Kids invent new ways to improve Earth at KID Musuem, including Potomac sewage spill

Nbcwashington · May 31, 2026 · 1525 words · By Jessica Albert

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Claim 1: “For inquiries about this Cookies Notice, please contact us at Privacy@nbcuni.com or Chief Privacy Officer, NBCUniversal Legal Department, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112, US.”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — we use cookies (small text files placed on your computer or device) and other tracking technologies on the Services... including HTTP cookies, HTML5 and Flash local storage/flash cookies, web beacons/…
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Claim 3: “For inquiries from users who reside in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, please contact us at Privacy@nbcuni.com or Privacy, Legal Department, Central Saint Giles, St Giles High Street, London, WC2H 8NU, UK”

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Claim 5: “NBCUniversal and its affiliates, along with our partners, including advertisers and vendors, use cookies and similar tracking technologies when you use our websites, applications, such as games, interactive TV, voice-activated assistants, and other services”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — NBCUniversal and its affiliates, along with our partners, including advertisers and vendors, use cookies and similar tracking technologies when you use our websites, applications, such as games, inter…
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Claim 6: “The Services use the following types of first and third-party Cookies... Strictly Necessary Cookies... Information Storage and Access... Measurement and Analytics... Personalization Cookies... Content Selection and Delivery Cookies... Ad Selection and Delivery Cookies... Social Media Cookies”

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The use of these specific cookie types is confirmed by the Nbcwashington policy and corroborated by an independent web search result from 'Cookie Notice | NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA'.

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Claim 8: “For more information or to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from participating third-party advertisers... please visit: Digital Advertising Alliance in the US, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, Australian Digital Advertising Alliance”

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Wikipedia (AdChoices) and web search results confirm that the Digital Advertising Alliance operates self-regulatory opt-out programs for interest-based advertising in the US, Canada, and Europe.

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Claim 12: “To disable analytics Cookies you can use... Google’s Privacy Policy and Google Analytics Opt-Out, Omniture’s Privacy Policy and Omniture’s Opt-Out, Mixpanel’s Privacy Policy and Mixpanel’s Opt-Out”

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The specific opt-out mechanisms for Google, Omniture, and Mixpanel as they relate to NBCUniversal's services are only mentioned in the Nbcwashington policy documents.

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Claim 13: “You can also opt out of some of the advertising providers we use by visiting their opt-out pages: Google’s Privacy Policy and Google Analytics Opt-Out Page, Facebook Privacy Policy and Facebook’s Opt-Out Page, Twitter Privacy Policy and Twitter’s Opt-Out Page, Liveramp’s Privacy Policy and Liveramp Opt-Out Page”

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