Audible
- The policy allows AI training; it does not describe an opt-out.
- Your data is used for personalized ads, including by third-party ad companies.
- Data is shared with partners and affiliates; you can opt out.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
Amazon-style tracking, ads, and AI training; membership auto-renews with no refunds and can be ended without notice.
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- Uses your content for AI training with no opt-out
Collected
Account and listening data plus location, contacts, voice, cameras, and browsing history.
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Privacy policy
“We automatically collect and store certain types of information about your use of Amazon Services, including information about your interaction with products, content, and services available through Amazon Services.”
Training
They personalize, show ads, and say they use data to develop generative AI models.
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Privacy policy
“This includes using data to develop or deploy our generative AI models and services.”
Sharing
Service providers, affiliates, transaction partners, and ad companies can get some of your data.
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Privacy policy
“We share customers' personal information only as described below and with subsidiaries Amazon.com, Inc. controls that either are subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.”
Kept
They do not say how long they keep it; old copies can stay after you update info.
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Privacy policy
“When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records.”
Controls
You can change ads, emails, and recommendations, or request access and deletion.
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Privacy policy
“In addition, to the extent required by applicable law, you may have the right to request access to or delete your personal information.”
Fine print
Plans auto-renew, fees are usually non-refundable, and they can cancel you without notice.
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Terms of service
“If you cancel your membership or subscription, you will not receive a refund of any fees already paid.”
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What you can turn off
The controls and opt-outs their own documents describe, and where they say to find them.
Cancel membership before renewal
Account Details on Audible.com, or the iOS / Google Play cancel pages if you signed up in an app
Adjust personalized ads
Your Ads Privacy Choices
Request access or deletion
Data Privacy Queries
Turn down recommendations
Improve Your Recommendations and uncheck “Use this item for recommendations”
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
They say they use customer data to build and run generative AI, and these pages do not give a clear off switch.
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Privacy policy
“This includes using data to develop or deploy our generative AI models and services.”
For example, your listening or shopping history could be used to help train Amazon AI tools.
They can shut off your membership whenever they want and do not have to warn you first.
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Terms of service
“we reserve the right to cancel the Service and any membership plan in whole or in part, and to terminate your membership and use of the Service at our discretion without notice.”
For example, you could lose access to membership titles overnight without an email first.
Paid plans keep charging unless you cancel first, and they may not even notify you before the charge.
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Terms of service
“you authorize us, or a third party through which you transact (without notice to you, unless required by applicable law) to collect the then-applicable fees and any taxes”
For example, after a free trial they can bill your card again even if you forgot the date.
Money you already paid for a plan is generally gone even if you cancel right away.
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Terms of service
“If you cancel your membership or subscription, you will not receive a refund of any fees already paid.”
For example, canceling on day two of a monthly plan still leaves that month unpaid back.
They can rewrite the rules and keep going; using the app after that counts as saying yes.
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Terms of service
“We may, in our discretion, change the Terms and all elements of them and any aspect of the Service, without notice to you.”
For example, credit rules could change and you would only find out if you re-read the terms.
They build ad interest from your activity and also work with outside ad companies.
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Privacy policy
“We use your personal information to display interest-based ads for features, products, and services that might be of interest to you.”
For example, listening to a thriller might lead to more ads for similar books or devices.
Voice and camera data is not just used in the moment; they also use it to improve services.
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Privacy policy
“When you use our voice, image and camera services, we use your voice input, images, videos, and other personal information to respond to your requests, provide the requested service to you, and improve our services.”
For example, if you talk to Alexa, that recording can be kept and used to improve voice features.
If you use that feature, they can get people, addresses, and phone numbers from your address book.
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Privacy policy
“talk to or otherwise interact with our Alexa Voice service; • upload your contacts; • configure your settings on, provide data access permissions for, or interact with”
For example, uploading contacts so a friend can get a gift could send your whole list to Amazon.
They say they do not sell your personal information as a product, though they still share it as described.
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Privacy policy
“we are not in the business of selling our customers' personal information to others.”
For example, they still give ad partners identifiers so ads can be targeted without using your name.
They describe real security steps for payments, including encryption and card-data rules.
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Privacy policy
“We follow the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) when handling credit card data.”
For example, your credit card number is supposed to be handled under PCI DSS rules.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- personal data
- Any information that is about you or can be linked to you, from your name to your phone's ID. For example, your email, your IP address and the list of apps on your phone are all personal data.
- affiliates
- Other companies owned by or connected to the same parent company. For example, if you use one app, its sister apps under the same owner may also get your data.
- third parties
- Any company or person other than you and the app, such as advertisers, partners or analytics firms. For example, an analytics company that receives a record of every screen you tap is a third party.
- targeted advertising
- Ads chosen for you based on what you have done across other apps and websites, not just this one. For example, you look at shoes in one app and see shoe ads in a totally different app the next day.
- inputs and outputs
- Inputs are what you type, say or upload to an AI; outputs are what it gives back to you. For example, the question you ask a chatbot is an input and its answer is an output, and both may be stored.
How we got here · grade F · score 26/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 3 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect account and usage data plus location, contacts, photos and videos, store cameras, and browsing history.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
Voice, images, and videos from those features are used to answer you and to improve services, and voice recordings can sit on your account.
Are your chats and uploads used to train AI models, and is that off by default?
They say they use data to develop generative AI models. These documents do not describe a way to turn that off.
Can employees or contractors read your conversations, and when?
Not stated in the documents.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They run interest-based ads and let third-party ad partners collect information when you see their ads.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they do not sell personal information, but they share with affiliates, transaction partners, and ad companies, and you can adjust ad choices.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
Not stated in the documents.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
Deletion is by a Data Privacy Queries request where the law requires it, not a clear in-app wipe with a deadline.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
They personalize and recommend based on your activity. You can tweak recommendations, but a full memory on/off is not described.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They describe encryption in transit, PCI DSS for cards, and physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards. No leak history is in these pages.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
Under 18 needs a parent or guardian. They say they do not knowingly collect from children under 13 without parental consent.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy notice is dated, but Audible terms say they can change rules without notice and continued use means you accept.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can end your membership and use of the service at their discretion without notice. Purchased licenses are said to continue after you cancel.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
Not stated in the documents.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Memberships auto-renew and fees already paid are not refunded. You can cancel in Account Details or through the app stores.
The privacy policy is 3,665 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 33.2); the terms are 1,603 words at a college level.
