COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy Was Last Updated on January 10, 2023

Like many other companies, Tribune Publishing Company and its Affiliates (“Tribune”, “we”, “our” or “us”) use cookies and other tracking technologies (such as pixels and web beacons) (collectively “Cookies”) when you access and use the “Services” through or our “Websites”, “Applications, or “Platform” (these capitalized and quoted terms are defined below in Section 1.1 of this Cookie Policy). This Cookie Policy explains how we use Cookies and how you can manage them. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information about our privacy-related practices, and the privacy-related rights and choices that may be available to you in connection with your use of our Services.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COLLECT AND HANDLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU CONSENT TO THE PRACTICES AND POLICIES OUTLINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS PRIVACY POLICY. THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS ALSO GOVERNED BY OUR IS ALSO GOVERNED BY OUR PRIVACY POLICY, SUBSCRIBER TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND CENTRAL TERMS OF SERVICE. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SERVICES, YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU CONSENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN OUR SUBSCRIBER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND CENTRAL TERMS OF SERVICE AND THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND OUR SUBSCRIBER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND CENTRAL TERMS OF SERVICE.

If you do not agree with this Cookie Policy, please do not access or use our Services or interact with any other aspect of our business. This Cookie Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not employ or manage.

This Cookie Policy covers the following topics:

  1. Cookies & Online Tracking Technologies We Use
  2. How You Can Manage Cookies
  3. How to Contact Us

Key Defined Terms. In this Cookie Policy, the following quoted and defined terms have the following meanings:

“Affiliates” means Tribune’s subsidiary entities and entities that Tribune or its subsidiaries own or have an ownership interest in, collectively.

“Application” or “Applications” means any one or more of our mobile or tablet applications through which we may provide you with the Services.

“Personal Information” means any information about you that can personally identify you, either on its own or when combined with other information.

“Platform” means any of our Applications and/or Websites through which you may receive the Services from us, collectively

“Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2 of our Privacy Policy.

“Website” or “Websites” means any one or more of the Internet websites owned by us through which we may provide you with the Services, such as, http://www.tribpub.com/#.

“Platform” means any of our Applications and/or Websites through which you may receive the Services from us, collectively

1. Cookies & Online Tracking Technologies We Use.

“Cookies” are small data files that are sent to, and stored by, your web browser software on your computer hard drive, tablet, mobile device, or other device.

We may use the following types of Cookies on our Applications, Websites, Platform, and Services:

Strictly Necessary (i.e., “Essential”) Cookies

These Cookies are necessary for our Applications, Websites, and Platform to function. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request to receive our access our Services via our Applications, Websites, or Platform, such as, logging in to your account on one of our Websites to access the Services, setting your privacy preferences, or signing up to our free email newsletter services. You can set your browser to block or reject these Cookies, but some parts of our Applications, Websites, or Platform may then not work. You may also configure your privacy preferences via the Cookie preferences menu on our websites to block/reject these “Essential” Cookies, but similarly some parts of our Websites may then not work.

Performance (i.e., “Analytics”) Cookies

These Cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our Applications, Websites, and Platform. They help us to know which pages and content are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around our Applications, Websites, and Platform. If you do not allow these Cookies we will not know when you have visited our Applications, Websites, and Platform and will not be able to monitor performance on them.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc – on our Services, Applications, Websites, and Platform. Google Analytics uses Cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with our Services, Applications, Websites, and Platform; compile reports on their activity; and provide other Services related to their activity and usage. The technologies used by Google may collect information about you (including your Personal Information), such as, your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a returning visitor, and any referring website. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. To learn more about Google’s partner services and to learn how to opt-out of tracking of analytics by Google, click here.

Functional (i.e., “Personalization”) Cookies.

These Cookies enable our Applications, Websites, and Platform to provide enhanced functionality and personalization when you access our Services via the Internet. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our Applications, Websites, and Platform. If you do not allow these Cookies, then some or all of these Services may not function properly.

