Like nearly every other company on the Internet, Spotify recently changed its privacy policy to gather all kinds of data about you—with your permission.
The new privacy policy says Spotify may ask for your contacts, photos, or other media files stored on your device. It also wants to collect device sensor information such as accelerometer and GPS, again with your permission.
When the Internet noticed the policy change it did not go over well. Many accused Spotify of overreaching and asking for too much personal information. Officially, Spotify hasn’t said why it wants all this information. On Thursday, we speculated that the new sensor data might have something to do with Spotify’s new running feature.
As for the rest, we weren’t sure. Since our first report, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took to Twitter and hinted at what we might expect to see from the music streaming service in the future.
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