Bench Press (“Bench Press,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates a sports news and information website providing coverage of sports, teams, athletes, events, and related activities in North Carolina.

This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit or interact with our website (the “Website”). By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Advertising Cookies and Third-Party Advertising

We may use cookies and similar technologies to support advertising on our website. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.

Google Advertising Cookies

Google may use advertising cookies to help serve advertisements on our website and on the websites of its partners. When you visit a website that is a Google partner, including websites that display Google advertisements or participate in Google-certified advertising networks, Google or its advertising partners may place a cookie on your browser.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve advertisements to you based on your visits to our website and/or other websites on the Internet. These cookies may be used to help make advertisements more relevant to your interests.

Personalized Advertising Choices

You may choose to opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings:

https://www.google.com/settings/ads

You may also visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out resource at:

https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ 

Depending on your location, browser, device, and available settings, you may be able to control or opt out of certain forms of personalized advertising. Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily mean that you will stop seeing advertisements; you may continue to receive non-personalized or contextual advertisements.

Other Third-Party Vendors and Advertising Networks

If we have not opted out of third-party ad serving, cookies and similar technologies from other third-party vendors or advertising networks may also be used to serve advertisements on our website.

These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites or services in order to provide advertising, measurement, analytics, personalization, or other services. The third parties that may serve advertisements on our website may include Google and other advertising vendors or networks.

For information about Google’s advertising practices and privacy controls, please visit:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

You may also visit the websites of applicable third-party advertising vendors and advertising networks to learn more about their practices and, where available, opt out of their use of cookies or similar technologies for personalized advertising.

You can also visit:

http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ 

to learn more about interest-based advertising and available opt-out options from participating third-party advertising companies.

Cookies and Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You may be able to block, delete, or restrict cookies; however, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and may prevent certain advertising or personalization features from working as intended.

Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before placing or using certain advertising cookies and will provide appropriate choices for managing or withdrawing that consent.