If you use Spotify's voice features, Spotify collects and processes audio recordings of your voice.
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Audio recordings of the voice may constitute biometric data under some state laws, and voice data collection is subject to heightened consent and retention requirements in Illinois and other states with biometric privacy statutes.
Interpretive note: Whether voice recordings processed by Spotify produce biometric identifiers such as voice prints determines the applicability of BIPA and analogous statutes; the policy does not clarify this processing detail.
If you use voice features on Spotify, audio recordings of your voice are collected and processed as personal data; the policy does not specify retention periods for this data category or detail the specific purposes for which voice recordings are used beyond enabling the voice feature.
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"If voice features are available in your market and you've chosen to use a voice feature, we collect and process voice data. Voice data means audio recordings of your voice.Excerpt from Spotify's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Voice data as audio recordings may implicate BIPA if voice prints or voice identifiers are derived from recordings, as BIPA covers biometric identifiers including 'voice prints.' The FTC Act applies to the adequacy …
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Audio recordings of the voice may constitute biometric data under some state laws, and voice data collection is subject to heightened consent and retention requirements in Illinois and other states with biometric privacy statutes.
If you use voice features on Spotify, audio recordings of your voice are collected and processed as personal data; the policy does not specify retention periods for this data category or detail the specific purposes for which voice recordings are used beyond enabling the voice feature.
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