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11## Spotify Privacy Policy
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3Effective as of September 9, 2015
3Effective as of May 25, 2018
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551 [Introduction]()
62 [Key highlights of what you're consenting to]()
73 [The information we collect]()
84 [How we use the information we collect]()
95 [Sharing information]()
106 [Your preferences]()
117 [Transfer to other countries]()
128 [Links]()
139 [Security]()
1410 [Children]()
1511 [Accessing and updating user information]()
1612 [Changes to the Privacy Policy]()
1713 [Information about cookies, other technologies, and third-party data collection]()
62 [About this Policy]()
73 [Your rights and your preferences: Giving you choice and control]()
84 [How do we collect your personal data?]()
95 [What personal data do we collect from you?]()
106 [What do we use your personal data for?]()
117 [Sharing your personal data]()
128 [Data retention and deletion]()
139 [Transfer to other countries]()
1410 [Links]()
1511 [Keeping your data safe]()
1612 [Children]()
1713 [Changes to this Privacy Policy]()
1814 [How to contact us]()
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19Hello, and welcome to our Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy helps you to make informed decisions about your relationship with us, so please read it carefully. We hope you're sitting comfortably and getting ready for some great tunes. Here we go...
20## 1\. Introduction
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21## 1 Introduction
22Thanks for choosing Spotify!
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23Thanks for choosing Spotify. This is our Privacy Policy. Before getting into the details, we'd like to highlight some of the key principles behind it. These principles are important to us because we know they're important to you.
24At Spotify, we want to give you the best possible experience to ensure that you enjoy our service today, tomorrow, and in the future. To do this we need to understand your listening habits so we can deliver an exceptional and personalized service specifically for you. That said, your privacy and the security of your personal data is, and will always be, enormously important to us. So, we want to transparently explain how and why we gather, store, share and use your personal data - as well as outline the controls and choices you have around when and how you choose to share your personal data.
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25The Privacy Policy is here to do three things:
26That is our objective, and this Privacy Policy ("Policy") will explain exactly what we mean in further detail below.
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271. Explain the way we use information that you share with us in order to build a great product and give you a great experience with it;
282. Ensure that you understand what information we collect with your permission, and what we do - and do not do - with it;
293. Hold us accountable for protecting your rights and your privacy under this policy.
28## 2\. About this Policy
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31**All the information we collect is related to providing the Spotify service and its features.**
30This Policy sets out the essential details relating to your personal data relationship with Spotify. The Policy applies to all Spotify services and any associated services (referred to as the 'Spotify Service'). The terms governing your use of the Spotify Service are defined in our [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/) (the "Terms and Conditions of Use").
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33Broadly speaking, there are two categories of information we collect: 1) information that we must have in order for you to use Spotify; and 2) information that we can use to provide additional features and improved experiences if you choose to share that information.
32From time to time, we may develop new or offer additional services. If the introduction of these new or additional services results in any change to the way we collect or process your personal data we will provide you with more information and additional terms or policies. Unless stated otherwise when we introduce these new or additional services, they will be subject to this Policy.
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35The first category includes:
34The aim of this Policy is to:
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37- Registration information, including your name, birth date, address, and other information you provide when you sign up for Spotify.
38- Broad, non-specific location, which we derive from your IP address. Our licenses to deliver music and other content to you are location-specific, so we need to know what country you're in. This also enables us to make suggestions based on your general location, like concerts or performances.
39- The music you listen to and your interactions with the Service. This allows us to make recommendations to you and suggest relevant content. You can choose whether or not to share this information with your friends, followers, or the public.
40- Technical and sensor information necessary to operate Spotify. This includes the type of browser and device you use, data from the touchscreen, and information from your device's accelerometer and gyroscope sensors. This enables you to control Spotify and allows us to do simple things like rotate videos and recommend music based on whether you're sitting still or running.
36> 1. Ensure that you understand what personal data we collect about you, the reasons why we collect and use it, and who we share it with;
37> 2. Explain the way we use the personal data that you share with us in order to give you a great experience when you are using the Spotify Service; and
38> 3. Explain your rights and choices in relation to the personal data we collect and process about you and how we will protect your privacy.
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42The second category includes information that enables us to offer you additional features. We never receive any of the following information unless you expressly choose to share it with us. It's as simple as that. Here are some examples:
40We hope this helps you to understand our privacy commitments to you. For further clarification of the terms used in this Policy please visit our [Privacy Center](https://www.spotify.com/privacy/) on spotify.com. For information on how to contact us if you ever have any questions or concerns, please see the ['How to Contact Us' Section 14]() below. Alternatively, if you do not agree with the content of this Policy, then please remember it is your choice whether you want to use the Spotify Service.
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44- Your specific location: We will never gather or use your specific device location without first getting your explicit permission. This information enables us to create collaborative listening experiences (only with others who have also given permission), and to provide even better recommendations about locally popular music, live venues, and concerts.
45- Your photos: We will only access images that you specifically choose, and we will never scan or import your photo library or camera roll. This allows you to choose individual pictures to change your profile picture or create cover art for a playlist. You can stop sharing photos and revoke access at any time.
46- Your contacts: We will never scan or import your contacts unless you ask us to. If you choose to do so, we will only use your contact information to help you find friends or contacts who use Spotify.
47- Your microphone: We will never access or use your microphone unless you give us explicit permission. This could enable you to control Spotify with your voice, and you will always have the ability to disable access to the microphone.
42## 3\. Your rights and your preferences: Giving you choice and control
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49The distinction between these two categories is important. Information in the first category is information you must provide in order to use Spotify. When you agree to our Privacy Policy, you give us the right to collect this information and use it for the purposes described. Information in the second category is information we will only collect if you explicitly give us permission to do so in the future. For this second category of information, we will ask for your permission before first accessing it, we will describe how we will use it if you give us permission, we will only use the information for the purpose we described, and you will always have the ability to change your mind and revoke that permission. Acceptance of our Privacy Policy does not mean you have granted us permission to access or use information in the second category; we're just explaining to you that one day we might ask you for that permission.
