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The default protection limits marketing partners' access to minors' personal data without affirmative action to change the setting, reducing minors' exposure to data-driven marketing practices.
If you are under 18, your personal data is not disclosed to Spotify's marketing partners by default.
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If you are located in the European Union, we will not send promotional emails without your consent.
Creator events are only available if you are 13 or older.
In the previous 12 months, we may have shared identifiers and inferences about you with our partners, third parties, and affiliates in such a way that...may be interpreted as "selling" or "sharing".
"With respect to Spotify Service users under the age of 18, we do not disclose personal data to marketing partners by default.Excerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy
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The default protection limits marketing partners' access to minors' personal data without affirmative action to change the setting, reducing minors' exposure to data-driven marketing practices.
If you are under 18, your personal data is not disclosed to Spotify's marketing partners by default.
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