Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Spotify may give your name and email to the person you report and keep your claim information
When you submit a copyright or trademark claim, Spotify may pass your name and email address to the allegedly infringing party and keep your information for as long as required for legal purposes. For a copyright notice sent to the copyright agent, the listed contents also ask the claimant to state that they understand their contact information and/or the notice itself will be provided to the alleged infringer.
Details
- Who
- Spotify
- What it does
- May pass the claimant's name and email address to the allegedly infringing party
- When
- Retains the claimant's information as long as required for legal purposes
Supporting quotations
When you submit a copyright claim, Spotify may pass your name and email address to the allegedly infringing party, and retain your information as long as required for legal purposes.
Spotify may pass your name and email address to the allegedly infringing party, and retain your information as long as required for legal purposes.
A statement that you understand that your contact information and/or notice will be provided to the alleged infringing party, and retained as long as required for legal purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The two passages differ in scope: the general statements say Spotify "may pass your name and email address", while the required copyright-notice acknowledgment says your "contact information and/or notice will be provided", which can include the address and telephone number the notice asks for.
- Retention is limited to "as long as required for legal purposes"; no specific period is given.
Not stated here
- How long "as long as required for legal purposes" lasts in practice is not stated.
Also annotated in the same passage (5)
- Spotify evaluates each claim and may remove content or block it in some countries
- A notice to the copyright agent should include seven listed items
- Fraudulent or abusive reports may lead to account termination or legal consequences
- Accounts of repeat infringers may be terminated, adjusted for reinstated content
- Trademark holders report infringement through Spotify's web form