44You may be aware that a new European Union law, called the General Data Protection Regulation or "GDPR" gives certain rights to individuals in relation to their personal data. Accordingly, we have implemented additional transparency and access controls in our Privacy Center and Privacy Settings to help users take advantage of those rights. As available and except as limited under applicable law, the rights afforded to individuals are:
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51**We will be clear with you about how and when we might share information.**
46- Right of Access - the right to be informed of and request access to the personal data we process about you;
47- Right to Rectification - the right to request that we amend or update your personal data where it is inaccurate or incomplete;
48- Right to Erasure - the right to request that we delete your personal data;
49- Right to Restrict - the right to request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your personal data;
50- Right to Object -
51 - the right, at any time, to object to us processing your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation;
52 - the right to object to your personal data being processed for direct marketing purposes;
53- Right to Data Portability - the right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic format and the right to transmit that personal data for use in another party's service; and
54- Right not to be subject to Automated Decision-making - the right to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated decision making, including profiling, where the decision would have a legal effect on you or produce a similarly significant effect.
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53In some contexts, we will share certain information. For example, like most services, if you sign up for Spotify through a third party like Facebook or a mobile provider, we share some information with them and they share some information with us in order to enable your account. And we also share de-identified information with our music industry partners to help them understand how the content they license to us is performing, with marketing partners who help us with promotional efforts, and with advertisers that allow us to offer a free service. There also may be times when you want us to share information. For example, when you make playlists, you might want those playlists to be visible to your friends... and you might not. Similarly, you can ask us to share information (like your email address) with artists or record labels, or other partners who may want to directly send you news or promotional offers, but you can also revoke that permission at any time.
56In order to enable you to exercise these rights with ease and to record your preferences in relation to how Spotify uses your personal data, we provide you with access to the following settings via your Account Settings page:
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58- **_Privacy Settings_** - allows you to control some of the categories of personal data we process about you, enables you to access your personal data via a 'Download my Data' button, and includes a link to the [Privacy Center](https://www.spotify.com/privacy/) on spotify.com where you can find out more information about how Spotify uses your personal data and what your rights are; and,
59- **_Notification Settings_** - allows you to choose which communications you receive from Spotify, manage your publicly available personal data, and set your sharing preferences.
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57We hope this helps you to understand our privacy commitments to you. Now, the details await you below, but please remember that this Introduction is part of the Privacy Policy itself - it's our promise to you. If you ever have any questions or concerns, then please let us know at [privacy@spotify.com](mailto:privacy@spotify.com).
61The Privacy Center puts you in control of how Spotify processes your personal data. It provides you with information about what happens if you adjust your settings on your Account Settings page and how to opt out of receiving certain messages from Spotify. If we send you electronic marketing messages based on your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, you may, at any time, respectively withdraw such consent or declare your objection ("opt-out") at no cost. The electronic marketing messages you receive from Spotify (e.g. those sent via email) also will include an opt-out mechanism within the message itself (e.g. an unsubscribe link in the emails we send to you).
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59Throughout this Privacy Policy we refer to the Spotify Service or the Service. These terms are defined in our [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/) (the "Terms and Conditions of Use").
63You can find out more about the GDPR rights described above and the controls we provide to all Spotify users with respect to these rights in the 'Your Rights' section contained in the Privacy Center. If you have any questions about your privacy, your rights, or how to exercise them, please contact our Data Protection Officer using the 'Contact Us' form on the Privacy Center. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period of time upon verification of your identity. If you are unhappy with the way we are using your personal data you can also contact and are free to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Data Protection Authority (Datainspektionen) or your local Data Protection Authority.
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61## 2 Key highlights of what you're consenting to
65## 4\. How do we collect your personal data?
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63By using or interacting with the Service, you are consenting to:
67We collect your personal data in the following ways:
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651. the use of [cookies and other technologies]();
662. the [transfer of your information outside of the country where you live]();
673. the collection, use, sharing, and other processing of your information, including for advertising-related purposes (as described in the rest of this Privacy Policy, so please keep on reading!); and
684. the public availability of your information and the controls over such information as described in [Sharing information]().
69> 1. **When you sign up for the Spotify Service** - when you sign up to the Spotify Service, we collect certain personal data so you can use the Spotify Service such as your email address, birth date, gender, and country.
70> 2. **Through your use of the Spotify Service** - when you use the Spotify Service, we collect personal data about your use of the Spotify Service, such as what songs you have played and what playlists you have created.
71> 3. **Personal data collected that enables us to provide you with additional features/functionality** - from time to time, you also may provide us with additional personal data or give us your permission to collect additional personal data e.g. to provide you with more features or functionality. As described further below (see Voluntary Music Data), we will not collect photos, precise mobile device location, voice data, or contacts from your device without your prior consent. You always will have the option to change your mind and withdraw your consent at any time.
72> 4. **From third parties** - we will receive personal data about you and your activity from third parties, including advertisers and partners we work with in order to provide you with the Spotify Service (please see ['Sharing your personal data' Section 7]() below). We will use this personal data either where you have provided your consent to the third party or to Spotify to that data sharing taking place or where Spotify has a legitimate interest to use the personal data in order to provide you with the Spotify Service.
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70In each case, you consent to the processing of data by the entities described in this Privacy Policy, including the Spotify entity, as data controller, indicated at the bottom of this document (collectively, "Spotify", "we", "us", "our"). In the [Your Preferences]() section, we describe the controls and relevant settings associated with your Spotify account. If you don't agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, then please don't use the Service.
74We use anonymised and aggregated information for purposes that include testing our IT systems, research, data analysis, creating marketing and promotion models, improving the Spotify Service, and developing new features and functionality within the Spotify Service.
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72## 3 The information we collect
76## 5.What personal data do we collect from you?
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74We may collect and store the following information-
78We have set out in the tables below the categories of personal data we collect and use about you:
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76### 3.1 Registration data
80**_Personal data collected when you sign up for the Spotify Service_**
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78When you sign up for the Service, we may ask you for information such as your username, password, email address, date of birth, gender, address, postal code, and country. If you connect to the Service using credentials from a Third Party Application (as defined in the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/)) (e.g., Facebook), you authorise us to collect your authentication information, such as your username and encrypted access credentials. We may also collect other information available on or through your Third Party Application account, including, for example, your name, profile picture, country, hometown, email address, date of birth, gender, friends' names and profile pictures, and networks.
