Spotify Privacy Policy

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Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Account Privacy Controls

Users can control the processing of certain personal data through their Account Privacy settings.

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Account Privacy: Control the processing of certain personal data.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Marketing Communication Settings

Users can manage which marketing communications they receive from Spotify through their Notification Settings.

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Notification Settings: Set which marketing communications you get from Spotify.

purpose: marketing

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Social and Content Settings

Users can control aspects of the Spotify Service, such as starting a Private session, sharing listening activity with followers, showing recently played artists on their public profile, and turning off messaging with other users, through the 'Social' settings in the Desktop and Mobile versions of Spotify.

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Settings (found in the Desktop and Mobile versions of Spotify): Control certain aspects of the Spotify Service such as ‘Social’ or ‘Explicit Content’. On the ‘Social’ setting, you can:
start a Private session
choose whether to share what you listen to on Spotify with your followers
choose whether to show your recently played artists on your public profile
turn off messaging with other users (if messaging is available in your market)

Qualifications & exceptions

  • if messaging is available in your market

data: content · purpose: personalization · purpose: service_operation

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Explicit Content Control

Users can control whether explicit-rated content can be played on their Spotify account using the 'Explicit Content' setting.

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On the ‘Explicit Content’ setting you can control whether explicit-rated content can be played on your Spotify account.

data: content · purpose: personalization

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Sign out everywhere function

Users can log out of Spotify on all devices simultaneously using the 'Sign out everywhere' function available on their account page.

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You can log out of Spotify in multiple places at once by using the ‘Sign out everywhere’ function on [your account page](http://www.spotify.com/account).

purpose: security

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Account & Service Control · Context

Shared account access implications

If others access your Spotify account, they can access your personal data, controls, and the Spotify Service, which may affect your personalized recommendations. It is the user's responsibility to decide if they are comfortable sharing their personal data this way.

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If other individuals have access to your Spotify account, then they can access personal data, controls and the Spotify Service available in your account. For example, someone might use your account on a shared device.
It’s your responsibility to only allow this to happen if you’re comfortable sharing your personal data with them. Anyone else’s use of your Spotify account may impact your personalized recommendations.

purpose: personalization