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Location, Sensors, Voice, Photos?! Spotify Just Got Real Creepy With The Data It Collects On You

Posted on August 20, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Thomas Fox-Brewster reports:

Music streaming market leader Spotify has decided that it wants to know a lot more about you. It wants to be able to access the sensor information on your phone so it can determine whether you’re walking, running or standing still. It wants to know your GPS coordinates, grab photos from your phone and look through your contacts too. And it’ll happily share that information with its partners, so a whole load of companies will know exactly where you are and what you’re up to.

This has all been made apparent by a rather significant update to the Spotify privacy policy, pushed out to users today.

Read more on Forbes.

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