82| Categories of personal data | Description of category |
83| --- | --- |
84| **Account Registration Data** | This is the personal data that is provided by you or collected by us to enable you to sign up for and use the Spotify Service. This includes your email address, birth date, gender, postal code, and country.
85Some of the personal data we will ask you to provide is required in order to create your account. You also have the option to provide us with some additional personal data in order to make your account more personalized.
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80You may also choose to voluntarily add other information to your profile, such as your mobile phone number and mobile service provider.
87The exact personal data we will collect depends on the type of Spotify Service plan you sign up for and whether or not you use a Third Party Service (as defined in the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/), such as Facebook) to sign up and use the Spotify Service. If you use a Third Party Service to create an account, we will receive personal data via that Third Party Service but only when you have consented to that Third Party Service sharing your personal data with us.
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82### 3.2 Usage, log data & cookies
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84When you use or interact with the Service, we may use a variety of technologies that collect information about how the Service is accessed and used. This information may include:
91**_Personal data collected through your use of the Spotify Service_**
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861. information about your type of subscription and your interactions with the Service, such as interactions with songs, playlists, other audiovisual content, other Spotify users, Third Party Applications, and advertising, products, and services which are offered, linked to, or made available on or through the Service;
872. the details of the queries you make and the date and time of your request;
883. User Content (as defined in the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/)) you post to the Service including messages you send and/or receive via the Service;
894. technical data, which may include URL information, cookie data, your IP address, the types of devices you are using to access or connect to the Spotify Service, unique device ID, device attributes, network connection type (e.g., WiFi, 3G, LTE) and provider, network and device performance, browser type, language, information enabling digital rights management, operating system, and Spotify application version.
905. motion-generated or orientation-generated mobile sensor data (e.g., accelerometer or gyroscope).
93| Categories of personal data | Description of category |
94| --- | --- |
95| **Spotify Service Usage Data** | This is the personal data that is collected about you when you are using the Spotify Service - this may include:
96> - Information about your type of Spotify Service plan.
97> - Information about your interactions with the Spotify Service which includes the date and time of any requests you make, songs you have listened to, playlists you create, video content you've watched, and your interactions with other Spotify users. This also may include details of your use of Third Party Applications and advertising you receive.
98> - User Content (as defined in the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/)) you post to Spotify including messages you send and/or receive via Spotify and your interactions with the Spotify Customer Service team.
99> - Technical Data which may include URL information, cookie data, your IP address, the types of devices you are using to access or connect to the Spotify Service, unique device IDs, device attributes, network connection type (e.g. WiFi, 3G, LTE, Bluetooth) and provider, network and device performance, browser type, language, information enabling digital rights management, operating system, and Spotify application version. Further details about the technical data that is processed by us can be found in our [Cookies Policy](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/cookies-policy/).
100> - Motion-generated or orientation-generated mobile sensor data (e.g. accelerometer or gyroscope) required for the purposes of providing specific features of the Spotify Service to you.
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92You may integrate your Spotify account with Third Party Applications. If you do, we may receive similar information related to your interactions with the Service on the Third Party Application, as well as information about your publicly available activity on the Third Party Application. This includes, for example, your "Like"s and posts on Facebook. We may use cookies and other technologies to collect this information; you can learn more about such use in the section [Information about cookies and other technologies]() of this Privacy Policy.
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94### 3.3 Your mobile device
104**_Personal data collected with your permission that enables us to provide you with additional features/functionality_**
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96We may provide features that rely on the use of additional information on your mobile device or require access to certain services on your mobile device that will enhance your Spotify experience but are not required to use the Service. (In other words, information that falls in the second category described in the Introduction to this Policy.) For example, we might allow you to upload photos to your profile, connect with friends, or let you use voice commands to control the Service. Granting us access does not mean you are granting us unlimited access to that information or that we will access specific information without your permission. To the contrary, for each type of information listed in this section, before we access this information or these features of your mobile device, we will ask for your permission. If you provide such permission, we will collect the information for the specific purposes explained at the time we ask for your permission. You do not have to give us such permission in order to use Spotify, and acceptance of this Privacy Policy does not mean you have granted us permission to access this information.
106| Categories of personal data | Description of category |
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108| **Voluntary Mobile Data** | In addition to the mobile data we collect to provide you with the Spotify Service ([outlined above]()), you also have the option to give us your consent to collect additional personal data from your mobile device to provide you with features/functionality that will enhance your Spotify Service experience.
109We will not access any of the personal data listed below without first obtaining your consent:
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98In particular:
111> - Your photos - If you give us permission to access your photos or camera, we will only access images that you specifically choose to share with us and metadata related to those images, such as the type of file and the size of the image. We will never scan or import your photo library or camera roll;
112> - Your precise mobile device location - If you give us permission to access your precise location, this enables us to access your GPS or Bluetooth to provide location-aware functionality in the Spotify Service. Please note that this does not include your IP address. We use your IP address to determine non-precise location, for example, what country you are in to comply with our licensing agreements;
113> - Your voice data - If you give us permission, this enables us to access the voice commands captured via your device microphone to enable you to interact with the Spotify Service with your voice. Please note you will always have the ability to turn off the microphone feature; and,
114> - Your contacts - If you give us permission to access your contacts, this enables us to access individual contacts stored on your device to help you find friends who use Spotify.
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100- Photos and Camera: We will not access your photos or camera without first getting your explicit permission and we will never scan or import your photo library or camera roll. If you give us permission to access photos or your camera, we will only use images that you specifically choose to share with us. (You may use our application to select the photo or photos you choose to share, but we will never import the photos you review except those you explicitly share.).
101- Location: We will not gather or use the specific location of your mobile device (by using, for example, GPS or Bluetooth) without first getting your explicit permission. And if you choose to share location information but later change your mind, you will always have the ability to stop sharing. Please note that this does not include IP address. We will continue to use your IP address as described in [Section 3.2]() above, to determine, for example, what country you are in and comply with our licensing agreements.
102- Voice: We will not access your microphone without first getting your explicit permission. You will always have the ability to disable microphone access.
