Spotify gives all U.S. users the same privacy rights — such as the right to access, delete, and opt out of targeted advertising — not just users in states that legally require it.
All U.S. Spotify users — not just those in California, Virginia, or Colorado — can access, delete, and download their data and opt out of targeted advertising, which is a stronger consumer protection than the law requires in many states.
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You have the right to access the Personal Information we have about you. You have the right to update and correct inaccuracies in your account at any time by logging in and clicking on the "Account" tab. You have the right to delete the Personal Information we have about you.
This Privacy Policy does not apply where Anthropic acts as a data processor and processes personal data on behalf of commercial customers using Anthropic's Commercial Services – for example, your employer has provisioned you a Claude for Work account, or you're using an app that is powered on the ba...
We recognize the particular importance of protecting privacy where children are involved. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under the age of 13. If a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information online, we ask that a parent or guardian call ...
This is a user-friendly provision that means you have meaningful data rights regardless of your state of residence, even if your state has not yet passed a comprehensive privacy law.
1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This voluntary extension of rights engages CCPA/CPRA (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.100), Virginia VCDPA (Va. Code §59.1-575), Colorado CPA (C.R.S. §6-1-1301), Connecticut CTDPA (Conn. Gen. Stat. §42-515), Texas TDPSA (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §541), and analogous laws in Montana, Oregon, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, and other states. By voluntarily extending rights, Spotify creates a contractual commitment to all U.S. users that goes beyond statutory minimum requirements. FTC and state AGs retain authority to enforce representations made in privacy policies as binding commitments under deceptive practices standards. 2)
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