Spotify's new privacy policy gets all up in your business<article>
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Spotify wants to cozy up to you and find out more about what you do, where you go, who your contacts are. Does that make you uncomfortable?</p><p>
The streaming music service just updated its privacy policy with some major changes, first noticed by
Forbes. Now Spotify is requesting access to other parts of your phone, like your contacts, your photos, your “media files” (though it doesn’t specify which ones), and your phone’s sensors. Here are the
relevant parts:</p>
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<strong>3.3 Information Stored on Your Mobile Device</strong>
With your permission, we may collect information stored on your mobile device, such as contacts, photos, or media files. Local law may require that you seek the consent of your contacts to provide their personal information to Spotify, which may use that information for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2974062/streaming-services/spotifys-new-privacy-policy-gets-all-up-in-your-business.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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