103- Contacts: We will not scan or import your contacts stored on your phone without first getting your explicit permission. We will only use the contact information to help you find friends or contacts who use Spotify if you choose to do so, and we will not use contact information for any other purpose without first getting your separate explicit permission. Local law may require that you seek the consent of your contacts to provide their personal information to Spotify, which may use that information for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
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117| **Payment Data** | We may collect such personal data if you sign up for a Trial or purchase any of our Paid Subscriptions (as defined in the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/)) or make other purchases through the Spotify Service. The exact personal data collected will vary depending on the payment method (e.g. direct via your mobile phone carrier or by invoice) but will include information such as:
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105### 3.4 Widget data
119> - Name;
120> - Date of birth;
121> - Credit or debit card type, expiration date, and certain digits of your card number;
122> - Postal code;
123> - Mobile phone number; and
124> - Details of your transaction history.
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107Other websites may integrate Spotify widgets (such as the Spotify Play Button or Spotify Follow Button). When you visit a site with a Spotify widget embedded, we may receive certain information, including information about the web page you visited. Spotify and the widget can recognise you, and the widget may be used to show personalised content or advertising. We know when you interact with a widget, and websites containing the widgets may receive this information.
126If you choose to pay by invoice, we will provide your personal data to our payment processors to enable them to complete a credit check and to send you invoices. |
127| **Contests, Surveys and Sweepstakes Data** | This personal data is used to allow you to sign up and participate in these types of promotions. The exact personal data collected will vary depending on the promotion. |
128| **Marketing Data** | This personal data is used to enable Spotify and our partners / service providers to send you marketing communications either:
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109### 3.5 Payment data
130> - Via email;
131> - Whilst using the Spotify Service; and/or
132> - Direct from the third party.
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111If you sign up for a Trial (as defined in the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/)), purchase any of our Paid Subscriptions (as defined in the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/)), or make other purchases through the Service, your credit or debit card information (such as card type and expiration date) and other financial data that we need to process your payment may be collected and stored by us and/or the payment processors with which we work. We may also collect some limited information, such as your postal code, mobile number, and details of your transaction history, all of which are necessary to provide the Service. In addition, the payment processors generally provide us with some limited information related to you, such as a unique token that enables you to make additional purchases using the information they've stored, and your card's type, expiration date, and certain digits of your card number.
134You can find out more about the personal data collected and the controls you have in relation to the marketing communications you receive via the [Privacy Center](https://www.spotify.com/privacy/) |
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113If you choose to pay by invoice, Spotify may need to collect and store additional information, like your name, date of birth, and phone number, and provide it to payment processors we work with to issue invoices, to enable credit checks and to send you invoices.
136## 6\. What do we use your personal data for?
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115BY ACCEPTING THE PRIVACY POLICY, YOU EXPRESSLY AUTHORISE SPOTIFY TO USE AND SHARE WITH OTHER COMPANIES IN THE SPOTIFY GROUP, AS WELL AS CERTAIN TRUSTED BUSINESS PARTNERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHICH MAY BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY OF YOUR RESIDENCE (INCLUDING COUNTRIES WHICH DO NOT PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA AS THE COUNTRY OF YOUR RESIDENCE), THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU TO SPOTIFY, EVEN IF SUCH INFORMATION IS COVERED BY LOCAL BANKING SECRECY LAWS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING SUCH INFORMATION FOR THE PROVISION OF THE SPOTIFY SERVICE AND ALSO AGREE THAT, BY ACCEPTING THIS PRIVACY POLICY, WHERE APPLICABLE AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS UNDER SUCH BANK SECRECY LAWS WITH REGARD TO SPOTIFY, ANY COMPANY IN THE SPOTIFY GROUP, AND ANY TRUSTED BUSINESS PARTNERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHICH MAY BE LOCATED OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE. THIS CONSENT IS GIVEN FOR THE DURATION OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPOTIFY.
138When you use or interact with the Spotify Service, we use a variety of technologies to process the personal data we collect about you for various reasons. We have set out in the table below the reasons why we process your personal data, the associated legal bases we rely upon to legally permit us to process your personal data, and the categories of personal data (identified in [Section 5 'What personal data do we collect from you?']()) used for these purposes:
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117### 3.6 Sweepstakes, contests & surveys
140| Description of why Spotify processes your personal data ('processing purpose') | Legal Basis for the processing purpose | Categories of personal data used by Spotify for the processing purpose |
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142| To provide, personalize, and improve your experience with the Spotify Service and other services and products provided by Spotify, for example by providing customized, personalized, or localized content, recommendations, features, and advertising on or outside of the Spotify Service (including for third party products and services). |
143> - Performance of a Contract
144> - Legitimate Interest
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119From time to time, we may offer you the opportunity to participate in promotions such as sweepstakes, contests, offers, and/or surveys ("Special Promotions") through the Service. A Special Promotion may be governed by a privacy policy and/or terms and conditions that are additional to, or separate from, this Privacy Policy and the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/). If the provisions of the Special Promotion's privacy policy or terms and conditions conflict with this Privacy Policy or the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/), those additional or separate provisions shall prevail. If you participate in a Special Promotion, we may ask you for certain information in addition to what is stated in this Privacy Policy, including personal information. That additional information may be combined with other account information and may be used and shared as described in this Privacy Policy.
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121### 3.7 Spotify service providers and partners
148> - Account Registration Data
149> - Service Usage Data
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123We may also receive information about you from our service providers and partners, which we use to personalise your Spotify experience, to measure ad quality and responses to ads, and to display ads that are more likely to be relevant to you. We also use this information as explained in the section [How we use the information we collect]() below.
