Friday, August 21, 2015

Why people are stressing out over Spotify's new privacy policy


Taylor Swift may have left Spotify months ago, but the trend is finally catching on. Rather than being annoyed about artists' rights however, the latest set of deserters are scrapping their memberships due to changes in the company's privacy policy.

So what is all the fuss about?

Spotify already has rich datasets about its users thanks to its knowledge of their listening history, but now it wants to collect more information -- information that comes from outside of the service itself. The company wants access to all of users' pictures, address books, GPS details and sensor data, which can be found stored on their smartphones.

By: Katie Collins,

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