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"If messaging is available in your market and where you've chosen to use messaging, we collect and process message data. Message data means text or other content you send directly to another user.Excerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “If messaging is available in your market and where you've chosen to use messaging, we collect and process message data. Message data means text or other content you send directly to another user.”
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