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How to Delete Your CBS News Account Information

How to Delete Your CBS News Account Information

Laura Martisiute

May 8, 2024

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To delete your CBSNews account information, you need to fill out a form. After that, your CBS News account information should be deleted permanently after a waiting period.

Speed: 3 Difficulty: 3

Walkthrough to Delete Your CBS News Account Information 

Delete your CBS News account information in five steps.

1. Access the CBC News website

Go to the CBS News website by clicking the following link: https://www.cbsnews.com/.

CBS News homepage

2. Scroll down and click “Privacy Policy”

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Privacy Policy.”

CBS News footer - Privacy Policy link

You can also access CBS’s privacy policy by clicking the following link: https://www.viacomcbsprivacy.com/policy.

3. Click “Your Choices, Rights, and Controls” and “Privacy Rights Center”

Scroll to the Table of Contents and click “Your Choices, Rights, and Controls.”

CBS News - Table of content and Your choices, rights and controls link

Click the hyperlinked “Privacy Rights Center.”

CBS News - Your choices, rights, and controls with a link to the Privacy Rights Center

You can also access the Privacy Rights Center by clicking the following link: http://privacy.paramount.com/privacyrightscenter.

4. Expand “U.S. State Laws Optout” and click the hyperlinked “here”

You will be redirected to the Paramount’s Privacy Rights Center.

Paramount's Privacy Rights Center

Scroll to the FAQs section and expand “U.S. State Laws Optout.”

Then, scroll to the ‘Email’ section and click the hyperlinked word “here” to access Paramount’s privacy form.

CBS News - information on opt-out rights

You can also access the form by clicking the following link: https://privacy.paramount.com/dns.

5. Fill out the form

You will be redirected to an online form. Fill it out.

Enter the email address associated with your Paramount Account.

Complete the reCAPTCHA challenge.

Click the “Submit” button to complete your request.

CBS News and Paramount privacy form

You have requested the deletion of your CBS News account information.  

CBS News - Thank you for submitting your request

Manage Additional Privacy Choices

Even though you have requested the deletion of your CBS News account information, cbsnews.com might still retain some of your personal information.

In order to exercise additional privacy measures, follow the steps below.

Opt out of targeted marketing

To opt out of targeted marketing, scroll to the bottom of the CBS News homepage and click “Your Privacy Choices.”

CBS News footer - Your Privacy Choices link

A pop-up will appear.

Scroll down and turn off the toggle “Allow Sale, Sharing, or Targeted Advertising” to complete your request to opt out of targeted marketing.

Paramount - toggle off "Allow sale, sharing, or targeted advertising"
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