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Third-Party Data Sharing with Advertising and Analytics Partners

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What it is

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.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Opt Out of Arbitration
    Visit spotify.com/account/privacy and disable 'Tailored Ads' to limit data sharing with advertising partners for interest-based advertising purposes.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

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.

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We receive some of the data mentioned above from third parties. The below table describes the categories of those third parties. If you connect your Spotify account to a third party application, service or device, we may collect and use information from them. This collection is to make the integration possible.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

(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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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority to enforce against deceptive or unfair data sharing practices with third parties under FTC Act Section 5.
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  • State AG
    State AGs enforce disclosure and opt-out requirements for third-party data sharing and selling under CPRA and analogous state privacy statutes.
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Spotify Privacy Policy
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Spotify
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April 29, 2026
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/spotify/spotify-privacy-policy/third-party-data-sharing-with-advertising-and-analytics-partners/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
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