Targeting (i.e., “Marketing”) Cookies

These Cookies may be set through our Applications, Websites, and Platform by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites. If you do not allow these Cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. For additional information about our use of third-party service providers and our interest-based adverting practices on our Services, please refer to the following Sections of our Privacy Policy: Section 6 (How Do We Use Online Analytics & Interest-Based Advertising?), Section 7 (How Do Third Parties Collect & Use Your Personal Information Via The Services?), Section 8 (What Are Your Rights & Choices?), and Section 14 (What About Linked Third-Party Services, Sites, & Advertisements That I See Via The Services?).

Social Media Cookies

These Cookies are set by a range of social media services (such as Facebook) that we have added to the Websites, Applications, and Platform to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across our Websites, Applications, Platform, and other websites. They are also capable of building a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these Cookies, you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.

Other Similar Technologies

We along with our third-party service providers may also use other Internet technologies that are similar to Cookies on our Applications, Websites, Platform and Services. These other similar technologies may include, but are not necessarily limited to: such as Flash technologies and Flash Cookies (as is discussed in greater detail below), web beacons or pixel tags, or other similar technologies, to deliver or communicate with Cookies and track your use of the Services, as well as serve you ads and personalize/customize your experience when you are using our Services and/or when you are on other websites when those Cookies can be accessed. We also may include Web beacons in email messages, newsletters, and other electronic communications that we send to you as part of or through the Services to determine whether the message has been opened and for other analytics, personalization, and advertising. As we adopt additional technologies, we may also gather additional information through other methods.

[Flash Cookies]

We may also use Flash cookies. Flash cookies operate differently than browser cookies, and cookie management tools available in a web browser will not remove Flash cookies. To learn more about how to manage Flash cookies, you can visit the Adobe website and make changes at the Global Privacy Settings Panel. Please note that limiting third-party cookies through your browser controls will not necessarily opt you out of first- or third-party interest-based advertising, as some technologies (including those we or our partners may use) may not respond to these browser controls.

2. How You Can Manage Cookies.

Most web browsers are set to accept Cookies by default. However, you can go to the settings menu of your web browser to learn how to delete or reject Cookies, including in connection with your use of our Services via the Internet. If you choose to block/reject all Cookies (including “Essential” Cookies), you may not be able to access all or some parts of our Applications, Websites, Platform, and Services we provide via the Internet.

Please refer to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 of our Privacy Policy our Privacy Policy for additional information about how to block or reject Cookies in general when you are using or accessing our Services via the internet, including specifically the Essential, Analytic, Personalization, and Marketing Cookies above.

Third-Party Platform Controls For Cookie Management

You can opt-out of Cookies set by specific entities following the instructions found at these links:

You can understand which entities have currently enabled Cookies on your browser or mobile device, and how to opt-out of some of those Cookies, at the following links:

Please refer to the following Please refer to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 of our Privacy Policy] of our Privacy Policy for additional information about how to disable, block, or opt-out of Cookies in general, and in connection with you use of our Services.

Important Information To Know Before Blocking, Deleting, or Opt-Outs of Cookies

Please review, and be aware of, the following regarding your choice to delete, reject, or otherwise opt-out of Cookies in connection with your use of the Services:

  • If you choose to delete or reject Cookies on your web browser or device, this could affect certain features or Services that we provide via our Websites and Applications;
  • These Cookie blocking and opt-out mechanisms are unique to your computer, tablet, device, and web browser, which means that you will need to reimplement you Cookie blocking our opt-out preferences on each such computer, tablet, device, and web browser that you use;
  • If you clear or delete your Cookies on your device or web browser after opting-out of Cookies or configuring our Cookie preferences menu to block or reject Cookies, this will result in the deletion of the opt-out or blocking Cookie on your web browser or device, meaning you will need to opt-out or configure our Cookie preferences menu again after clearing or deleting the Cookies (this may also apply to “Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information” signals/preferences that you implement via our Cookies preferences menu on our Websites); and
  • After you opt-out of Cookies or configure your personalized Cookie preferences on our Websites to block/reject Cookies, you may continue to receive advertising via our Services, but those ads may be less relevant to you.

3. How to Contact Us.

Please do not hesitate to contact us via email to [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions regarding this Cookie Policy or our privacy-related practices. You may also contact us by sending postal mail to:

Tribune Publishing Company
560 West Grand Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60654
United States of America
Attention: Legal Department