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| 0 | Legal Terms and Conditions of Use Intellectual Property Policy Privacy Policy User Guidelines Paid Subscription Terms Spotify Privacy Policy Effective as of 27 August 2025 1. | 0 | Legal Terms and Conditions of Use Intellectual Property Policy Privacy Policy User Guidelines Paid Subscription Terms Your privacy is important. |
| 1 | As of 13 April 2026 we’ve updated our Privacy Policy to include additional detail about our data processing. | ||
| 2 | Spotify Privacy Policy Effective as of 13 April 2026 1. | ||
| 17 | Watch our personalization explainer video to learn more about this. the infrastructure required to provide our services connection of your Spotify account with another application both our free or paid streaming options (each a ‘Service Option’) other Spotify services which include a link to this Policy. | 19 | Watch our personalization explainer video to learn more about this. the infrastructure required to provide our services connection of your Spotify account with another application both our free or paid streaming options (each a ‘ Service Option ’) other Spotify services which include a link to this Policy. |
| 18 | These include Spotify websites, Customer Service and the Community Site From now on, we’ll collectively call these the ‘Spotify Service’. | 20 | These include Spotify websites, Customer Service and the Community Site . |
| 21 | From now on, we’ll collectively call these the ‘ Spotify Service ’. | ||
| 23 | This Policy is not... the Spotify Terms of Use , which is a separate document. | 26 | This Policy is not ... the Spotify Terms of Use , which is a separate document. |
| 29 | See Section 2 ‘Your personal data rights and controls ’ for more on user rights. | 32 | See Section 2 ‘Your personal data rights and controls’ for more on user rights. |
| 30 | Account Privacy : Control the processing of certain personal data, including tailored advertising. | 33 | Account Privacy : Control the processing of certain personal data. |
| 31 | Notification Settings Set which marketing communications you get from Spotify. | 34 | Notification Settings : Set which marketing communications you get from Spotify. |
| 43 | We inform you: through this Policy through information provided to you as you use the Spotify Service by answering your specific questions and requests when you contact us Know/ Access Request to know and access the personal data we process about you. | 46 | We inform you: through this Policy through information provided to you as you use the Spotify Service by answering your specific questions and requests when you contact us Know/Access Request to know and access the personal data we process about you. |
| 51 | For example you can remove a track from your playlist or remove an artist you’ve saved to your Library to request deletion of your account data from Spotify and close your account, follow the steps on our support page . | 54 | For example you can remove a track from your playlist or remove an artist you’ve saved to your library to request deletion of your account data from Spotify and close your account, follow the steps on our support page . |
| 52 | This data includes your User Data, Usage Data and other data listed in Section 3 ‘Personal data we collect about you’ for any other deletion requests, you can contact us or reach out to customer support via our chat bot Opt-out of tailored advertising Request to opt out of the processing of your personal data for tailored advertising. | 55 | This data includes your User Data, Usage Data and other data listed in Section 3 ‘Personal data we collect about you ’ for any other deletion requests, you can contact us or reach out to customer support via our chat bot Opt-out of tailored advertising Request to opt out of the processing of your personal data for tailored advertising. |
| 54 | You can exercise your right to opt out on your Account Privacy page under ‘Tailored Ads’. | 57 | You can exercise your right to opt out through the ‘ Tailored Ads ’ setting. |
| 71 | This is also known as interest based advertising, targeted advertising, or ‘sharing’ for purposes of cross-context behavioural advertising. | 74 | This is also known as interest based advertising, targeted advertising, or ‘sharing’ for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising. |
| 74 | How to control tailored advertising: You can control tailored advertising on your Account Privacy page under ‘Tailored Ads’. | 77 | How to control tailored advertising: You can control tailored advertising through the ‘ Tailored Ads ’ setting. |
| 81 | If you are ‘opted out’ of tailored advertising on your Account Privacy page, you will receive less relevant advertising, including on our free Service Option, as well as our paid Service Option, as applicable (for example, advertising in podcasts). | 84 | If you are ‘opted out’ of tailored advertising, you will receive less relevant advertising, including on our free Service Option, as well as our paid Service Option, as applicable (for example, advertising in podcasts). |
| 85 | When you reach the appropriate age, you will start to receive tailored advertising . | 88 | When you reach the appropriate age, you will start to receive tailored advertising. |
| 87 | This message will contain a link to the Account Privacy page where you can change your preferences or ‘opt-out’ of tailored advertising at any time under Tailored Ads. 3. | 90 | This message will contain a link to the Tailored Ads setting where you can change your preferences or ‘opt-out’ of tailored advertising at any time. 3. |
