Spotify receives data about you from third parties like social media platforms, device makers, and payment partners, and also shares your data with advertising and analytics partners for ad targeting and service improvement.
Your Spotify data is shared with and received from a network of third-party advertisers, analytics providers, social media platforms, and device manufacturers — expanding the reach of your personal data well beyond Spotify itself.
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Compare across platforms →Data flowing in multiple directions between Spotify and third parties — including advertising partners, authentication services, and device manufacturers — creates a broad data ecosystem that consumers may not fully anticipate and that triggers disclosure and opt-out requirements under multiple state privacy laws.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Third-party data sharing for advertising purposes constitutes 'selling' or 'sharing' under CPRA (§1798.140) and equivalent state statutes, triggering opt-out rights. CCPA/CPRA requires disclosure of all categories of third parties to whom personal information is sold or shared. FTC Act Section 5 applies to material omissions about data sharing scope. COPPA applies if data of users under 13 is shared with advertising partners without verifiable parental consent. (2)
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