Spotify builds a profile of inferences about who you are — including your estimated age, interests, and preferences — based on how you use the service.
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The operational significance is that Spotify establishes authority to process usage data into categorical inferences about user characteristics and preferences. These derived inferences may be used for service personalization, analytics, or other purposes described elsewhere in the privacy policy.
Spotify creates inferred profiles about your age, interests, and preferences from your listening and usage behavior, and these inferences are used to target you with advertising — this profiling occurs even if you have not directly provided this information to Spotify.
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"inferences (i.e., our understanding) of your age, interests and preferences based on your usage of the Spotify ServiceExcerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy
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The operational significance is that Spotify establishes authority to process usage data into categorical inferences about user characteristics and preferences. These derived inferences may be used for service personalization, analytics, or other purposes described elsewhere in the privacy policy.
Spotify creates inferred profiles about your age, interests, and preferences from your listening and usage behavior, and these inferences are used to target you with advertising — this profiling occurs even if you have not directly provided this information to Spotify.
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