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Spotify
Data Collected
●Race, Religion & Demographicssensitive
Gender
Date of birth
●Financial & Payment Datasensitive
Payment card information
Purchase and payment history
●Message & Email Contentsensitive
Message data
●Biometric Datasensitive
Facial image for age verification
●Government IDssensitive
Identity document
○Contact Info
Display name
Email address
Phone number
Street address
○Employment & Education
University or college affiliation
○Browsing & Search History
Search queries
Browsing history
○App Usage & Diagnostics
Streaming history
Device information
Engagement with ads
AI feature prompts and transcripts
Device sensor data
Inferred interests and preferences
○Device & Online IDs
Cookie data and IP address
Device IDs
URL information
○Photos, Videos & Audio
Voice recordings
User-generated content
Data Sharing & Use
?Sold to third parties
12 recipient categories (Service providers, Payment partners, Advertising partners, …)
YESShared for advertising
YESCross-site tracking
noUsed for profiling / AI decisions
YESUsed to train AI models
YESDisclosed to law enforcement
Data Uses
Core serviceSecurity / fraudAdvertisingPersonalizationAnalyticsAI/ML trainingThird-party partnerships
Data Retention
Indefinite
Varies by data type
Includes legally mandated retention
Retention varies by data type: some data is retained until the user removes it; …
Consumer Rights
Access
Delete
Portability
Correct
Opt-out
Security
Encrypted in transit
?
Encrypted at rest?
MFA available?
Breach notificationBrowser Privacy Signals
partialGPC / DNT
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What's on the label
Shared for advertising
YES99% confidence
Advertising partners: So they can help us deliver more relevant advertising to you on the Spotify Service, and help measure the effectiveness of ads. For example, our ad partners help us facilitate tailored advertising.
Cross-site tracking
YES90% confidence
This is when we use information about your use of our services and other websites and mobile apps to tailor ads to be more relevant to you. This is also known as interest based advertising, targeted advertising, or 'sharing' for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising.
Used for profiling
no90% confidence
Spotify does not carry out this type of automated decision making in the Spotify Service.
Used to train AI
YES95% confidence
To evaluate and develop new features, technologies, and improvements to the Spotify Service. This includes development and training of algorithmic and machine learning models, which help us to keep our service safe and enhance our users' experience.
Signals & rights
Honors GPC
YES95% confidence
You can also visit our services via a browser with a recognized opt-out preference signal enabled, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC). If you use a preference signal you may need to renew your preferences if you visit the Spotify Service with another device or browser, or if you clear your cookies.
Sources / Provenance
Analyzed June 3, 2026 · policy fetched June 3, 2026
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