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Tailored Advertising Uses Cross-Site Behavioral Data

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Spotify's ad-targeting practice extends beyond its own platform to incorporate user behavior from third-party websites and apps, broadening the data inputs used to profile users for advertising.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 373 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your activity on Spotify and on other websites and mobile apps may be used by Spotify to serve you more relevant, behaviorally targeted ads.

How other platforms handle this

Mercury Medium

we may share, or permit third party online advertising networks and other third-party services, to collect, information about your use of our Services over time so that they may display ads that may be relevant to your interests...

Glassdoor Medium

If you enable location data for the mobile version of our services...we may use your location data to serve you geo-targeted ads for employers and other advertisers that are local to you.

Shein Medium

When you visit our website, we may share some personal identifiers such as cookies and other tracking technologies for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads as described herein.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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This is when we use information about your use of our services and other websites and mobile apps to tailor ads to be more relevant to you. This is also known as interest based advertising, targeted advertising, or 'sharing' for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising.

— Excerpt from Spotify's Spotify Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Spotify Privacy Policy
Entity
Spotify
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 28, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-018890
Document ID
CA-D-00036
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
62bfd0910e1d9815b6915626d36d1058b28aa407638be86ce562523eaf99f811
Analysis generated
April 28, 2026 08:47 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Spotify
Document: Spotify Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-018890
Captured: 2026-04-28 08:47:36 UTC
SHA-256: 62bfd0910e1d9815…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/spotify/spotify-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-018890/tailored-advertising-uses-cross-site-behavioral-data/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Spotify's Tailored Advertising Uses Cross-Site Behavioral Data clause do?

Spotify's ad-targeting practice extends beyond its own platform to incorporate user behavior from third-party websites and apps, broadening the data inputs used to profile users for advertising.

How does this clause affect you?

Your activity on Spotify and on other websites and mobile apps may be used by Spotify to serve you more relevant, behaviorally targeted ads.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 145 platforms. See the full comparison.

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