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Recording is “may”, purpose-limited; providers “may obtain” the recordings; the source garbles the punctuation after the terms-of-use link (a stray period), so the quoted wording is reproduced exactly

Not stated here

• The linked Visitor Agreement (wbd.com/visitor-agreement) is not supplied; its terms are unknown

Use & Processing · Company practice

Advertising and marketing use of your Information

WBD promotes its brands on its own Services and via third-party services, and provides advertising services for third-party advertisers. Information may be used to model, segment, target, offer, market and advertise its Services — including discounts or offerings from affiliates, business partners and select third parties — and to provide and improve WBD’s own advertising services, including how it targets and measures its ads for third-party advertisers. Control options are in the later control section and Ad Choices.

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We may use your Information to model, segment, target, offer, market, and advertise our Services, including providing discounts or offerings from our affiliates, business partners, and select third parties, and running competitions on social media and other channels.

We may also use your Information to provide and improve our advertising services, including how we target and measure our publishing of ads for third party advertisers.

We also provide advertising services for third party advertisers.

for their own purposes, including marketing products or services to you, showing you relevant advertising, or providing an enhanced experience that integrates with one of our Services.

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.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Use of Information for ads is “may” on both WBD and third-party advertising company sides

Cross-references

• narrowed by (model-proposed): Opt out of WBD targeted advertising, with continuing uses — The Ad Choices opt-out narrows WBD’s use and sharing of Information for targeted advertising, but only that purpose: the card states other collection and uses continue, and ads based on Services activity may still be delivered.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Internal business functions use Information

WBD also uses Information to support internal business functions, including finance, accounting and audit.

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We also use Information to support our internal business functions, including finance, accounting, and audit.

Security & Safeguards · Company practice

Safety, security, fraud prevention and enforcement uses

WBD may use Information to enhance safety and security of the Services, verify your identity, monitor, investigate and prevent fraud, and halt other unauthorized or illegal activity.

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We may use your Information to enhance the safety and security of our Services. We may also use it to verify your identity, monitor, investigate, and prevent fraud, and halt other unauthorized or illegal activity.

Data Access & Collection · Context

Section heading introducing the cookies-and-identifiers section

This heading opens the policy’s section on cookies and other identifiers. The substantive statements of that section are quoted and analyzed in the cards submitted with the packets that follow, not invented here.

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What Do You Need to Know About Cookies and Other Identifiers?

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license

Compliance and enforcement uses, including tax and government requests

WBD may use Information to comply with applicable law (for example satisfying a tax obligation or a government request), and to enforce or defend its rights, investigate, or report potential violations of its Visitor Agreement terms.

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We may use your Information to comply with applicable law, such as to satisfy a tax obligation or government request. We may also use it to enforce or defend our rights, investigate, or report potential violations of our >Terms of Use.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The source shows a stray “>” before the Terms of Use link (a typo), reproduced exactly

Not stated here

• The linked Visitor Agreement (wbd.com/visitor-agreement) is not supplied in this source; what conduct it forbids cannot be said here

Use & Processing · Permission or license

Consent-based uses described at the point of collection

With your consent, WBD may use your Information for other purposes that the policy states are described at the point of collection.

Supporting quotations

We may use your Information with your consent for other purposes described at the point of collection.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): Uses are limited to law, this policy, or disclosure at collection — Consent-based uses are one of the stated limits on uses: they must be disclosed at the point of collection, consistent with the ‘only as permitted or required by law and as described in this policy or otherwise disclosed at the time of collection’ limit.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

Aggregated data may feed any use in the section

WBD may analyze your Information to create aggregated data and use it in connection with any of the other uses in this section (from providing Services through compliance and safety).

Supporting quotations

We may analyze your Information to create aggregated data that we use in connection with any of the other uses of Information set out in this section.

Retention & Deletion · Company commitment

Retention: only as long as needed for the purpose, as permitted by law

WBD keeps Information only as long as it needs it to fulfil the purpose it is being used for, as permitted by law. The policy states no fixed retention periods.

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We only keep Information for as long as we need it to fulfil the purpose we are using it for, as permitted by law.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): Right of erasure, with stated exceptions — Deletion may be refused where a legal obligation to keep Information applies, which matches the retention card’s purpose-and-law limit; the two statements describe the same boundary from the user-right and retention sides.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Overview: WBD may disclose Information to the listed recipient categories

This section states WBD may disclose Information to the categories it lists: service providers, affiliates and other controllers, business partners and third parties, sponsors and branded programs, advertising and marketing companies, legal/law-enforcement recipients, transferees in change-of-control transactions, and others at your direction or with your consent.

