The policy authorizes Audible to share personal data including identifiers, usage data, and listening history with Amazon.com and its subsidiaries and affiliates for purposes of improving products and services across the Amazon network.
This analysis describes what Audible's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This provision establishes a broad data-sharing authorization that extends personal data collected by Audible to the full Amazon affiliate network, which includes advertising, retail, and cloud services entities. Compliance teams should assess whether this cross-affiliate sharing is adequately disclosed in consent mechanisms and whether it triggers CCPA sale or sharing definitions or GDPR controller-to-controller transfer obligations.
Interpretive note: The scope of Amazon affiliates is not enumerated in the policy, and whether this sharing constitutes sale or sharing under CCPA/CPRA may depend on the purposes for which affiliate entities use the data.
Under this clause, personal data collected through Audible including listening history, account identifiers, and usage data may be shared with Amazon.com and its affiliated entities. The agreement does not limit this sharing to specific operational purposes, which means the data may be used by Amazon affiliates for their own product and advertising functions.
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We may share your personal information with our affiliates, meaning entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with Consensys. We also share information with service providers who assist in operating our services, subject to confidentiality obligations.
At Ledger, earning and maintaining our users' trust is a top priority. That's why we are deeply committed not only to protecting your privacy and securing your personal data, but also to being fully transparent about how we handle it.
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"Audible shares your personal information with Amazon.com, Inc. and the other subsidiaries and affiliates of Amazon.com, Inc. in order to provide and improve our and their products and services.— Excerpt from Audible's Audible Privacy Notice
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates CCPA/CPRA definitions of sharing and sale of personal information, GDPR Articles governing data controller obligations and lawful transfer bases, and FTC Act unfair or deceptive practices standards. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and state Attorneys General are primary enforcement authorities for California residents; the relevant supervisory authority under GDPR depends on Audible's EU establishment. 2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium-High. The breadth of the Amazon affiliate network means this provision authorizes personal data flows to a large number of related entities without specific enumeration. Under CPRA, sharing personal data with affiliates for cross-context behavioral advertising may constitute sharing subject to opt-out requirements. Under GDPR, the legal basis for each affiliate's processing must be independently established. 3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: California residents are most directly affected given CPRA's expanded sharing opt-out rights. EEA and UK users are affected by GDPR controller-to-controller transfer requirements and adequacy considerations for US-based Amazon affiliates. Minors' data sharing raises additional COPPA considerations for users under 13. 4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations entering B2B arrangements with Audible should assess whether data sharing agreements with Amazon affiliates are disclosed in vendor contracts and whether data processing addenda adequately describe the scope of affiliate sharing. This provision asserts broad sharing authority without enumerating specific Amazon entities, which may present challenges in data mapping exercises. 5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should verify that opt-out mechanisms for CCPA sharing are operational and conspicuously disclosed. GDPR compliance teams should confirm that standard contractual clauses or binding corporate rules cover intra-Amazon affiliate transfers from EEA to US entities. Data maps should reflect the full scope of Amazon affiliate sharing for audit readiness.
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This provision establishes a broad data-sharing authorization that extends personal data collected by Audible to the full Amazon affiliate network, which includes advertising, retail, and cloud services entities. Compliance teams should assess whether this cross-affiliate sharing is adequately disclosed in consent mechanisms and whether it triggers CCPA sale or sharing definitions or GDPR controller-to-controller transfer obligations.
Under this clause, personal data collected through Audible including listening history, account identifiers, and usage data may be shared with Amazon.com and its affiliated entities. The agreement does not limit this sharing to specific operational purposes, which means the data may be used by Amazon affiliates for their own product and advertising functions.
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