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Merchant Referral Data Used for Commission Calculation

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 279 of 352 platforms
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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
5
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Square Medium

we may use this information to make it easier for you to find the people you want to send payments to, for account and identity verification and fraud prevention purposes, to reduce the risk you will send payments to the wrong person, or to provide other personalized services.

Google Cloud Medium

We evaluate Service Data to help us improve the performance and functionality of Cloud Services.

Notion Medium

Developing new products and services and improving the Services

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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If we direct you to a merchant, we receive data from the merchant that is related to your purchase...Receiving this data allows us to: calculate any commissions owed to us analyze the effectiveness of our partnership with these merchant partners

Excerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
COPPA
United States Federal
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

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-018941
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-018941
Captured: 2026-04-28 08:47:36 UTC
SHA-256: 62bfd0910e1d9815…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/spotify/spotify-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-018941/merchant-referral-data-used-for-commission-calculation/
Accessed: Aug. 7, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
Categories

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Spotify's Merchant Referral Data Used for Commission Calculation clause do?

The clause states: “If we direct you to a merchant, we receive data from the merchant that is related to your purchase...Receiving this data allows us to: calculate any commissions owed to us analyze the effectiveness of our partnership with these merchant partners”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Spotify.