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Who Do We Disclose Your Information To?

WBD may disclose Information to:

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Service providers, including session-recording and moderation vendors

WBD hires vendors and other companies for creation, maintenance, hosting, delivery and marketing of its Services — potentially including payment processing, email/order fulfillment, contest administration, customer service, and research/analytics, which may include recording of mouse movements, clicks, touches, page scrolls, typed text or other interactions during a user session. Service providers may also run chat, comment or survey features, moderate comments/chat, or verify influencer disclosures, and those providers may obtain recordings of your comments, text or voice communications for the stated purposes.

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WBD hires vendors and other companies to perform services for us such as creation, maintenance, hosting, delivery, and marketing of our Services.

This may include processing payments, email and order fulfillment, administration of contests, customer service, or conducting research and analytics, including recording of mouse movements or clicks, keyboard strokes/touches, page scrolls, typed text or other interactions during a user session.

We may also use service providers to enable our chat, comments, or survey features, to moderate comments and chat among our users or to verify disclosures from influencers we work with.

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.

These third parties are responsible for their cookies and identifiers, and may use them for their own purposes with your consent.

including recordings of your interactions with our Services, which may include mouse clicks, mouse movements, keystrokes, and page scrolling.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Interaction recording by providers is “may include”; the Communications use elsewhere states WBD may record comments/text/voice with the same purposes

Not stated here

• The linked Visitor Agreement (wbd.com/visitor-agreement) is not supplied in this source; which abuses count cannot be said here

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Disclosures to Affiliates and other family Controllers

WBD may disclose Information to its Affiliates in connection with any use set out in the policy, and, where permitted by applicable law, to other Controllers in the WBD family so they can contact you about other WBD Services.

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Affiliates. We may disclose Information to our Affiliates in connection with any of the uses of your Information set out in this Privacy Policy.

Also, where we are permitted to do so under applicable law, we may disclose Information to other Controllers in our family of companies so that they can contact you about other Services we provide.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Business partners and third parties may receive Information for their own purposes

WBD may disclose Information to business partners and third parties (other companies, retailers, distributors, social networks, research organizations, publishers, non-profits) for their own purposes such as marketing to you, showing relevant advertising, or an integrated enhanced experience. When required, WBD will ask for consent or provide opt-out opportunities.

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Business Partners and Third Parties. We may disclose Information to business partners and third parties (e.g., other companies, retailers, distributors, social media networks, research organizations, publishers, and non-profit organizations) for their own purposes, including marketing products or services to you, showing you relevant advertising, or providing an enhanced experience that integrates with one of our Services.

When required, we will ask for your consent or provide opportunities to opt-out.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Sponsored and co-branded programs may collect data; your name may become public

In sponsored or co-branded programs (competitions, sweepstakes, promotions, games, applications, branded communities or panels, social-media integrations), third-party sponsors may collect or obtain participants’ Information. Participation may also reveal your name and contact information to other participants or make it public.

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We may offer content or programs (e.g., competitions, sweepstakes, promotions, games, applications, branded community or panel programs or social media integrations) that are sponsored by or co-branded with third parties that may collect or obtain Information from participants.

When you participate in branded community or panel programs your name and contact information may also be disclosed to other participants or made public.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Disclosure to advertisers, ad agencies, networks and platforms

WBD may disclose Information to advertisers, ad agencies, ad networks and platforms, and other companies, to provide advertising to you based on your interests.

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WBD may disclose Information with advertisers, ad agencies, ad networks and platforms and other companies to provide advertising to you based on your interests.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license

Legal process and law-enforcement disclosures

WBD may disclose Information in response to legal process (e.g., a court order or subpoena) or a law enforcement agency’s request. It may also disclose Information to third parties for fraud prevention, investigating or preventing illegal activities or Terms violations, protecting others’ rights and safety, or as otherwise required by law.

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WBD may disclose Information in response to legal process, for example in response to a court order or a subpoena, or in response to a law enforcement agency's request.

We may disclose Information to third parties for fraud prevention, to investigate or prevent illegal activities or violations of the terms of use of our Services, to protect the rights and safety of others, or as otherwise required by law.

Not stated here

• The linked Visitor Agreement (wbd.com/visitor-agreement) is not supplied in this source; which violations count cannot be said here

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Information may transfer in business transactions

In an actual or potential business transaction — such as acquisition, sale, merger of business units or assets, bankruptcy, or reorganization — WBD may transfer Information.

