PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: June 10, 2026

Welcome to Audiobook Mastering (the "Site," "we," "us," or "our"), accessible via https://www.audiobookmastering.com. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information and intellectual property you share with us.

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, process, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, utilize our technical QC audit tools, upload manuscripts or audio assets, or engage our production services.

Please read this policy carefully. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a specific user or device. This includes:

  • Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, phone number, billing address, and account login credentials.
  • Project & Production Assets: Audio files, manuscripts, texts, PDF books, metadata, and related project materials uploaded to our platform for technical analysis, preprocessing, or mastering.
  • Technical & Usage Data: IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, referring URLs, device identifiers, and information on how you interact with our website.
  • Payment Information: Financial data required to process transactions (e.g., credit card info, billing details). Note: All payment processing is handled securely via third-party merchants; we do not store raw credit card numbers on our servers.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use the collected information for specific, production-driven purposes, including:

  • To Deliver Services: To perform technical audio QC audits, run script-based manuscript sanitization, evaluate words-per-minute (WPM) data, execute professional audio mastering workflows, and generate technical compliance reports.
  • To Improve Our Automation Tools: To refine our internal processing engines, script performance, and platform functionality, ensuring frame-accurate analysis and technical compliance.
  • Communication: To send project updates, technical report summaries, invoices, and support responses.
  • Security & Verification: To detect, prevent, and mitigate fraudulent transactions, unauthorized access, or intellectual property breaches.
  • Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable state and federal regulations, laws, and professional standards.

3. DATA PROCESSING, SEPARATION, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We treat your creative work with the highest level of professional confidentiality:

  • Strict Content Isolation: Your uploaded audio assets, manuscripts, and texts are processed independently. Production data from one client is never integrated, shared, or cross-referenced with another client’s files.
  • Non-Destructive Workflows: Our proprietary script utilities and delivery engines analyze and process files non-destructively, preserving your original source material.
  • No Unauthorized AI Training: Your proprietary manuscripts, voice assets, or completed audiobooks are never used to train external, public, or third-party AI models without your explicit written consent. Your intellectual property remains exclusively yours.

4. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

We may use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our Site. These tools help us analyze web traffic, remember your preferences, and optimize site navigation.

You can control cookie settings through your individual browser. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality or availability of certain interactive features on our Site.

5. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information or project files to third parties. We only share information under the following limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share data with trusted third-party vendors who perform essential operations for us, such as secure payment processing, web hosting, or encrypted data storage. These providers are strictly bound by confidentiality agreements.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose information if required by law, subpoena, or government order to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, client data may be transferred as a business asset, subject to the same confidentiality commitments.

6. DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION

We implement robust, industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information and production assets against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure.

  • Retention of Project Files: Technical report data, manuscripts, and audio assets are retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the production, mastering, or technical audit request, or to comply with explicit data retention arrangements made with the client.
  • Purging Data: Upon project completion and delivery verification, source files and temporary processing assets are systematically purged from our active local processing engines according to our secure data lifecycle protocols.

7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on your geographic location (such as California or the EU), you may have specific rights regarding your personal data, including:

  • The Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
  • The Right to Correction: Request that we update or correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • The Right to Deletion: Request that we erase your personal details and associated project history from our active marketing and account databases (subject to legal or contractual retention requirements).
  • The Right to Opt-Out: Opt-out of any promotional or automated communications at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect updates in our engineering workflows, technical services, or shifting legal landscapes. Any changes will be posted directly to this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Site following updates constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

9. CONTACT US

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the security of your creative assets, please contact us at:

Audiobook Mastering Email: support@audiobookmastering.com
Website: https://www.audiobookmastering.com