| 93 | This may include your: profile name email address password phone number date of birth gender street address (see further details below) country university/college (for Spotify Premium Student) estimated or confirmed age from an Age Check by a third party provider We receive some of this data from you e.g. from the sign up form or account page. | 96 | This may include your: display name email address password phone number date of birth gender street address (see further details below) country university/college (for Spotify Premium Student) estimated or confirmed age from an Age Check by a third party provider We receive some of this data from you e.g. from the sign up form or account page. |
| 95 | For more information about how we collect and use this data, see ‘Your general (non-precise) location’ in the Usage Data category. | 98 | For more information about how we collect and use this data, see ‘ Your general (non-precise) location ’ in the Usage Data category. |
| 96 | Street Address Data We may ask for and process your street address for the following reasons: to check eligibility for a Service Option to deliver notices which are required by law to deliver support options for billing and tax administration to deliver physical goods or gifts which you have requested In some cases, we may use a third party application to help you verify your address, such as Google Maps. | 99 | Street Address Data We may ask for and process your street address for the following reasons: to check eligibility for a Service Option to deliver notices which are required by law to deliver support options for billing and tax administration to deliver physical goods or gifts which you have purchased or requested In some cases, we may use a third party application to help you verify your address, such as Google Maps. |
| 98 | There are a few types of information this includes, listed in the following sections. | 101 | This includes information such as: Information about how you use Spotify Examples: information about your Spotify Service Option your actions with the Spotify Service (including date and time), such as: search queries streaming history playlists you create your library browsing history account settings interactions with other Spotify users prompts in AI powered features transcripts engagement with ads your use of third party services, devices and applications in connection with the Spotify Service inferences (i.e., our understanding) of your age, interests and preferences based on your usage of the Spotify Service content you provide when participating in Spotify promotions, such as contests or sweepstakes content you post to any part of the Spotify Service. |
| 99 | Information about how you use Spotify Examples include: information about your Spotify Service Option your actions with the Spotify Service (including date and time), such as: search queries streaming history playlists you create your library browsing history account settings interactions with other Spotify users your use of third party services, devices and applications in connection with the Spotify Service inferences (i.e., our understanding) of your age, interests and preferences based on your usage of the Spotify Service content you provide when participating in Spotify promotions, such as contests or sweepstakes content you post to any part of the Spotify Service. | — | Removed |
| 102 | Examples of third party devices and applications are: devices on your wifi network (such as speakers) which can connect to the Spotify Service devices your operating system makes available when connecting via Bluetooth, plugin, and installation Spotify partner applications to determine whether the application is installed on your device Your general (non-precise) location Your general location includes country, region or state. | 104 | Examples of third party devices and applications are: devices on your wifi network (such as speakers) which can connect to the Spotify Service devices your operating system makes available when connecting via Bluetooth, plugin, and installation Spotify partner applications to determine whether the application is installed on your device Your general (non-precise) location Your general location includes country, region, state or city. |
| 104 | We need this to: meet geographic requirements in our agreements with the owners of content on the Spotify Service deliver content and advertising that’s relevant to you Your device sensor data Motion-generated or orientation-generated device sensor data if needed to provide features of the Spotify Service that require this data. | 106 | We need this to: meet geographic requirements in our agreements with the owners of content on the Spotify Service deliver content, advertising and recommendations that are relevant to you Your device sensor data Motion-generated or orientation-generated device sensor data if needed to provide features of the Spotify Service that require this data. |
| 106 | Additional data you may choose to give us Categories Description Voice Data If voice features are available in your market and where you’ve chosen to use a voice feature, we collect and process voice data. | 108 | Additional data you may choose to give us Categories Description Voice Data If voice features are available in your market and you’ve chosen to use a voice feature, we collect and process voice data. |
| 107 | Voice data means audio recordings of your voice and transcripts of those recordings. | 109 | Voice data means audio recordings of your voice. |