Supporting quotations

WBD may transfer Information in the event of an actual or potential business transaction, such as if one or more of our business units or assets are acquired by, sold to, or merged with another company or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or a business reorganization.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

Other disclosures at your direction or with your consent

WBD may disclose Information at your direction or with your consent — for example, disclosing information to a third party to link your WBD account to that third party’s account.

Supporting quotations

Others. We may disclose Information at your direction or when you provide us with your consent to do so, for example, when we disclose information to a third party to link an account you have with us to the third party’s account.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Example given: cross-account linking

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Cookies and tracking technologies: definition on WBD's Services

A cookie or other tracking technology stores a small piece of script or code on your browser or device so websites and apps remember you and collect information about your use of the Service. WBD uses cookies, web beacons, SDKs, pixels and other tracking technologies (all called “cookies”) to make your use of its Services better, recognize your browser or device, keep preferences, and provide features such as storing a game high score or saving your location.

Supporting quotations

A cookie or other tracking technology is a small piece of script or code that is stored on your browser or device to help websites and apps remember you and collect information about your use of the Service.

WBD uses cookies, web beacons, SDKs, pixels and other tracking technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies”) to make your experience on our Services better.

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.

Qualifications & exceptions

• “Cookies” is the policy’s collective term for all listed technologies

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Affiliate and third-party cookies collect over time and feed tailored ads

WBD (including its affiliates) and third parties may use these technologies to collect information about you over time from apps, websites, and other digital products. WBD and third-party advertising companies may use that Information to serve advertising tailored to your interests, on and off WBD Services, and the technologies also help measure ads across WBD Services, marketing emails and other third-party sites, apps, devices and services.

Supporting quotations

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.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Those third-party technologies also serve purposes described in that section, per the policy’s wording

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): Opt out of WBD targeted advertising, with continuing uses — Tailored-technologies advertising, on and off WBD Services, feeds the same targeted advertising that the Ad Choices opt-out addresses; the choice card records the remaining uses after opting out.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Third-party non-advertising analytics: Google Analytics and Nielsen

WBD may work with third parties that collect data about your use of the Services and other sites or apps over time for non-advertising purposes. Examples: Google Analytics and other services used to improve Services performance 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; an opt-out exists at the Google Analytics link), and Nielsen on some Services to let users contribute to market research.

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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.

On some Services, WBD also uses Nielsen to allow users to contribute to market research.

Not stated here

• Google’s Privacy & Terms, and the Nielsen Digital Measurement Privacy Policy, are linked but not supplied; their terms are unknown

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Cookie choices are in the control section

For Information collected via cookies, the policy points to the How Can You Control Your Information? section for the available choices.

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Please see the How Can You Control Your Information? for more information about your choices with respect to Information collected via cookies.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Tools and options exist to control collection, use, and disclosure

This section describes a number of tools and options for controlling how your Information is collected, used, and disclosed.

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How Can You Control Your Information?

There are a number of tools and options you can use to help control how your Information is collected, used, and disclosed.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Individual rights apply depending on the country where you are based

The listed individual rights are available for you to request “depending on the country where you are based” — not all of them apply everywhere.

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Individual Rights: depending on the country where you are based, you may request the following:

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right of access and rectification

You can request the Information WBD holds and the correction of any errors in your Information.

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you can request Information we hold and the correction of any errors of your Information.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Availability depends on your country (subsection intro)

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right of erasure, with stated exceptions

You can ask for your Information to be deleted in certain circumstances. In specific cases WBD may not be able to delete some types of Information — in particular, where it has a legal obligation to keep the Information (e.g., regulatory reporting), or where you want the Service to continue and the processing is necessary to provide that Service.

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the right, in certain circumstances, to ask for your Information to be deleted. In specific cases, we may not be able to delete some types of Information, in particular, where we have a legal obligation to keep that Information (e.g., for regulatory reporting purposes), or where you want us to continue to provide you with a Service and the processing of the Information is necessary for the provision of that Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Deletion is not absolute; the two listed exceptions are given

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): Retention: only as long as needed for the purpose, as permitted by law — Deletion may be refused where a legal obligation to keep Information applies, which matches the retention card’s purpose-and-law limit; the two statements describe the same boundary from the user-right and retention sides.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right to restrict processing

In certain circumstances, you can restrict further processing of your Information.

