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We make ads more relevant to you

Our goal as part of the Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Turner) network of affiliated sites is to provide you with ads that are relevant to you. Advertising enables us to provide the rich content for which sites on the Turner Network are known. Often our ads are based on the content of pages you are viewing, but we also provide ads tailored to your interests. Our hope is that by presenting ads tailored to your interests, we will enhance your experience across the Turner Network's diverse websites. You may learn more about our practices by reading our Privacy Statement.

How do we do it? An example:

If you often visit content on the Turner Network about travel, we may use "web beacons" to infer your possible interest in travel and may deliver an ad to you related to that interest. It's important to understand that these technologies do not use personally identifiable information to make this happen but instead use anonymous identifiers within the "cookies" stored in your browser.

What happens if I opt-out?

If you opt out of interest-based ads on this site or another Turner Network site, please be aware of the following:
  • You will no longer receive interest-based ads on the Turner Network sites. You will still see the same number of ads as before, but they may not be as relevant to you.
  • The Turner Network's opt out is cookie-based and will only affect the specific computer and browser on which the opt out is applied. If you use other computers or browsers and want to opt out of interest-based ads on any of those, you will need to repeat this process for each computer or browser.
  • If you delete your browser cookies and want to continue to be opted out of interest-based ads, you will need to return to this page and opt out again.
  • You can change your preferences at any time to enable interest-based ads by returning to this page and selecting "opt in."

I'd like to opt out of interest-based ads. How do I do that?

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What are cookies & web beacons?

To enhance your online experience, we and our providers, advertisers or partners use a variety of technologies. Cookies are small text files placed in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information. We use cookies to understand site and Internet usage and to customize advertisements on our sites.

Web beacons or clear .gifs are small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor usage and collect anonymous data about the visitors viewing the page. For example, web beacons may be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page.

Many common features we provide you would not be feasible without cookies and web beacons. We use these tools to provide our customers a better user experience across our sites.

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If you opt out of interest-based ads on this site or another Turner Network site, please be aware of the following:

  • You will no longer receive interest-based ads on the Turner Network sites. You will still see the same number of ads as before, but they may not be as relevant to you.
  • The Turner Network's opt out is cookie-based and will only affect the specific computer and browser on which the opt out is applied. If you use other computers or browsers and want to opt out of interest-based ads on any of those, you will need to repeat this process for each computer or browser.
  • If you delete your browser cookies and want to continue to be opted out of interest-based ads, you will need to return to this page and opt out again.
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