{"id":41301,"date":"2023-10-20T15:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/spotify-attempts-to-clear-up-privacy-policy-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:13:03","slug":"spotify-attempts-to-clear-up-privacy-policy-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/spotify-attempts-to-clear-up-privacy-policy-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify attempts to clear up privacy policy &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"352\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/l_spotifydanielek_445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"l_spotifydanielek_445\"><\/div>\n<p>After <a href=\"technology\/privacy-concerns-spotify-to-specify-a-lot-a-more-about-its-users\/2015082015354.html\">causing a furore last month by updating its privacy policy<\/a> to include a whole host of data collection, Spotify has reworked the policy so it can be understood in simple terms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The privacy policy is much the same, but this time round explains clearly what data the music streaming service will be collecting from users, what permission they must give, and how the data will be used.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It includes a plain language introduction to provide a \u201chealthy dose of clarity and context\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took note of many people\u2019s comments that they appreciated the clear commitments in the blog post that were easier to understand than some of the details of the policy itself,\u201d Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounded Spotify\u2019s updated list of data it would collect from users, including photos, locations and voice recordings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The updated policy now splits the information into two categories: the type of data that all users must submit, and the information only needed for additional features.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcceptance of our privacy policy does not mean you have granted us permission to access or use information in the second category,\u201d the policy reads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just explaining to you that one day we might ask you for that permission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Want to grow your business<\/i> <a href=\"startupschool\/events\/how-to-use-instagram-to-grow-your-business\/\"><i>with Instagram?<\/i><\/a> <i>StartupSmart School can help.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After causing a furore last month by updating its privacy policy to include a whole host of data collection, Spotify<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}