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the right, in certain circumstances, to restrict further processing of your Information.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right of portability

In some cases you can receive your Information in a digital format, or have it transmitted directly to another controller where technically feasible.

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the right in some cases to receive your Information in a digital format or to have it transmitted directly to another controller (where technically feasible)

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right to object, including to direct marketing

You can object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing based on WBD’s legitimate interests, including for direct marketing purposes.

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The right to object (on grounds relating to your particular situation) to the processing of your Information on the basis of our legitimate interests, including for direct marketing purposes.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right to withdraw consent

You can withdraw consent at any time for any processing of Information that is based on consent.

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you can withdraw your consent at any time in respect of any processing of Information which is based upon a consent.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Right to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority

If you consider your rights under the applicable privacy legislation infringed, you can lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your country.

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Right to lodge a complaint before the supervisory authority for data protection in your country, if you consider that your rights under the applicable privacy legislation have been infringed.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

How to exercise the rights; US-state-specific rights in a separate page

Submit a request through the WBD Privacy Center for the rights that apply where you live. The policy notes that residents of some US states have specific access, deletion and correction rights described on its US State Supplement page.

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To exercise any of these rights that apply where you live, please submit a request by navigating to our Privacy Center.

Residents of some US states have specific rights relating to access, deletion, and correction requests.

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• The US State Supplement page is linked but not supplied in this source; the state-specific rights cannot be listed from it

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Opt out of email and text marketing communications

To stop WBD’s email or text marketing communications, follow the “unsubscribe” instructions in the relevant email or reply “STOP” to the relevant text. In certain Services you may also be able to opt out via account-login settings.

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If you would like to stop receiving email or text marketing communications from us, follow the “unsubscribe” instructions provided in the relevant email or respond “STOP” to the relevant text. In certain Services, you may also be able to opt out via the settings when you log into your account.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Account-settings opt-out is “may be able”, limited to certain Services

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Opt out of WBD targeted advertising, with continuing uses

You can opt out of WBD’s use and sharing of Information for targeted advertising via Ad Choices. After opting out, WBD continues to collect and use data for other purposes (including research, analytics and internal operations), and you may still receive advertising on WBD Services based on your activity there.

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To opt-out of WBD’s use and sharing of Information for targeted advertising purposes, please visit Ad Choices.

Please note that if you opt out, WBD will continue to collect and use data for other purposes, including research, analytics, and internal operations. You may continue to receive advertising on our Services based on your activities there.

For more information and options to control this, please see the How Can You Control Your Information? section or visit Ad Choices.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): Advertising and marketing use of your Information — The Ad Choices opt-out narrows WBD’s use and sharing of Information for targeted advertising, but only that purpose: the card states other collection and uses continue, and ads based on Services activity may still be delivered.
• referred to by (model-proposed): Affiliate and third-party cookies collect over time and feed tailored ads — Tailored-technologies advertising, on and off WBD Services, feeds the same targeted advertising that the Ad Choices opt-out addresses; the choice card records the remaining uses after opting out.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Opt out of third-party targeted advertising via self-regulatory programs

You can opt out of third-party targeted advertising on websites for companies participating in self-regulatory programs: the DAA WebChoices and NAI WebChoices for websites, DAA AppChoices and NAI Mobile Choices for mobile, and the NAI CTV Choices for connected TV.

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You can also opt out of targeted advertising on websites by third parties that participate in self-regulatory programs via the following links:

Websites: The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) WebChoices and Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) WebChoices

Mobile: DAA AppChoices and NAI Mobile Choices

CTV: NAI CTV Choices

for their own purposes, including marketing products or services to you, showing you relevant advertising, or providing an enhanced experience that integrates with one of our Services.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Program participation limits the reach (DAA/NAI members only)

Not stated here

• The linked DAA/NAI opt-out tools are not supplied here; their coverage behavior is described by those programs, not by this policy

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

More options via browser and device settings; blocking cookies has consequences

Depending on your mobile device, operating system, or browser, you may have more privacy options; the policy directs you to each device/system’s support materials or privacy settings, including for targeted advertising. Blocking cookies may also prevent access to some WBD content or Service features.

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You may have more options depending on your mobile device, operating system, or browser. Please review the support materials and/or the privacy settings for the respective devices and systems to learn more about these features and how they apply to targeted advertisements.

Blocking cookies may also prevent you from accessing some of our content or Service features.