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152| To understand how you access and use the Spotify Service to ensure technical functionality of the Spotify Service, develop new products and services, and analyze your use of the Spotify Service, including your interaction with applications, advertising, products, and services that are made available, linked to, or offered through the Spotify Service. |
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125## 4 How we use the information we collect
154> - Performance of a Contract
155> - Legitimate Interest
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127Consistent with the permissions you give us to collect the information, we may use the information we collect, including your personal information:
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1291. to provide, personalise, and improve your experience with the Service and products, services, and advertising (including for third party products and services) made available on or outside the Service (including on other sites that you visit), for example by providing customised, personalised, or localised content, recommendations, features, and advertising on or outside of the Service;
1302. to ensure technical functionality of the Service, develop new products and services, and analyse your use of the Service, including your interaction with applications, advertising, products, and services that are made available, linked to, or offered through the Service;
1313. to communicate with you for Service-related or research purposes including via emails, notifications, text messages, or other messages, which you agree to receive;
1324. to communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for marketing and promotional purposes via emails, notifications, or other messages, consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us (e.g., through your Spotify account settings); in the section [Your preferences]() below, we inform you of the controls you can use to opt out from receiving certain messages;
1335. to, if you explicitly provide us your permission, use your mobile phone number to send you informational, marketing and promotional text messages using an automatic dialing system; you are not required to provide consent as a condition of signing up for Spotify's services;
1346. to enable and promote the Service and other services or products, either within or outside the Service, including features and content of the Service and products and services made available through the Service;
1357. to process your payment or prevent or detect fraud;
1368. to enforce this Privacy Policy, the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/), and any other terms that you have agreed to, including to protect the rights, property, or safety of Spotify, its users, or any other person, or the copyright-protected content of the Service;
1379. to provide you with features, information, advertising, or other content which is influenced by your location and your location in relation to other Spotify users; and
13810. as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.
159> - Account Registration Data
160> - Service Usage Data
139161
140## 5 Sharing information
162 |
163| To communicate with you for Spotify Service-related purposes. |
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142This section describes how the information collected or generated through your use of the Spotify service may be shared by you or by us.
165> - Performance of a Contract
166> - Legitimate Interest
143167
144### 5.1 Sharing by you
168 |
145169
146#### 5.1.1 Generally
170> - Account Registration Data
171> - Service Usage Data
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148The Spotify Service is a social service that offers many ways to find, enjoy, and share content. We encourage you to take advantage of these social features with others on the Service.
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174| To process your payment to prevent or detect fraud including fraudulent payments and fraudulent use of the Spotify Service. |
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150Your name and/or username, profile picture, who you follow, who follows you, and your Spotify user profile will always be publicly available.
176> - Performance of a Contract
177> - Compliance with legal obligations
178> - Legitimate Interest
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152Playlists created or followed, your activity on the Service (e.g., what you listen to, music you share), recently played artists, your top tracks, your top artists, and User Content you post, upload, and/or contribute to the Service are made publicly available by default. Your activity on the Service (e.g., what you listen to, music you share) will automatically appear on the Service and will, for example, be accessible by users who follow you or view your Spotify profile. If you create a playlist, the playlist will be publicly displayed by default, which means that it will also be displayed publicly in third-party search engine results and may appear together with other public profile information, such as your picture and name and/or username. Although this information is made public by default, in [Your preferences]() below, we describe the controls that you can use, along with other relevant settings associated with your Spotify account, to limit the sharing of your information.
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154Please remember that certain information is always publicly available, which means that it can be accessed by Third Party Applications through our APIs and developer tools. Based on your permissions, some additional information can be shared with Third Party Applications and with others through Third Party Applications. For example, you can use your settings to control whether your Spotify activity is posted to Facebook. Similarly, you may consent to provide Third Party Applications with access to your email address, subscription status, location, birthday, or similar information, upon their request.
182> - Payment Data
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156We may use your public information to promote the Service and to help others find and follow you and/or your Spotify content, including through Facebook and other Third Party Applications and on websites that embed Spotify widgets. Your information may be used to notify others, including within the Service, via email, and through Facebook and Third Party Applications, about your use of the Service (e.g., that you have joined Spotify or activity related to a Spotify profile, such as adding or removing tracks from a playlist).
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185| To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for:
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158With your explicit permission, we may notify other users of your location. Likewise, with other Spotify users' explicit permission, we may notify you about their whereabouts. We may offer you the ability to share this information to create shared experiences.
187> - marketing,
188> - research,
189> - participation in contests, surveys and sweepstakes,
190> - promotional purposes,
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160Learn more about how to manage notifications, your publicly available information, and what you share with others in [Your preferences]() below.
192via emails, notifications, or other messages, consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us (e.g., through your Account Settings page). |
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162#### 5.1.2 Third Party Applications
194> - Consent
195> - Legitimate Interest
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164If you connect your Spotify account to a Third Party Application, Spotify may automatically share your activity and activity-related stories with that service, including the content you consume. You understand and agree that that such information may be attributed to your account on the Third Party Application and may be published on such service. Although this information may be automatically shared by default, we inform you of the controls that you can use to limit the sharing of this information in the section [Your preferences]() below. The Third Party Application may also provide similar controls.
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166If you log into a Third Party Application with your Spotify account, that Third Party Application may have access to certain information such as your playlists, content saved, and activity. With your explicit permission, we may also share additional information such as your email address, subscription status, location, or birthdate with such Third Party Applications.
199> - Contests, Surveys and Sweepstakes Data
200> - Marketing Data
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168Spotify also enables you to share a particular item of content or a playlist that you have created, on an individual basis, to Third Party Applications, other third party services, other Spotify users, and others. Please note that if you share content to a Third Party Application or a third party service, it will be viewable by others within the Spotify Service, regardless of your Spotify account settings.
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203| To provide you with features, information, advertising, or other content which is based on your specific location. |
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170You understand and agree that a Third Party Application's use of information collected from you (or as authorised by you) is governed by the Third Party Application's privacy policies and your settings on the relevant service, and Spotify's use of such information is governed by this Privacy Policy and your Spotify account settings.
205> - Consent
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174When you register for a Spotify Support Account on the Spotify Support Community, we will ask you to create a specific Spotify Support Community username, which will be publicly displayed to anyone who accesses the Spotify Support Community. If you choose not to create such a username, your Spotify username or your Facebook display name will be publicly displayed when you post User Content.
209> - Voluntary Mobile Data
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213If you require further information about the balancing test that Spotify has undertaken to justify its reliance on the legitimate interest legal basis under the GDPR, please see [Section 14 'How to contact us']() for further details on how to contact us.
