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| Document | First captured | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Terms of Service | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
| Privacy Policy | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
| Pricing page | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
| Help: Audiobooks in Premium plans (watched for perks) | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
October 30, 2026Perk!
Some Spotify Premium plans come with a set number of audiobook hours each month from the Spotify catalog. The hours renew each billing cycle, and unused time expires every month.
If you already pay for Premium, you may have free audiobook time you are not using. Not every plan gets it, and on shared plans only one person does.
Subscription AccessSeptember 5, 2026high impact Historical, imported
Under Spotify's new terms, you can't join any group lawsuit or group private hearing against Spotify. The rules also cover older claims and set New York courts for disputes outside a private hearing.
If something goes wrong, you would likely have to take it on alone instead of with other users. There is a 30-day window to opt out of part of this, and the full note explains it.
Subscription AccessJune 13, 2026medium impact Historical, imported
Spotify's privacy policy now lists your exact location as its own kind of data. It is used only if you allow it, for things like nearby shows and local trends.
If you let Spotify use your location, what you play may help shape picks for people near you. Your profile and public playlists can also be seen by more people than before.
Subscription AccessApril 14, 2026high impact Historical, imported
Spotify says ad and marketing partners now send it device IDs, such as hashed contact info. A line saying users under 18 are not shared with ad partners by default is gone.
Spotify may match you across services for ads using this data. If anyone on your plan is under 18, the policy no longer promises them that protection, and there is a setting for tailored ads.
Subscription AccessSeptember 23, 2025high impact Historical, imported
Spotify can now end a paid plan on its own, giving at least 14 days' notice. Before, the terms only covered the ways you could cancel.
You could lose Premium even if you never cancel. The notice goes to the email on your Spotify account, so which address is on file matters.
Subscription AccessSeptember 23, 2025high impact Historical, imported
Spotify added a new kind of data: the texts and other things you send straight to another user. It can share them with firms that work for it, its group companies, officials and any buyer of the business.
If you message people on Spotify, those messages can be used for things like fraud checks and legal requests. If you don't send messages on Spotify, this likely changes little for you.
Subscription AccessAugust 6, 2025high impact Historical, imported
Spotify's policy adds age check data: a photo of your face, or your face and ID, handled by an outside provider. Age check results and a guessed age can also be kept.
Taking an age check sends your face or ID to another company with its own rules. Spotify says it asks first and deletes the data right after, but the provider's policy decides the rest.
Subscription AccessMay 12, 2025high impact Historical, imported
Spotify's privacy policy now covers voice data, meaning voice clips and their transcripts. It can be used to train AI features like AI DJ and shared with others, including authorities.
If you talk to Spotify through voice features, your recordings can help train its AI. Partners, officials and other users may also see them, and there are settings worth checking.
Subscription AccessDecember 31, 2024low impact Historical, imported
Spotify's privacy policy now covers people across the U.S., not just people in states that have privacy laws. It also dropped a table that matched each kind of data to California's legal groups.
People anywhere in the U.S. can now ask to see or delete their data. The policy shows less detail about how each type of data is sorted.
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