Sharing data with connected third-party apps and devices
Spotify shares User Data and Usage Data with third-party applications, services, and devices (like social media, speakers, TVs, cars, and voice assistants) when you connect them to your Spotify account or use the Spotify Service with them.
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Third party applications, services and devices you connect to your Spotify account
User Data
Usage Data
To connect your Spotify account, or so that you can use the Spotify Service in connection with third party applications, services or devices.
Public display of Support Community profile and posts
When you register for the Spotify Support Community, your chosen profile name and any questions or comments you post will be publicly displayed to all users of the community.
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When you register for an account on the Spotify Support Community, we’ll ask you to create a profile name. This will be publicly displayed to anyone who uses the Spotify Support Community. We’ll also display any questions or comments you post.
Sharing User Data with artists and labels for marketing
Spotify may share your User Data with artists, record labels, or other partners so you can receive news or promotional offers from them. This sharing occurs if you choose to share your data for this purpose when signing up.
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Artists and record labels
User Data
To receive news or promotional offers from artists, record labels or other partners.
You may choose to share your User Data for this purpose when you sign up to the Spotify Service.
Qualifications & exceptions
You may choose to share your User Data for this purpose when you sign up to the Spotify Service.
Spotify shares personal data with service providers who help them operate the Spotify service, provide customer support, secure systems, and market products.
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So they can provide their services to Spotify.
Examples of such service providers include those we hire to:
give customer support
operate the technical infrastructure we need to provide the Spotify Service
assist in protecting and securing our systems and services (e.g. Google’s reCAPTCHA)
help market Spotify’s (and our partners’) products, services, events and promotions
verify your eligibility for certain types of Service Options (e.g., Spotify Premium Student)
Spotify states that it does not share personal data with advertising partners for users under the age of 18.
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We do not disclose personal data to advertising partners for users under the age of 18.
Qualifications & exceptions
under the age of 18
purpose: advertising
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Marketing Partners Combine Data for Offers
Spotify's marketing partners may combine data received from Spotify with other data they collect about users to present relevant offers and promotions.
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Our partners may also combine the personal data we disclose to them with other data they collect about you, e.g. your use of their services. We and our partners may use this information to present you with offers, promotions, or other marketing that we think you’ll find relevant.
purpose: marketing · purpose: personalization
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
No Marketing Sharing for Under 18s by Default
Spotify states that it does not disclose personal data to marketing partners by default for users under the age of 18.
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With respect to Spotify Service users under the age of 18, we do not disclose personal data to marketing partners by default.
Qualifications & exceptions
under the age of 18
by default
purpose: marketing
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing with Ticketing and Event Partners
Spotify shares User Data, including name, email, or other order details, with event partners like ticketing agents or venue box offices for events where tickets are sold through Spotify's platform.
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Ticketing and event partners
User Data
For every event for which we sell tickets, we will need to disclose your name, email or other order details to our event partners such as ticketing agent or venue box office where the event is taking place so that you can check-in as a verifiable guest who purchased tickets through Spotify’s ticketing platform.
Qualifications & exceptions
For every event for which we sell tickets
so that you can check-in as a verifiable guest who purchased tickets through Spotify’s ticketing platform
data: identifiers · purpose: service_operation
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing with Podcast Hosting Platforms
Spotify discloses Usage Data, such as IP address, to podcast hosting platforms when a user plays a podcast, including those hosted by third parties not owned by Spotify.
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Podcast Hosting Platforms
Usage Data
Hosting platforms host podcasts so that they can deliver them to you. We disclose certain data, such as your IP address, to the podcast hosting platforms when you play a podcast. We also allow you to stream podcasts available from other hosting platforms not owned by Spotify.
Qualifications & exceptions
when you play a podcast
data: identifiers · purpose: service_operation
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing with Spotify Group Companies
Spotify shares various types of personal data, including User Data, Street Address Data, Usage Data, Voice Data, Message Data, Payment and Purchase Data, and Survey and Research Data, with other Spotify group companies and acquired companies.
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Other Spotify group companies, including companies that Spotify acquires
User Data
Street Address Data
Usage Data
Voice Data
Message Data
Payment and Purchase Data
Survey and Research Data
To carry out our daily business operations and so we can maintain, improve and provide the Spotify Service and acquired companies’ services to you.
The company shares data with employees across its group companies to help them develop and improve features for the Spotify Service.
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enabling our employees who work for different group companies to develop and improve features for the Spotify Service
purpose: service_operation
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing with Measurement Companies for Ad Effectiveness
The company shares data with measurement companies to assess how effective advertising campaigns are on the Spotify Service.
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disclosing data to our measurement companies to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns that run on the Spotify Service
purpose: advertising
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing with Podcast Companies for User Trends
The company shares data with its podcast companies to gain a better understanding of user listening trends.
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disclosing data to our podcast companies to better understand user listening trends
purpose: analytics
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing with Courts and Authorities
The company may process and share personal data to comply with requests from courts, authorities, parties to litigation, or other authorized third parties when it believes it is necessary.
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Courts and Authorities: We may process and share your personal data to comply with a request from courts, authorities, parties to litigation, or other authorized third parties. We will do so when we believe in good faith it is necessary, including:
Qualifications & exceptions
when we believe in good faith it is necessary
purpose: legal_compliance
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing for Legal Obligations
The company may share personal data to comply with a legal obligation.
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to comply with a legal obligation
purpose: legal_compliance
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing for Legal Process Response
The company may share personal data to respond to a valid legal process, such as a search warrant, court order, or subpoena.
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to respond to a valid legal process (such as a search warrant, court order, or subpoena)
Qualifications & exceptions
valid legal process
purpose: legal_compliance
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Sharing for Justifiable Interests
The company may share personal data for its own or a third party's justifiable interest, including criminal investigations, litigation, protecting someone’s safety, or preventing death or imminent bodily harm.
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for our own or a third party's justifiable interest such as criminal investigations, litigation, protecting someone’s safety, or preventing death or imminent bodily harm
purpose: security · purpose: legal_compliance
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Data Categories Depend on Request
The types of personal data processed or shared will vary depending on the nature of the specific request.
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The categories of personal data processed or shared will depend on the nature of the specific request.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
International data transfers
Due to its global operations, Spotify transfers personal data internationally to its group companies, subcontractors, and partners for the activities described in the policy.
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Because of the global nature of our business, Spotify transfers personal data internationally with Spotify group companies, subcontractors and partners when carrying out the activities described in this Policy.
purpose: service_operation
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Third-party links and data collection
The Spotify Service may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking these links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you, and Spotify is not responsible for their privacy practices.
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The Spotify Service may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on such links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. Spotify does not control these third-party websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices.