Spotify policy changes mean children could give permission for contacts to be collected

[Ruthierhyme]

If you have contact with parents whose children use the spotify app to stream music a change to their T&Cs policy means that the user could update their agreement to these new changes and grant permission for the following data to be collected directly from their device

Contacts
Emails
Birthdates
Photos
Files
Voice
Track an individual's location via the device's GPS


The news article on The Guardian.co.uk points out “If you don’t agree with the terms of this privacy policy, then please don’t use the service,” states Spotify’s terms of service


The apology made by CEO Daniel Ek on his blogpost yesterday explained

Let me be crystal clear here: If you don’t want to share this kind of information, you don’t have to. without adding what it might mean if a user doesn't want to.


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