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180We may share information with advertising partners in order to send you promotional communications about Spotify or to show you more tailored content, including relevant advertising for products and services that may be of interest to you, and to understand how users interact with advertisements. The information we share is in a de-identified format (for example, through the use of hashing) that does not personally identify you.
215## 7\. Sharing your personal data
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182Please see the section [Information about cookies, other technologies, and third-party data collection]() below for information about the cookies and other technologies that we and third parties use to serve you more relevant ads and your options.
217We have set out the categories of recipients of the personal data collected or generated through your use of the Spotify Service.
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184#### 5.2.2 Service providers and others
219**_Publicly available information_**
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186We may from time to time share your information with service providers to perform functions and process user data and help provide our Services, consistent with this Privacy Policy. For example, we work with service providers to host our Spotify Support Community Site and analytics providers to help us understand the use of our Services. Where a third party processes user data on our behalf (e.g., a hosting service provider), it is subject to security and confidentiality obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. Where a third party processes user data on its own behalf, its processing is subject to its own Privacy Policy and applicable law.
221The following personal data will always be publicly available on the Spotify Service: your name and/or username, profile picture, who you follow and who follows you on the Spotify Service, your recently played artists, and your public playlists.
187222
188#### 5.2.3 Rights holders
223**_Personal data you may choose to share_**
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190The Spotify service allows you to listen to fully-licensed streaming content. Spotify shares information with the rights holders that license this content to Spotify. The data that Spotify shares is in a de-identified format that does not identify you directly, unless you opt in to the sharing of your personal information.
225The following personal data will only be shared with the categories of recipients outlined in the table below if:
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192#### 5.2.4 Certain Spotify partners
227- you choose to make use of a specific Spotify Service feature where sharing of particular personal data is required for the proper use of the Spotify Service feature; or
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194If you access the Spotify Service through an offer that you received or purchased from a third party such as your mobile network operator, we may also share information with that third party about your use of the Spotify Service, such as whether and to what extent you have used the offer, activated a Spotify account, or actively used the Service.
229- you grant us your permission to share the personal data, e.g. by selecting the appropriate setting in the Spotify Service.
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196#### 5.2.5 Other sharing
231| Categories of Recipients | Reason for sharing |
232| --- | --- |
233| **Third Party Applications you connect to your Spotify Account** | If you connect your Spotify account to a Third Party Application, such as, for example, social media, audio, television, or automotive platforms, Spotify may share your Service Usage Data so you can connect to your Spotify account. |
234| **Third Party Applications you use to log into Spotify** | If you log into a Third Party Application using your Spotify account credentials, then that Third Party Application may have access to certain Service Usage Data such as your playlists, saved content and activity.
235You will receive a notification before connecting to the Third Party Application to let you know what personal data will be shared / accessible to that Third Party Application.
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198In addition to the above, we may also share your information with third parties for these limited purposes:
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238| **Support Community** | When you register for a Spotify Support Account on the Spotify Support Community, we will ask you to create a specific Spotify Support Community username. This will be publicly displayed to anyone who accesses the Spotify Support Community along with any questions or comments you post. |
239| **Your Spotify Followers** | There also may be times when you want us to share certain Service Usage Data, specifically information about your use of Spotify, with other Spotify users known as 'Your Spotify Followers'.
199240
200- to allow a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets;
201- to respond to legal process (e.g., a court order or subpoena), if we believe in good faith that it is necessary to do so; to comply with requirements of mandatory applicable law; to protect the safety of any person; to protect the rights and property of Spotify, including to enforce the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/) and any other terms that you have agreed to; and to address fraud, security, or technical issues;
202- to academic researchers for purposes including statistical analysis and academic study, but only in a de-identified format;
203- to publish de-identified or aggregate information about the use of the Spotify Service; and
204- to allow other companies in the Spotify group to use your information as specified in this Privacy Policy.
241For example, when you make playlists, you might want those playlists to be visible to others on the Spotify Service, but you can also make your playlists private at any time.
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206## 6 Your preferences
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244| **Artists and Record Labels** | You can ask us to share personal data (like your email address) with artists or record labels, or other partners who may want to directly send you news or promotional offers, but you can also revoke that consent at any time. |
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208We provide you with settings to allow you to choose which communications you receive from us, manage your public information, and set your sharing preferences. However, as explained in the section [Sharing by you](), certain information may always be publicly available to others and other information is made publicly available to others by default. And if you share information to a Third Party Application, that information is viewable on Spotify, regardless of how you set your privacy settings.
246Learn more about how to manage notifications, your publicly available information, and what you share with others in the ['Your rights and your preferences: Giving you choice and control' Section 3]() of this Policy and on the [Privacy Center](https://www.spotify.com/privacy/).
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210To change whether certain information is publicly available, you can adjust the settings in your account. View [instructions for adjusting the relevant settings](https://support.spotify.com/us/article/spotify-privacy-info) on Spotify's website.
248**_Information we may share_**
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212Information that is publicly available, such as playlists, may be used, re-shared, or linked to by others on the Service or across the web, so please use Spotify carefully and be mindful of your settings. Remember that even if you remove a playlist or make a playlist private, others who already subscribe to it or who otherwise have access to it (e.g., via a link) may still have access to it. Also keep in mind that playlists and other information added to your profile may include personal information, such as username, which could enable other persons to find you within the Spotify Service or other services.
250| Categories of Recipients | Reason for sharing |
251| --- | --- |
252| **Service Providers and Others** | We use technical service providers which may operate the technical infrastructure that we need to provide the Spotify Service, in particular providers which host, store, manage, and maintain the Spotify application, its content and the data we process.
253We use technical service providers to help us communicate with you, as described in [Section 6]() of this Policy.
254We use marketing and advertising partners to show you more tailored content, or to help us understand your use of the Spotify Service, to provide you with a better service. We also may share personal data with certain marketing and advertising partners to send you promotional communications about Spotify. |
255| **Spotify Partners** | If you access the Spotify Service through an offer that you received or purchased from a third party such as your mobile network operator, we share personal data with that third party about your use of the Spotify Service, such as whether and to what extent you have used the offer, activated a Spotify account, or actively used the Spotify Service.
256Depending on how you sign up for the Spotify Service (e.g. through a third party service or a mobile provider), we share your Spotify username or other Account Registration Data as necessary to enable your account.