| 110 | Age Check Data Age Check Data is the data you provide if you use an Age Check powered by a third party provider on Spotify (“Age Check”). | 112 | Age Check Data Age Check Data is the data you provide if you (i) choose to use a feature that is subject to an Age Check or (ii) are a parent or legal guardian providing parental consent for a Managed Account (“Age Check”). |
| 111 | This includes: Facial age estimation: a photo of your face which is used to estimate your age Identity document verification: photos of your face and ID which are used to confirm your age and to verify that the ID belongs to you Where Age Check Data is collected, we will obtain your consent and provide notice of the third party policies that apply to the processing of such data. | 113 | Examples of Age Check methods we use, which are powered by a third party provider, are: identity document verification: a photo of your identity document is used to confirm your age. |
| 112 | All Age Check Data is deleted immediately after the Age Check. | 114 | In some cases, we may also use a photo of your face to verify that your ID belongs to you facial age estimation: a photo of your face which is used to estimate your age All Age Check Data is deleted immediately after the Age Check. |
| 113 | Payment and Purchase Data If you make any purchases from Spotify or sign up for a paid Service Option or a trial, we will need to process your payment data. | 115 | Payment and Purchase Data If you make any purchases from Spotify or sign up for certain Service Options or a trial, we will need to process your payment data. |
| 115 | It will include information such as: name date of birth payment method type (e.g. credit or debit card) if using a debit or credit card, the card type, expiration date, and certain digits of your card number. | 117 | It will include information such as: name date of birth payment method type (e.g. credit or debit card) if using a debit or credit card, the card type, expiry date and certain digits of your card number. |
| 116 | Note: For security, we never store your full card number ZIP/postal code mobile phone number details of your purchase and payment history Survey and Research Data When you respond to a survey or take part in user research, we collect and use the personal data you provide as described in the survey or research. | 118 | Note: For security, Spotify never stores your full card number ZIP/postal code mobile phone number details of your purchase and payment history Survey and Research Data When you respond to a survey or take part in user research, we collect and use the personal data you provide as described in the survey or research. |
| 131 | Receiving this data allows us to: calculate any commissions owed to us analyze the effectiveness of our partnership with these merchant partners understand your interests Payment and Purchase Data Advertising and marketing partners We receive inferences from certain advertising or marketing partners. | 133 | Receiving this data allows us to: calculate any commissions owed to us analyze the effectiveness of our partnership with these merchant partners understand your interests Payment and Purchase Data Advertising and marketing partners We receive data about you from certain advertising or marketing partners, including device identifiers such as hashed contact information. |
| 132 | These inferences are the partners’ understanding of your interests and preferences. | 134 | They also provide us with inferences, which are the partners’ understanding of your interests and preferences. |
| 133 | This allows us to deliver more relevant ads and marketing. | 135 | This allows us to deliver more relevant ads and marketing, and measure their performance. |
| 143 | For example, when we use your personal data to: set up an account for you • personalize your account • provide the Spotify app when you download it onto your device, • enable you to share a link to Spotify content with someone else, or • provide an age-appropriate experience, or • provide various optional features of the Spotify Service User Data Street Address Data Usage Data Voice Data Message Data Payment and Purchase Data Survey and Research Data Age Check Data To diagnose, troubleshoot, and fix issues with the Spotify Service. | 145 | For example, when we use your personal data to: set up an account for you personalize your account including your content recommendations, or provide the Spotify app when you download it onto your device, enable you to share a link to Spotify content with someone else, or provide an age-appropriate experience, or provide various optional features of the Spotify Service User Data Street Address Data Usage Data Voice Data Message Data Payment and Purchase Data Survey and Research Data Age Check Data To diagnose, troubleshoot, and fix issues with the Spotify Service. |
| 146 | For example: For example: • to help us develop and improve our personalized recommendations • to help analyze how our users react to a particular new feature and see whether we should make any changes • so we can build AI features such as AI DJ and AI playlist • to help us enforce our User Guidelines, Platform Rules and Spotify for Creators Community Guidelines. | 148 | For example: For example: to help us develop and improve our personalized recommendations to help analyze how our users react to a particular new feature and see whether we should make any changes so we can build AI features such as AI DJ and AI playlist to help us enforce our User Guidelines , Platform Rules and Spotify for Creators Community Guidelines . |
