Hachette Book Group, Inc. Cookie Policy (original) (raw)

Effective July 1, 2023
Last Updated July 1, 2023

Hachette Book Group, Inc. (“Hachette,” “we,” “our, or “us”) uses cookies (which are small text files placed on your device and stored on your web browser), pixels (which are tiny images embedded within web pages and emails), and other similar digital tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) to allow us, our service providers, and our third-party partners to recognize and remember your device when you interact with our websites, applications, social media pages, emails, online newsletters, and advertisements (collectively, our “Services”). Our use of any personal information collected from or about you as described in this cookie policy (the “Cookie Policy”) is also subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy, of which this Cookie Policy is a part.

When you use our Services, we, our service providers, and/or our third-party partners may use Cookies to automatically collect the following information from you:

• Device information, including Internet Protocol address, device identifiers, and details about your web browser.
• Analytical information, including details about your interaction with our Services.
• Diagnostic information, including web traffic logs.
• Advertising information, including special advertising and other unique identifiers that enable us or our third-party partners to target advertisements to you.
• Business record information, including records of your purchases of products and services.

We use both first- and third-party Cookies in connection with your use of the Services. “First-party Cookies” are cookies that we, or service providers acting directly on our behalf, place on your browser when you use our Services. “Third-party Cookies” are cookies that certain of our third-party partners place on your browser when you use not only our Services, but other websites or applications. Please note that the information gathered from Third-Party Cookies placed on your web browser when you visit non-Hachette websites or applications may still be used to better target advertisements to you on our behalf.

We use the following categories of first- and third-party Cookies for the following purposes:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies. These Cookies are required to provide you with the Services, as well as for system administration, security, fraud prevention, and enabling customer purchases.
• Performance and Analytical Cookies. These Cookies collect data from which we can track the performance of our Services and the effectiveness of our marketing. We, our service providers, and our third-party partners use these Cookies to perform analytics so we can, among other things, improve our content and user experiences.
• Functionality Cookies. These Cookies enable us to provide certain features to you, such as determining whether you are a first-time visitor, remembering choices you have previously selected while using the Services, and assisting you with logging in after you have made any account in connection with the Services.
• Targeting and Advertising Cookies. These Cookies collect data about your browsing habits, use of the Services, preferences, and interactions with advertisements for the purposes of delivering interest-based advertising content on the Services and on third-party websites or applications.
• Social Media Cookies. These Cookies are set by social media platforms on the Services to enable you to share content through such platforms. Social media platforms can track your online activity outside of your use of the Services, which may impact the content and advertising you see on other websites and applications that you visit. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such social media platforms. For more information about how these social media platforms use Cookies, please read their privacy policies.

We may use the above-described Cookies with other information that we have collected from or about you, although always subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy.

Below is a list of service providers and third-party partners that we may use pursuant to this Cookie Policy, along with links to further information about their use of your information. Please note that this list may not be comprehensive and will be updated from time to time.

Most web browsers automatically accept Cookies, but if you prefer, you can usually modify your browser setting to disable or reject Cookies. If you delete your Cookies or set your browser to decline Cookies, some features of the Services may not be available, work, or work as designed. Many of the service providers and third-party partners listed above offer you the opportunity to opt-out of their tracking systems, and you can read more about the information they collect and how to opt-out of such tracking through the links listed in the table above under “Further Information”.

You can learn more about advertisement serving companies and the options available to limit their collection and use of your information generally by visiting the websites for the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Initiative. Similarly, you can learn about your options to opt-out of mobile application tracking by certain advertising networks through your device settings and by resetting the advertiser identification on your Apple or Android device. Please note that opting-out of advertising network services and tracking does not mean that you will not receive advertising at all while using our Services or on other websites or applications, nor will it prevent the receipt of interest-based advertising from other companies that do not participate in these programs. It will, however, exclude you from interest-based advertising conducted through participating networks, as provided by their policies and choice mechanisms. If you delete your Cookies, you may also delete your opt-out preferences.

If you have any questions, comments, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Hachette Book Group, Inc.
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
Attention: Legal
Email: privacy@hbgusa.com

This Cookie Policy may be revised occasionally and in accordance with legal requirements. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about how we, our service providers, and our third-party partners use Cookies in connection with the Services.

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