257We also may share your personal data in a pseudonymised format with our music industry partners to help them understand how the content they license to us is performing and to enable you to listen to streaming content via the Spotify Service.
258We also share your personal data in a pseudonymised format with marketing partners who help us with promotional efforts and with advertisers that allow us to offer a free service. |
259| **Academic Researchers** | We will share your personal data for activities such as statistical analysis and academic study but only in a pseudonymised format. |
260| **Other Spotify Group Companies** | We will share your personal data with other Spotify Group companies to carry out our daily business operations and to enable us to maintain and provide the Spotify Service to you. |
261| **Law Enforcement and Data Protection Authorities** | We will share your personal data when we in good faith believe it is necessary for us to do so in order to comply with a legal obligation under applicable law, or respond to valid legal process, such as a search warrant, a court order, or a subpoena.
262We also will also share your personal data where we in good faith believe that it is necessary for the purpose of our own, or a third party's legitimate interest relating to national security, law enforcement, litigation, criminal investigation, protecting the safety of any person, or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm, provided that we deem that such interest is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms requiring the protection of your personal data.
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214## 7 Transfer to other countries
264 |
265| **Purchasers of our business** | We will share your personal data in those cases where we sell or negotiate to sell our business to a buyer or prospective buyer. In this situation, Spotify will continue to ensure the confidentiality of your personal data and give you notice before your personal data is transferred to the buyer or becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy. |
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216Spotify transfers, processes and stores information about our users on servers located in a number of countries. Accordingly, Spotify may share your information with other companies in the Spotify group in order to carry out the activities specified in this Privacy Policy. Spotify may also subcontract processing to, or share your information with, third parties located in countries other than your home country. Your personal information may therefore be subject to privacy laws that are different from those in your country of residence. Information collected within the European Economic Area ("EEA") and Switzerland may, for example, be transferred to and processed by third parties identified above, located in a country outside of the EEA and Switzerland, where you may have fewer legal rights in relation to your information. The Spotify group will process your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
267## 8\. Data retention and deletion
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218## 8 Links
269We keep your personal data only as long as necessary to provide you with the Spotify Service and for legitimate and essential business purposes, such as maintaining the performance of the Spotify Service, making data-driven business decisions about new features and offerings, complying with our legal obligations, and resolving disputes. We keep some of your personal data for as long as you are a user of the Spotify Service. For example, we keep your playlists, song library, and account information.
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220We may display advertisements from third parties and other content that links to third party websites. We cannot control or be held responsible for third parties' privacy practices and content. Please read their privacy policies to find out how they collect and process your personal information.
271If you request, we will delete or anonymise your personal data so that it no longer identifies you, unless, we are legally allowed or required to maintain certain personal data, including situations such as the following:
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222## 9 Security
273- If there is an unresolved issue relating to your account, such as an outstanding credit on your account or an unresolved claim or dispute we will retain the necessary personal data until the issue is resolved;
274- Where we are required to retain the personal data for our legal, tax, audit, and accounting obligations, we will retain the necessary personal data for the period required by applicable law; and/or,
275- Where necessary for our legitimate business interests such as fraud prevention or to maintain the security of our users.
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224We are committed to protecting our users' information. Your password protects your user account, so you should use a unique and strong password, limit access to your computer and browser, and log out after having used the Spotify Service. While we take data protection precautions, no security measures are completely secure, and we do not guarantee the security of user information.
277## 9\. Transfer to other countries
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226## 10 Children
279Spotify shares your personal data globally with other companies in the Spotify Group in order to carry out the activities specified in this Policy. This includes to Spotify Group companies in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States of America. Spotify may also subcontract processing to, or share your personal data with, third parties located in countries other than your home country. Your personal data, therefore, may be subject to privacy laws that are different from those in your country of residence.
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228The Spotify Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. (In some countries, stricter age limits may apply. See our [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/).) We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 or under the applicable age limit (the "Age Limit"). If you are under the Age Limit, do not use the Service and do not provide any personal information to us. If you are a parent of a child under the Age Limit and become aware that your child has provided personal information to Spotify, please contact us at [privacy@spotify.com](mailto:privacy@spotify.com) and you may request exercise of your applicable access, rectification, cancellation, and/or objection rights. If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and you wish to remove publicly available content, please contact us at [eraser@spotify.com](mailto:eraser@spotify.com).
281Personal data collected within the European Union and Switzerland may, for example, be transferred to and processed by third parties located in a country outside of the European Union and Switzerland. In such instances Spotify shall ensure that the transfer of your personal data is carried out in accordance with applicable privacy laws and, in particular, that appropriate contractual, technical, and organisational measures are in place such as the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the EU Commission.
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230## 11 Accessing and updating user information
283For further details of the security measures we use to protect your personal data, please see the ['Keeping your personal data safe' Section 11]() of this Policy.
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232You can view and amend much of the information we keep about you through your account and profile pages. If you have questions about your privacy on the Service, this privacy policy, or information we have about you, please contact us at [privacy@spotify.com](mailto:privacy@spotify.com). You can also contact our privacy representative by sending a letter to Spotify, Attn: Privacy Officer, Legal Department, 45 West 18th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period of time upon verification of your identity in accordance with local laws. We recommend you include documents that prove your identity and a clear and precise description of the information which you request access to.
285## 10\. Links
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234## 12 Changes to the Privacy Policy
287We may display advertisements from third parties and other content that links to third-party websites. We cannot control or be held responsible for third parties' privacy practices and content. If you click on a third-party advertisement or link, please understand that you are leaving the Spotify Service and any personal data you provide will not be covered by this Policy. Please read their privacy policies to find out how they collect and process your personal data.
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236Occasionally we may, in our discretion, make changes to the Agreements. When we make material changes to the Agreements, we'll provide you with prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Service or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Service after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Service under the new version of the Agreements, you may terminate the Agreements by contacting us through the [Customer Service contact form](https://support.spotify.com/us/close).
289## 11\. Keeping your personal data safe
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238## 13 Information about cookies, other technologies and third-party data collection
291We are committed to protecting our users' personal data. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to help protect the security of your personal data; however, please note that no system is ever completely secure. We have implemented various policies including pseudonymisation, encryption, access, and retention policies to guard against unauthorised access and unnecessary retention of personal data in our systems.
