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Cookies, Web Beacons and Similar Technologies

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A. Cookies Web Beacons and Other Similar Technologies

Cookies are small amounts of data that are stored in separate files within your computer's Internet browser. Cookies are accessed and recorded by the web sites you visit, and by the companies that show advertisements on web sites, so they can recognize the same browser navigating online.

Web beacons (sometimes called transparent GIFs, clear GIFs, or web bugs) are small strings of code that provide a way for us to deliver a small graphic image (usually invisible) on a web page or in an email. Web beacons can recognize certain types of information on your computer such as cookies, the time and date a page is viewed, and a description of the page where the web beacon is placed.

B. How CBS Interactive Web Sites Use Cookies and Similar Technologies

CBS Interactive uses cookies, web beacons and other technologies for the following general purposes:

To help us recognize your browser as a previous visitor and save and remember any preferences that may have been set while your browser was visiting one of our Web Sites. For example, if you register on a CBS Interactive Web Site, the Web Site may save your password, so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit.

• To help us customize the content and advertisements you are shown while visiting CBS Interactive Web Sites and potentially other web sites online. Please read about our online advertising to learn more about our efforts to show you relevant advertising.

To help measure and research the effectiveness of our interactive online content, features, advertisements, and other communications.

Web beacons are used to improve your experience on our Web Sites, including to provide you with content customized to your interests and to understand whether users read email messages and click on links contained within those messages so that we can deliver relevant content and offers. Our web beacons may collect some contact information (for example, the email address associated with an email message that contains a web beacon).

CBS Interactive Web Sites may also allow third parties to place their own cookies within your browser in order to serve you with relevant advertising online, to help us measure traffic and effectiveness as described above, to provide you with access to social media networks, functionality and services, and to allow us to conduct any surveys and research in which you agree to participate. For instance, Facebook, Google and Twitter include their cookies on CBS Interactive Web Sites to support social network integration and functionality and for use according to their privacy policies.

CBS Interactive Web Sites also may include third-party web beacons. These web beacons allow third-party service providers to collect certain information such as your IP address, your browser type, and the web page that you visited before arriving at our Web Sites. These service providers process the information they collect for purposes of auditing, research, and reporting information about the CBS Interactive Web Sites and advertisements viewed on the CBS Interactive Web Sites. Third parties that use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to help us with traffic measurement, research and analytics include Omniture, Comscore and ConfirmIT. Please note that we do not share contact information with these third parties.

By continuing to use CBS Interactive Web Sites, you consent to our use of cookies, web beacons and other technologies as described above.

To find out more about how you can manage cookies and the other similar technologies, see the "Managing Cookies" section of this policy.

C. How Third Parties Use Cookies and Similar Technologies

Some of the advertisements you see on CBS Interactive Web Sites are delivered by third parties who also collect information through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies about your online activities, either on our Web Sites or across the Internet, in an effort to understand your interests and deliver you advertisements that are tailored to your interests. These third parties include advertisers, advertising agencies, and ad networks that may collect information when you view or interact with one of their advertisements.

In addition, CBS Interactive works with third parties to help us track the ads that are delivered to you, in particular to control the number of times you receive the same ad, and to analyze the effectiveness of advertising on the CBS Interactive Web Sites.

Please note that CBS Interactive does not have access to the information these third parties may collect about your interests to deliver relevant advertising to you, and the information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy.

Third parties that currently serve, track and/or analyze ads on our Web Sites, and thereby may collect information about your online activities on such Web Sites, include, but are not limited to, Atlas, DoubleClick, EyeWonder, Mediamind, Audience Science and Pointroll.

To find out more about how you can manage the information collected by these companies, see the "Managing Cookies" section of this policy.

Managing Cookies

Whether cookies are placed on your computer or mobile device is something you can control. This page describes how you can manage the cookies that are placed on your computer or mobile device by CBS Interactive and third parties.

Managing Third Parties' Behaviorally Targeted Advertising Cookies

A number of the companies that use cookies to collect information about your online activities using web-based advertising are members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI"). The NAI offers a single location to opt out of receiving tailored ads from member companies. To opt out of information collection by NAI member companies, or to obtain information about the technologies they use or their own privacy policies, please visit the NAI consumer opt out page. Also, through the Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA"), several media and marketing associations have developed an industry self-regulatory program to give consumers a better understanding of and greater control over ads that are customized based on their online behavior across different Web Sites. To make choices about interest-based ads from participating third parties, please visit: the DAA consumer opt out page.

In the UK, the Internet Advertising Bureau ("IAB UK") has developed Good Practice Principles for Online Behavioural Targeting. More information and an "opt out" page to manage online behavioural advertising preferences with IAB UK member companies are available at YourOnlineChoices.co.uk.

In Australia, the Australian Digital Advertising Alliance ("ADAA") has developed the Australian Best Practice Guideline for Online Behavioural Advertising. More information and an "opt out" page to manage online behavioural advertising preferences with ADAA member companies are available at www.youronlinechoices.com.au.

Please note that if you choose to opt out of having your information used to deliver advertisements tailored to your interests, you will continue to see advertisements on our Web Sites, but these advertisements may not be as relevant to you.

Adjusting Your Browser Settings

You have the option to set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, notify you when a cookie is set, and to delete your cookies periodically (including third-party behaviorally targeted advertising cookies). Each browser is different, so please refer to the guide below, which describes how to set the cookie options on a number of different browser types. If your browser is not listed below, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/ where you may find more information about your specific browser, or select the "Help" menu in your browser.

Web beacons are generally used in conjunction with cookies, so if your browser is set to reject cookies, or if cookies are deleted, web beacons will be unable to track your activity as you navigate between web sites.

It is up to you whether to allow us or third parties to send you cookies, but if you block cookies, you may not be able to view or access some or all of a CBS Interactive Web Site or other sites.

Mozilla Firefox 2.0/3.0+/4.0+/8.0

1. Select 'Tools' from the menu bar at the top of the page

2. Click on 'Options'

3. From within 'Options' select the 'Privacy' tab

4. To disable cookies, uncheck the box next to 'Accept cookies from sites'

5. To enable cookies, check the same box

Firefox version 8.0 allows for more control over which individual cookies can be set and also over tracking. Select 'Tools' from the browser's menu bar, then select 'Options', and then click on 'Privacy' for more details.

Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

1. Select 'Tools' from the menu bar at the top of the page

2. Select 'Internet Options' from the drop down list

3. Click on the 'Privacy' Tab

4. Move the slider to select your desired level of cookie permission, from "Block All Cookies" at one end of the slider, to "Allow All Cookies" at the other end

Some versions of Internet Explorer allow you to identify websites whose cookies you want to block. To use this function, select 'Sites' from within the 'Privacy' dialogue box (Step 3, above).

Google Chrome

1. Click on the wrench icon at right hand corner of the browser toolbar at the top of the page

2. Select 'Settings'

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select 'Show advanced settings'

4. In the 'Privacy' section click on the 'Content settings...' bar

5. Under 'Cookies', check the box that corresponds to your desired level of cookie permissions

You can create specific exceptions to your permission setting and also view and delete individual cookies that are detected on your computer or mobile device by Google.

Safari for iPhone and iPad (iOS)

1. From the home screen of your device, select the "Settings" icon

2. Select 'Safari' from the list

3. To adjust the cookie settings, tap 'Accept Cookies'

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