Effective as of August 19th, 2015, Spotify has introduced their newest Privacy Policy measures. The issue? It's very unsettling. If you're concerned with your privacy online than you may be worried with Spotify's new measures.
Regarding Going Through Your Contacts & Photos
Information About Your Facebook
Storing Credit Card Information
So why is Spotify collecting all of this information? They say “We may use the information we collect, including your personal information….to provide, personalise, and improve your experience….”
Will you keep Spotify? It seems that Notch has already cancelled his service.
I just cancelled mine too. https://t.co/vJ9jJ7T2xy
— Markus Persson (@notch) August 21, 2015
@eldsjal Feature creep for privacy invasion. I want NONE of those features. I want to stream music.
— Markus Persson (@notch) August 21, 2015
@eldsjal “If you don’t agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, then please don’t use the Service.” – Spotify
— Markus Persson (@notch) August 21, 2015
@eldsjal So you're evil because others are? Twitter needs to access my photos for me to post them, a streaming music service doesn't.
— Markus Persson (@notch) August 21, 2015
@eldsjal This is a bizarre reply. It needs access to them to be able to let you do so. There's NO NEED for anything like that for music.
— Markus Persson (@notch) August 21, 2015
@eldsjal But I do understand how easy it is to make up small features to require access to the entire phone so you can sell your customers.
— Markus Persson (@notch) August 21, 2015
So what now? Well Daniel Ek (CEO of Spotify) wrote a blog post this morning titled “SORRY.” He explains “We are in the middle of rolling out new terms and conditions and privacy policy and they’ve caused a lot of confusion about what kind of information we access and what we do with it. We apologize for that. We should have done a better Job in communicating what these policies mean and how any information you choose to share will – and will not – be used.” “We understand people’s concerns about their personal information and are 100 percent committed to protecting our users’ privacy and ensuring that you have control over the information you share,” said Daniel.
H/t: Gizmodo
