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Source-backed from Spotify Privacy Policy

63
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
4
verified controls

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 1 finding
  • Microphone & Audio 1 finding
  • Messages 4 findings
  • Biometrics 2 findings
  • Sensitive Data 2 findings
  • Tracking 3 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 11 findings
  • Sharing 15 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 18 findings
  • Other 6 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Biometrics For age verification Spotify may use facial age estimation from a photo of your face

What this means

Where age verification is needed, Spotify may use facial age estimation based on a photo of your face to estimate how old you are.

For age verification, Spotify may use facial age estimation based on a photo of your face to estimate your age.

Why this matters

A face scan is a different kind of check from a date of birth, even when it is used for the same purpose.

What the policy says

facial age estimation: a photo of your face which is used to estimate your age

From Spotify Privacy Policy

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Advertising & Profiling If you later create an account, your logged-out usage data is combined with it

What this means

Where you create a Spotify account after using the service logged out, that earlier usage data will be combined with your account data.

If you later create a Spotify account, your logged-out usage data will be combined with your account data.

Why this matters

Listening you did before there was an account still ends up attached to one.

What the policy says

If you decide to create a Spotify account to experience our service in full, then we will combine this data with your Spotify account data.

From Spotify Privacy Policy

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Advertising & Profiling Spotify keeps your streaming history for the life of an account

What this means

Streaming history is kept for the life of the account, to provide features such as retrospective playlists and recommendations based on listening habits.

Spotify keeps streaming history for the life of an account to provide features like retrospective playlists and personalized recommendations based on listening habits.

Why this matters

Listening history is a long, honest record of mood, routine and taste.

What the policy says

We also keep streaming history for the life of an account, for example, to provide retrospective playlists that users enjoy and personalized recommendations that take listening habits into account (for example, Your Time Capsule or Your Summer Rewind).

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Advertising & Profiling 3
  • Controls & Permissions 3
  • Sharing 2
  • Tracking 2
  • Biometrics 1
  • Microphone & Audio 1

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A free account opens all 15 key findings. 48 additional reviewed findings are available in the complete report.

  • Location 1 more
  • Messages 4 more
  • Sensitive Data 2 more
  • Tracking 1 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 6 more
  • Sharing 13 more
  • Controls & Permissions 15 more
  • Other 6 more

  • Complete report

    48 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    4 verified privacy controls, 1 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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