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240This section describes use of cookies and other technologies. For further information about how information may be shared by Spotify, please see the section [Sharing by Spotify]().
293Your password protects your user account, so we encourage you to use a unique and strong password, limit access to your computer and browser, and log out after having used the Spotify Service.
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242### 13.1 What are cookies and other technologies?
295## 12\. Children
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244A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer, mobile phone, or other device when you visit a website. The cookie will help website providers to recognise your device the next time you visit their website. There are other similar technologies such as pixel tags (transparent graphic images placed on a web page or in an email, which indicate that a page or email has been viewed), web bugs (similar to pixel tags), and web storage, which are used in desktop software or mobile devices.
297The Spotify Service is not directed to children under the age of 13 years. However, in some countries, stricter age limits may apply under local law. Please see our [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/) for further details.
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246There are also technologies such as mobile device identifiers and SDK integrations to help companies recognise your device when you return to an app or otherwise use the a service.
299We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 years or under the applicable age limit (the "Age Limit"). If you are under the Age Limit, please do not use the Spotify Service, and do not provide any personal data to us.
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301If you are a parent of a child under the Age Limit and become aware that your child has provided personal data to Spotify, please contact us using the 'Contact Us' form on the [Privacy Center](https://www.spotify.com/privacy/), and you may request exercise of your applicable rights detailed in the ['Your rights and your preferences: Giving you choice and control' Section 3]() of this Policy.
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250| Cookie Type | Purpose |
251| --- | --- |
252| Essential Operational | These cookies are necessary to allow us to operate the Spotify Service as you have requested. For example, they let us recognise what type of subscriber you are and then provide you with services accordingly. |
253| Performance / Analytics | We use these cookies to analyse how the Spotify Service is accessed, is used, or is performing. We use this information to maintain, operate, and continually improve the Spotify Service. We may also obtain information from our email newsletters, including whether you opened or forwarded a newsletter or clicked on any of its content. This information tells us about our newsletters' effectiveness and helps us ensure that we're delivering information that you find interesting. |
254| Functional | These cookies let us operate certain functions of the Spotify Service in line with the choices you make. These cookies mean that when you continue to use or come back to the Spotify Service, we can provide you with our services as you have asked for them to be provided, such as knowing your username, remembering how you have customised our services, and reminding you of content you have enjoyed. |
255| Targeting / advertising | We use these cookies to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests. The information may also be used for frequency capping purposes (e.g., to ensure we do not display the same advertisement to you repeatedly) and to help us regulate the advertisements you receive and measure their effectiveness. |
256| Third Party | We may allow our business partners to use cookies on or outside the Spotify Service for the same purposes identified above, including collecting information about your online activities over time and across different websites. We may also use service providers acting on our behalf to use cookies for the purposes identified above. |
257| Spotify Ads | We work with web publishers, advertising networks, and service providers to deliver Spotify ads on other web sites and services. Cookies may be used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests on other web sites and services and to regulate the advertisements you receive and measure their effectiveness. |
303If we learn that we have collected the personal data of a child under the age of 13 years, we will take reasonable steps to delete the personal data. This may require us to delete the Spotify account for that child.
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259We also use mobile device identifiers and the other technologies identified in Section 13.1 for the purposes articulated in this Privacy Policy, for example to recognise your device when you return to the Spotify app or otherwise use the Spotify Services.
305## 13\. Changes to this Privacy Policy
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261### 13.3 Manage your cookie and other preferences
307We may occasionally make changes to this Policy.
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263Many web browsers allow you to manage your preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. You may be able to manage other technologies in the same way that you manage cookies using your browser's preferences.
309When we make material changes to this Policy, we'll provide you with prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Spotify Service or by sending you an email. We may notify you in advance.
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265Please note that if you choose to block cookies, doing so may impair the Spotify Service or prevent certain elements of it from functioning.
311Please, therefore, make sure you read any such notice carefully.
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267There is no accepted standard on how to respond to Do Not Track signals, and we do not respond to such signals. We use the AdChoices Icon on our website, and it may also appear on certain targeted advertisements that we (or a service provider acting on our behalf) send to you based on information about your online activities. You may click on the AdChoices icon or visit [aboutads.info](http://www.aboutads.info/) to receive more information about the collection and use of information about your online activities for online behavioral advertising or to learn how to opt out of having your data used for online behavioral advertising by Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) participating companies. Canadian users can also visit [youradchoices.ca](http://youradchoices.ca/). European users can also visit [youronlinechoices.com](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/) to learn how to opt out of having their data used for online behavioral advertising by European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) member companies.
313If you want to find out more about this Policy and how Spotify uses your personal data, please visit the [Privacy Center](https://www.spotify.com/privacy/) on spotify.com to find out more.
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269Another available tool is the Network Advertising Initiative's (NAI) Opt-Out Tool at [networkadvertising.org/choices](http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/). This allows you to opt out from the use of information about your online activities for online behavioral advertising by NAI member companies.
315## 14\. How to contact us
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271On your mobile device, you may also have a "Limit Ad Tracking" setting (on iOS devices) or a setting to "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" (on Android) which allows you to limit the use of information about your use of apps for purposes of serving ads targeted to your interests.
317Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer by using the 'Contact Us' form on the [Privacy Center](https://www.spotify.com/privacy/) or by writing to us at the following address:
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273Please note that even if you opt out using the mechanisms above, you may still receive advertisements when using the Spotify Service.
274
275We work with advertising partners to serve advertisements on the Spotify Service. One of the services we use to track activity related to the Service, e.g., by placing cookies, is Google Analytics by Google (Google, Inc. a company headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). We may use vendors, including Google, who use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimise, and serve ads based on your past visits to our websites, including Google Analytics for Display Advertising. Google provides tools to manage the collection and use of certain information by Google Analytics at [tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout) and by Google Analytics for Display Advertising or the Google Display Network by using Google's Ads Settings at [google.com/settings/ads](https://www.google.com/settings/ads).
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277You hereby consent to the use of the cookies and other technologies described above.
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279### 13.4 More information
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