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Privacy Policy
(Updated: June 14, 2007)
The following statement is submitted by Books on Tape, A Division of Random House, Inc. (B-O-T) and includes our policies regarding privacy, information sharing, and data collection. Every update to this document will be recorded by refreshing the, "Updated" field above. Major updates or changes to our policies will be announced in our e-mail newsletter.

Information about our Organization and website TOP

Our principal activity is: Publishing and distribution of unabridged audiobooks.

Our privacy policy covers Books on Tape, A Division of Random House, Inc. and its websites:

Organization Name: Books on Tape, A Division of Random House, Inc.
Address: 1745 Broadway, 16th Fl.
City, Zip: New York, 10019
State: NY
Country: United States
Data Controller: Ian Wallace
Websites: http://www.booksontape.com http://library.booksontape.com http://school.booksontape.com http://www.randomhouselargeprint.com


Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access TOP

You can access our website home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our website TOP

Our website enables you to post information to be accessed by others. When you do so, other visitors may collect your data.

Our website does include links to third party Web service providers (such as Bizrate.com, Amazon.com, and WishList.com).

Our WishList and PO Manager services are powered by WishList.com, a third party application service provider (ASP). Their servers and software provide all functionality for these services. Books on Tape owns the data stored in your WishList and PO Manager, and we reserve the right to discontinue either service or directly provide these features to our customers. To view the WishList.com privacy policy, please visit http://www.wishlist.com/company/privacy.htm.

Automatic Collection of Information TOP

We do not automatically log personal data nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals.

We do not use cookies to store personal data nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification TOP

We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services.

In some instances, we do collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.

To access the table of personal data collected and purposes for which they are used, please click here

We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated in the table below.

If we wish to use your personal data for new purposes, we offer you the means to consent to those new purposes:

  • by sending an email (never@booksontape.com)
  • by sending postal mail to this address (1745 Broadway, 16th Fl., New York, NY 10019)
  • by calling this telephone number (1-800-626-3333)

Children's Privacy TOP

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

We do not take specific steps to protect the privacy of children who disclose their personal data to us because we do not knowingly collect or sell personal data from children. Furthermore, we do not forsee that children should want to provide us with personal data.

We do not provide information about our personal data practices in relation to children on our home page or at those places on our website where we collect personal data. Again, we do this because we do not knowingly collect or sell personal data from children.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice TOP

We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organizations.

Confidentiality / Security TOP

We give you the option of using a secure transmission method to send us the following types of personal data:

  • primary personal data (such as name and contact details)
  • identifiers (such as credit card details, website password)

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

  • unauthorized access
  • improper use or disclosure
  • unauthorized modification
  • unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you TOP

You can ask us, by:

whether we are keeping personal data about you.

Upon request, which you can indicate by:

We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, although we may before require proof of your identity. We will provide the information without any charge.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data:

  • erased
  • rectified or amended
  • completed

We reserve the right to refuse to provide our visitors with a copy of their personal data, but will give reasons for our refusal.

We do, however, allow you to challenge our decision to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Compliance TOP

Our privacy policy is compliant with the following instrument: Online Privacy Alliance - United States

There are no global or regional regulatory or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our website or organization.

In order to demonstrate that our privacy policy accords with the above privacy instrument, we are:

  • voluntarily committed to a Self Assessment procedure

Self Assessment procedure

Name or designation of the privacy policy person or service: Ian Wallace, Privacy Specialist
URL: http://www.booksontape.com/privacy.cfm
Address: 1745 Broadway, 16th Fl., New York, NY 10019
Country: United States

Privacy Support TOP

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact:

Name/designation: Ian Wallace, Privacy Specialist
Address: 1745 Broadway, 16th Fl., New York, NY 10019
Phone Number: (212) 782-8321
Email address: privacy@booksontape.com
URL: http://www.booksontape.com/privacy.cfm


Personal data collected and purposes for which they are used TOP

Primary personal data/Business information

x volunteered by each visitor
pr collected from public records or bodies
po collected from private organizations (library and schools only)
- not collected

Primary personal data

Technical administration of the website Research &development Customer Administration Marketing Trading in personal data
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Business Information

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Other personal details and profiling data

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Family characteristics

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