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.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Disable precise location collection through device settings

To stop collection of mobile-device precise location through WBD apps, access your device settings and choose to limit that collection.

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To disable collection of mobile device precise location information through our apps, please access your device settings and choose to limit that collection.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Cookie management choices are in the cookies section

For managing other technical and usage information, the policy points back to the cookies section, which describes WBD’s use of cookies, web beacons, SDKs, pixels and similar technologies.

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See What Do You Need to Know About Cookies and Other Identifiers? for more choices about managing other technical and usage information.

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 third parties are responsible for their cookies and identifiers, and may use them for their own purposes with your consent.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Rights are not absolute and availability varies

The policy cautions that the rights described are not absolute, might not all be available in your country, and may not apply in certain scenarios; questions can be emailed to wbdprivacy@wbd.com.

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Please note some of the rights detailed above are not absolute, might not all be available in your country, and may not be applicable in certain scenarios. If you have any particular questions about your data protection rights, feel free to reach out to us by email at wbdprivacy@wbd.com

Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

Security safeguards, with no guarantee against unauthorized access

WBD states it has implemented administrative, technical and physical safeguards to help protect Information, and notes that no security measures are perfect: it cannot assure that Information will never be accessed or used in an unauthorized way.

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How Do We Protect Your Information?

WBD has implemented administrative, technical and physical safeguards to help protect your Information. Unfortunately, no security measures are perfect, and we cannot assure you that Information will never be accessed or used in an unauthorized way.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

US State Supplement: additional state-specific privacy information

Some US states require disclosure of additional privacy information and rights for their residents; the policy directs residents to its US State Supplement page for that information.

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US State Supplement

Some US states require us to inform their residents about additional privacy information and rights. Please visit our US State Supplement page for additional information.

Not stated here

• The US State Supplement page is linked but not supplied in this source; the state-specific rights and notices cannot be listed from it

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Information may be transferred to, and processed in, other countries — notably the US

WBD is an international business. Its use of Information sometimes requires transfers to countries outside your location, including countries whose level of legal protection may differ; in particular, Information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where many WBD companies, personnel and service providers are located.

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International Transfers

Sometimes our use of your Information requires your Information to be transferred to countries outside the country where you are located, including countries where the level of legal protection for your Information may be different.

In particular, your Information may be transferred to, and processed in the United States, where many of our companies, personnel and service providers are located.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

The Affiliates & Controllers List shows possible transfer countries

The policy points to its Affiliates & Controllers List for the countries where your Information may be transferred. This is the same family list the policy references for determining which WBD member controls your Information for a given Service.

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Please see our Affiliates & Controllers List for the countries where your Information may be transferred.

Different members of the WBD family of companies control Information about you depending on the Services you are using.

Not stated here

• The Affiliates & Controllers List is linked but not supplied in this source; the countries and entities cannot be listed from it

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment

Transfer safeguards: appropriate measures, usually standard contractual clauses

Whenever Information is transferred out of a country or region (such as the European Economic Area), WBD will ensure appropriate safeguards in compliance with applicable law — usually contractual mechanisms such as standard contractual clauses, sometimes other legal mechanisms. Questions can be raised via the contact methods in the policy.

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Whenever we transfer your Information outside of a country or region, such as the European Economic Area, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in compliance with applicable law. Usually, this includes using contractual mechanisms (such as standard contractual clauses), but sometimes we may use other legal mechanisms.

For further information about the mechanisms we use to protect your Information when it is transferred outside of your country or region, please contact us through one of the methods described below.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Policy may change; updates are posted here

WBD may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and post the updated version here (this page); you are encouraged to check back periodically so you know the current practices.

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What Happens If We Change or Revise This Policy?

From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy and post the updated Policy here. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Policy so that you always know our current privacy practices.

Qualifications & exceptions

• No separate change-notification promise appears in the policy; posting plus encouraged review is the stated route

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Contact routes, including the Data Protection Officer and TTY access

Questions about this Privacy Policy can reach WBD and its Data Protection Officer at wbdprivacy@wbd.com, the Privacy Office at 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 700, Burbank, CA 91522, or toll-free at 1-866-324-3637; TTY users are directed to use 711.

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How Can You Contact Us?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy you can contact us and our Data Protection Officer at: wbdprivacy@wbd.com or or at Privacy Office, 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 700, Burbank, CA 91522 or contact us toll free at 1-866-324-3637 or TTY: use 711.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The source text shows a duplicated “or or” before the address (a typo), reproduced in the quote exactly