ONN News

Privacy Policy

WBNS-10TV and the Ohio News Network respect the privacy of Web visitors and are committed to implementing measures designed to protect the privacy of those using our services. We do collect information from our Web sites’ members and visitors, as outlined below. However, we do not sell or otherwise share personally identifiable information about you.

If you have concerns about this policy, please email viewerservices@10tv.com

Information we gather

We gather information from our Web customers in four ways:

1. Non-personally identifiable information: When visitors come to our Web sites, we collect and aggregate information indicating, among other things, which pages were visited, the order in which they were visited, and which hyperlinks were "clicked." Collecting such information involves the logging of IP addresses, operating system and browser software used by each visitor to the Web sites.

The non-personally identifiable information is used only in the aggregate – to identify the most popular areas of our Web sites, or determine the effectiveness of our promotional activities, for example. We may disclose some of this non-personally identifiable information to advertisers to inform them of the number of people who have seen and/or clicked through their advertisements.

For the same purposes, we use “cookies” – small text files placed on your computer’s hard drive – to help us determine the type of content and sites to which you link, the length of time you spend at any particular area of the Web sites, and your usage of our services offered via the Web sites. Cookies also tell us which advertising you have seen on the Web sites. At certain times, we may use outside advertising companies to display advertisements on the Web sites that may contain cookies ("banner ads"). These banner ads collect information stored by the advertising company and we do not have access to this information.

Essentially, cookies are your identification cards for our computers, or servers, that placed them there. Cookies are only read by the server that placed them, and are unable to execute any code or virus. Cookies allow us to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience at the Web site. Nevertheless, you are able to control how and whether cookies will be accepted by your web browser. For more information on how to do so, please refer to the documentation accompanying your browser.

2. Mailings and newsletters. If you choose to receive them by registering, we will periodically send you news-related emails and promotional emails about services offered by 10TV and ONN and their advertisers and marketers on the Web. These promotions will be tailored to the interest categories you have indicated and are controlled by 10TV and ONN. Your identity will not be revealed to the marketer unless you respond directly to the marketer’s offer and provide your information.

You may “opt in” or “opt out” of these emails. To change your mailings and newsletter settings:

1. Click here for My Newsletters.
2. Enter the email address and password you used to register
3. Then click the Sign In button.
4. Uncheck the Mailings box
5. Then click the Submit button.

3. Credit-card purchasing. We occasionally offer merchandise for purchase on our Web sites. We are committed to making your credit-card purchase as secure as possible, and to ensuring your privacy. Please read the following before you make a purchase:

• To process your order, we need to know your name, e-mail address, billing address, credit card number and expiration date, and telephone number.
• The e-mail address and the password you choose will become your “identifier” – we will use it to process and fulfill your order and to welcome you back to the site for future purchases. IF you choose to receive future promotional notices from 10TV and ONN, we will save your email address for that purpose. If you do not choose to receive future e-mail notices, we will not use your information for anything other than to process your order. Your telephone number is needed in case we are unable to notify you by e-mail of any questions about your order.
• Personal information you provide us is solely the property of 10TV and ONN and is stored on a separate, secured server that is accessible only to authorized personnel. We do not track individual behavior of our customers while they are making credit-card purchases. We will record only aggregate numbers of products purchased and general traffic patterns on the site; that information will be used only to help us continue to improve. It will not be shared with any other parties.
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology is used to encrypt and protect your credit-card account information, and transactions are carried out on a secure server (please be sure that your own Web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, is able to handle secure transactions). Products are billed to your account when they are shipped or electronically delivered.

4. Participation in other Web site activities such as contests and viewer feedback. We will ask you to register and provide your personal information for some of these activities. Unless you opt in during registration to receive emailings from us or consent to share your personal information with others, we will not use your information for any other activity.

More privacy information

• Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children (defined herein as minors younger than 13 years of age) without obtaining parental consent. Before registering for an account to use the services of our Web sites, we ask that all minors have their parents read our Privacy Policy. Before and during the registration process, we encourage all minors to include a parent or guardian in the process.
• Advertising submissions: Personal information provided with advertising submissions is used only for verification and billing purposes.
• Advertising Network information: Yahoo! is an ad network partner that displays ads on 10TV.com. To improve your ad experience on 10TV.com and elsewhere on the Internet, we may send non-personal information to Yahoo! based on your browser's activities, such as type of pages viewed and categories of interests, so that the advertising you see is relevant to you. Yahoo! also may use information regarding its own users to select which ads to display. Click here to learn more about Yahoo!'s ad practices, including how to opt out of using anonymous information to select which ads to show you.
• Electronic mail to staff members and departments: Staff members at 10TV and ONN have broad discretion as to the handling of mail sent to their individual accounts. The company reserves the right to track or record such correspondence when circumstances warrant. Electronic mail sent to departments within 10TV and ONN are handled at the department’s discretion. We do not have a policy of sharing contents of e-mail with any other entities. However, we reserve the right to disclose such correspondence as necessary to protect the company’s legal interests.