Spotify receives data about you from advertising partners and uses it to target you with ads, meaning companies you have never interacted with through Spotify can influence the ads you see.
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This clause establishes the operational mechanism by which third-party data inputs inform Spotify's ad targeting system. It clarifies that advertising partners may provide external signals about user interests, which Spotify incorporates into its ad selection and delivery process.
Third-party advertising companies provide Spotify with information about your interests from outside the platform, which Spotify combines with your listening data to serve you targeted ads — this cross-platform profiling is opt-out by default.
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We do not sell or share your personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising. You can always opt out of Oura direct marketing communications, though you may still see marketing messaging within the Oura App.
"An example of tailored advertising is when an advertising partner provides us with information indicating that you may be interested in cars. This could enable us to show you ads about cars.Excerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Receipt of personal data from advertising partners for targeting purposes implicates CPRA §1798.120 (sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising requires opt-out right); CCPA §1798.115 (right to know categories of third parties to whom …
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This clause establishes the operational mechanism by which third-party data inputs inform Spotify's ad targeting system. It clarifies that advertising partners may provide external signals about user interests, which Spotify incorporates into its ad selection and delivery process.
Third-party advertising companies provide Spotify with information about your interests from outside the platform, which Spotify combines with your listening data to serve you targeted ads — this cross-platform profiling is opt-out by default.
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