| 148 | For example: • when we use your personal data to tailor advertising to your interests, or • when we send you email marketing User Data Usage Data Survey and Research Data To comply with a legal obligation that we are subject to. | 150 | For example: when we use your personal data to tailor advertising to your interests, or when we send you email marketing User Data Usage Data Survey and Research Data To comply with a legal obligation that we are subject to. |
| 149 | This might be: • an obligation under the law of the country / region you are in • Swedish law (because of our headquarters in Sweden), or • EU law that applies to us For example, when we use your date of birth when required for age verification purposes. | 151 | This might be: an obligation under the law of the country/region you are in Swedish law (because of our headquarters in Sweden), or EU law that applies to us For example, when we use your date of birth when required for age assurance purposes. |
| 150 | User Data Street Address Data Usage Data Voice Data Message Data Payment and Purchase Data Survey and Research Data To comply with a request from law enforcement, courts, or other competent authorities. | — | Removed |
| 171 | Categories of recipients Categories of data you can choose to share Reason for choosing to share 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. | 172 | Categories of recipients Categories of data you can choose to share Reason for choosing to share 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. |
| 172 | Examples of such third party applications, services and devices include: • social media applications • speaker devices • televisions • automotive platforms • voice assistants You can see and remove many third party connections under ‘ Apps ’ in your account. | 173 | Examples of such third party applications, services and devices include: social media applications speaker devices televisions automotive platforms voice assistants You can see and remove many third party connections under ‘ Apps ’ in your account. |
| 173 | Support community • User Data To enable you to use the Spotify Support Community service . | 174 | Support community User Data To enable you to use the Spotify Support Community service . |
| 177 | Other Spotify users User Data Usage Data Voice Data Message Data To share information about your use of the Spotify Service with other Spotify users. | 178 | Other Spotify users User Data Usage Data Message Data To share information about your use of the Spotify Service with other Spotify users. |
| 182 | Artists and record labels • User Data To receive news or promotional offers from artists, record labels or other partners. | 183 | Artists and record labels User Data To receive news or promotional offers from artists, record labels or other partners. |
| 187 | These 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) Payment partners • User Data • Payment and Purchase Data So they can process your payments, and for anti-fraud purposes. | 188 | These 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) Payment partners User Data Payment and Purchase Data So they can process your payments, and for anti-fraud purposes. |
| 188 | Advertising partners • User Data • Usage Data So they can help us deliver more relevant advertising to you on the Spotify Service, and help measure the effectiveness of ads. | 189 | Advertising partners User Data Usage Data So they can help us deliver more relevant advertising to you on the Spotify Service, and help measure the effectiveness of ads. |
| 190 | With respect to Spotify Service users under the age of 18, we do not disclose personal data to advertising partners by default. | 191 | Marketing Partners User Data Usage Data To promote Spotify with our partners. |
| 191 | Marketing Partners • User Data • Usage Data To promote Spotify with our partners. | 192 | We disclose certain User Data and Usage Data to these partners where necessary to: enable you to participate in Spotify promotions, including trials or other bundled offers to promote Spotify in media and advertising published on other online services help us and our partners to measure the effectiveness of Spotify promotions Examples of partners include: marketing or sponsorship partners websites and mobile apps who sell us advertising space on their services device, app and mobile partners who also offer Spotify promotions 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. |
| 192 | We disclose certain User Data and Usage Data to these partners where necessary to: • enable you to participate in Spotify promotions, including trials or other bundled offers • to promote Spotify in media and advertising published on other online services • help us and our partners to measure the effectiveness of Spotify promotions Examples of partners include: • marketing or sponsorship partners • websites and mobile apps who sell us advertising space on their services • device, app and mobile partners who also offer Spotify promotions 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. | — | Removed |
| 195 | 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. | 195 | 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. |
| 196 | Podcast Hosting Platforms • Usage Data Hosting platforms host podcasts so that they can deliver them to you. | 196 | Podcast Hosting Platforms Usage Data Hosting platforms host podcasts so that they can deliver them to you. |
| 201 | Academic researchers • User Data • Usage Data For activities such as statistical analysis and academic study, but only in a pseudonymized format. | 201 | Academic researchers User Data Usage Data For activities such as statistical analysis and academic study, but only in a pseudonymized format. |
