Audible allows third-party advertising and analytics companies to track your behavior on the platform and across other websites using cookies and similar technologies to deliver targeted ads.
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The clause establishes the operational framework for Audible's advertising delivery and analytics infrastructure by explicitly authorizing third-party data collection and use. This authorization structure determines how user activity data flows to external vendors and how that data may be processed for advertising purposes.
Third-party advertising companies embedded in Audible can track your online behavior across the internet using cookies and web beacons, and use that data to serve targeted ads — your Audible activity contributes to a broader cross-web advertising profile.
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"We work with third-party companies to serve ads and to provide analytics services. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our services and other websites and apps. This information may be used to serve you interest-based advertising.— Excerpt from Audible's Audible Privacy Notice
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates GDPR Arts. 6 and 7 (lawful basis and consent for cookie-based tracking), the EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) requiring prior informed consent for non-essential cookies, CCPA/CPRA 'sharing' of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising (§1798.135), and FTC Act Section 5 for deceptive or undisclosed tracking practices. Enforcement by EU DPAs, CPPA, California AG, and FTC.
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The clause establishes the operational framework for Audible's advertising delivery and analytics infrastructure by explicitly authorizing third-party data collection and use. This authorization structure determines how user activity data flows to external vendors and how that data may be processed for advertising purposes.
Third-party advertising companies embedded in Audible can track your online behavior across the internet using cookies and web beacons, and use that data to serve targeted ads — your Audible activity contributes to a broader cross-web advertising profile.
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