If you use voice features in Spotify, the app records your voice and creates transcripts of those recordings.
Using Spotify's voice features means audio recordings of your voice and written transcripts are collected and processed by Spotify, which may raise concerns about how these recordings are stored, shared, or used beyond the immediate feature.
How other platforms handle this
When you use our websites or apps, subject to your choices, we use tracking tools like browser cookies and web beacons and technology like GPS and WiFi to collect information about you. This information includes the browser and device you're using, your IP address, your location, the site you came f...
To understand how we collect and use information through the Services, please read our privacy policy, available at xfinity.com/privacy/policy.
The personal data Apple collects depends on how you interact with Apple. When you create an Apple Account, apply for commercial credit, purchase a product, download a software update, register for a class at an Apple Store, connect to our services, contact us including by social media or participate...
Voice recordings and transcripts are sensitive personal data that may be used for analysis, service improvement, or advertising purposes, and their collection is subject to wiretapping, biometric, and privacy laws in several states.
1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Voice data collection implicates CCPA/CPRA (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.140(v)(1)(B) — biometric information includes voiceprints, classified as sensitive personal information under CPRA §1798.121); Illinois BIPA (740 ILCS 14/10 — 'biometric identifier' includes voiceprints); Washington State Biometric Privacy regulations; California CIPA (Pen. Code §632) regarding recording of confidential communications; and FTC Act Section 5. The FTC and state AGs have enforcement authority. Illinois BIPA provides a private right of action. 2)
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Netflix updated its Privacy Statement on April 18, 2026, disclosing voice recording collection and expanded household ad profiling for the first time.
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