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Exclusion of Indirect and Consequential Damages

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Key Facts

Does Spotify exclude liability for loss of use, data, business, or profits?
Spotify excludes liability for any indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, and for any loss of use, data, business, or profits whether direct or indirect.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The exclusion eliminates the categories of damages most likely to represent a user's actual loss from service failures, including lost data and lost profits, regardless of whether such losses are direct or indirect.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after item (2); additional excluded categories or qualifying conditions may exist in the full clause but cannot be confirmed from the provided text.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4461 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

A user cannot recover from Spotify for indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, nor for any loss of use, data, business, or profits, even where those losses are direct.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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IN NO EVENT WILL SPOTIFY...BE LIABLE FOR (1) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; (2) ANY LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS, OR PROFITS (WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT)...

Excerpt from Spotify's Terms and Conditions

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Spotify Terms and Conditions
Entity
Spotify
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 28, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-019189
Document ID
CA-D-00035
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
3de03c5fd4aaa8832a8ab1321f72529c38f425203399aceb3cdbc160b330c3b1
Analysis generated
April 28, 2026 08:42 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Spotify
Document: Spotify Terms and Conditions
Record ID: CA-P-019189
Captured: 2026-04-28 08:42:14 UTC
SHA-256: 3de03c5fd4aaa883…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/spotify/spotify-terms-and-conditions/provision/CA-P-019189/exclusion-of-indirect-and-consequential-damages/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Spotify's Exclusion of Indirect and Consequential Damages clause do?

The exclusion eliminates the categories of damages most likely to represent a user's actual loss from service failures, including lost data and lost profits, regardless of whether such losses are direct or indirect.

How does this clause affect you?

A user cannot recover from Spotify for indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, nor for any loss of use, data, business, or profits, even where those losses are direct.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 292 platforms. See the full comparison.

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