| 203 | For example: • enabling our employees who work for different group companies to develop and improve features for the Spotify Service • disclosing data to our measurement companies to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns that run on the Spotify Service • disclosing data to our podcast companies to better understand user listening trends Law enforcement and other authorities, or other parties to litigation User Data Street Address Data Usage Data Voice Data Payment and Purchase Data Survey and Research Data Message Data When we believe in good faith it’s necessary for us to do so, for example: to comply with a legal obligation to respond to a valid legal process (such as a search warrant, court order, or subpoena) for our own or a third party’s justifiable interest, relating to: national security law enforcement litigation (a court case) criminal investigation protecting someone’s safety preventing death or imminent bodily harm Purchasers of our business User Data Street Address Data Usage Data Voice Data Message Data Message Data Payment and Purchase Data Survey and Research Data If we were to sell or negotiate to sell our business to a buyer or possible buyer. | 203 | For example: enabling our employees who work for different group companies to develop and improve features for the Spotify Service disclosing data to our measurement companies to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns that run on the Spotify Service disclosing data to our podcast companies to better understand user listening trends Purchasers of our business User Data Street Address Data Usage Data Voice Data Message Data Message Data Payment and Purchase Data Survey and Research Data If we were to sell or negotiate to sell our business to a buyer or possible buyer. |
| 204 | In this case, we may transfer your personal data to a successor or affiliate as part of that transaction. 6. | 204 | In this case, we may transfer your personal data to a successor or affiliate as part of that transaction. |
| 205 | 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. | ||
| 206 | We will do so when we believe in good faith it is necessary, including: to comply with a legal obligation to respond to a valid legal process (such as a search warrant, court order, or subpoena) 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 The categories of personal data processed or shared will depend on the nature of the specific request. 6. | ||
| 206 | See the section on ‘Deletion’ in Section 2 ‘Your personal data rights and controls’ for more information, and the circumstances in which we can act on your request. | 208 | See the section on ‘ Deletion ’ in Section 2 ‘Your personal data rights and controls’ for more information, and the circumstances in which we can act on your request. |
| 220 | Age Check Data is deleted immediately after your Age Check is complete. | 222 | Age Check Data is deleted immediately after your Age Check is complete. 7. |
| 221 | This helps us investigate potential breaches of our User Guidelines and Platform Rules . | — | Removed |
| 222 | On the other hand, we will remove unlawful content if the law requires us to do so. 7. | — | Removed |
| 237 | Children Note: This Policy doesn't apply to Spotify Kids except where the Spotify Kids Privacy Policy says so. | 237 | Children Note: This Policy doesn't apply to Managed Accounts or Spotify Kids except where those respective privacy notices say so. |
| 238 | Spotify Kids is a separate Spotify application. | 238 | The Spotify Service (outside of Managed Accounts or Spotify Kids) that is tied to this privacy policy has a minimum age limit in each country or region (the “Age Limit”). |
| 239 | The Spotify Service has a minimum ‘Age Limit’ in each country or region. | 239 | If you’re under the Age Limit, do not create or use the standard Spotify Service. |
| 240 | The Spotify Service is not directed to children whose age: is under the age of 13 years makes it illegal to process their personal data, or requires parental consent to process their personal data We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under the applicable Age Limit. | 240 | Instead, we recommend asking a parent or guardian to create a Managed Account for you, where available. |
| 241 | If you’re under the Age Limit, do not use the Spotify Service, and do not provide any personal data to us. | 241 | If you are above the Age Limit but under the age of majority in your country (a “Minor”), you may use the Spotify Service only with the consent of your parent or legal guardian. |
| 242 | Instead, we recommend using a Spotify Kids account. | 242 | We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under the applicable Age Limit outside of Managed Accounts or Spotify Kids. |
| 243 | If you’re a parent of a child under the Age Limit and become aware that your child has provided personal data to Spotify, contact us. | 243 | If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child, who is under the application Age Limit, has provided personal data to Spotify in any other context, contact us . |
| 246 | When using a shared device on the main Spotify Service, be cautious about playing or recommending any inappropriate content to individuals under 18 years old. 10. | 246 | When using a shared device on the Spotify Service, be cautious about playing or recommending any inappropriate content to individuals to Minors. 10. |
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