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PBS Privacy Policy

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LAST VERIFIED 2026-10-01

Attention points

17 TO CHECK

Pointers to disclosures this policy may not clearly make, checked against major privacy laws. This is a heuristic — not legal advice, and not a finding that anything is missing or unlawful.

GDPR / UK-GDPR

3/13 ADDRESSED
  • Data Protection Officer contactGDPR Art. 13(1)(b)
  • The legal basis for using your dataGDPR Art. 13(1)(c)
  • Legitimate interests relied on (where that is the basis)GDPR Art. 13(1)(d)
  • How long your data is kept (retention)GDPR Art. 13(2)(a)
  • Your data-subject rights (access, erasure, portability, object, …)GDPR Arts. 13(2)(b), 15–21
  • The right to withdraw consent (where consent is the basis)GDPR Art. 13(2)(c)
  • The right to complain to a supervisory authority (e.g. the ICO)GDPR Art. 13(2)(d)
  • Whether providing your data is required, and what happens if you don'tGDPR Art. 13(2)(e)
  • Automated decision-making or profilingGDPR Arts. 13(2)(f), 22
  • Where your data was obtained, if not collected from you (source)GDPR Art. 14(2)(f)

CCPA / CPRA

3/10 ADDRESSED
  • The categories of sources the data comes fromCCPA §1798.110(c)
  • The business or commercial purposes for collecting/selling/sharingCCPA §1798.110(c)
  • A 'Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information' option (if it sells/shares)CCPA §1798.135(a)
  • A 'Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information' option (CPRA)CPRA §1798.135(a)
  • A non-discrimination promise for exercising your rightsCCPA §1798.125
  • Retention period (or criteria) per category of data (CPRA)CPRA §1798.100(a)(3)
  • At least two ways to submit a request, plus a contactCCPA §1798.130

Current text

Effective Date: April 11, 2023 (Update) As a not-for-profit institution, our goal is to collect only the information about our users and their use of our services that will help us provide the best online experience possible and implement PBS's mission. This Privacy Policy describes how we use, share, and protect information that we collect from you online through pbs.org and any other websites, applications or online services that PBS operates and that link to this Privacy…

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