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No Automated Decision-Making with Legal Effect

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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This right imposes a meaningful limit on Spotify's use of automated systems by requiring human involvement in decisions that could materially affect users' legal standing or equivalent interests.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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You hold a recognized right to be free from purely automated decisions—including decisions derived from profiling—that carry legal weight or a similarly significant impact on you.

How other platforms handle this

Sourcegraph Cody

If this changes, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law.

Uber

You may contact Uber here with questions about Uber's use of your data for purposes of automated decision making, including regarding the factors considered... to request review of any such decisions by Uber personnel.

Mistral AI

Such tools are used to support, and not replace, human review where required by law.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Not be subject to automated decision making Not be subject to a decision based solely on automated decision making (decisions without human involvement), including profiling, where the decision would have a legal effect on you or produce a similarly significant effect.

Excerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Spotify Privacy Policy
Entity
Spotify
Date stated by the document
July 1, 2026
As printed in Spotify’s text (version CA-V-007554), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 6, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-000646, captured April 19, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-018872
Document ID
CA-D-000036
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-000646)
d4764115b468bf2638387e2f491aab304680ef65c824ea110be00ea8b4003796
Analysis generated
April 28, 2026 08:47 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-000646, captured April 19, 2026 (checked Oct. 6, 2026)
Not the current version. The document's current version is CA-V-007554, captured Oct. 16, 2026; this clause has not been re-checked against it.
Citation Record
Entity: Spotify
Document: Spotify Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-018872
Version: CA-V-000646
Captured: 2026-04-19 06:03:45 UTC
SHA-256: d4764115b468bf26…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/spotify/spotify-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-018872/no-automated-decision-making-with-legal-effect/
Accessed: Oct. 23, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Spotify's No Automated Decision-Making with Legal Effect clause do?

This right imposes a meaningful limit on Spotify's use of automated systems by requiring human involvement in decisions that could materially affect users' legal standing or equivalent interests.

How does this clause affect you?

You hold a recognized right to be free from purely automated decisions—including decisions derived from profiling—that carry legal weight or a similarly significant impact on you.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 210 platforms. See the full comparison.

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