DOSSIER · SPOTIFY

Spotify

ABOUIT · SPOTIFY1/7
In 5 secondi
Spotify
  • Può richiedere l'accesso a microfono, posizione precisa, posizione approssimativa +3
  • 12 tipi di dati collegati a te
  • Fino a $203.88 per un singolo acquisto in-app
  • 3 tipi di dati utilizzati per tracciarti su app di altre aziende
ABOUIT · SPOTIFY2/7
Nell'app
6
cose su di te e attorno a te che l'app può chiedere al telefono
microfonoposizione precisaposizione approssimativa+3
COSA SIGNIFICAIl file dell'app li elenca. Il telefono ti chiede conferma prima di consentire quelli sensibili.
COSA PUOI FAREImpostazioni telefono → App → autorizzazioni: disattiva ciò di cui non ha bisogno.
Android app 9.1.94.1929 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-11-01
ABOUIT · SPOTIFY3/7
Dichiarano
12
tipi di dati collegati a te
quest'app · 12
tipico delle 19 app esaminate · 9
COSA SIGNIFICACollegato alla tua identità, non anonimo. L'azienda ha compilato questa etichetta da sola.
COSA PUOI FARENell'UE e nel Regno Unito puoi richiedere una copia dei tuoi dati.
App Store label, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · SPOTIFY4/7
Dichiarano
3
tipi di dati utilizzati per tracciarti su app di altre aziende
quest'app · 3
tipico delle 16 app esaminate · 2
COSA SIGNIFICAPuò essere usato per tracciarti su app e siti web di altre aziende.
COSA PUOI FAREiPhone: Impostazioni → Privacy e sicurezza → Tracciamento → disattiva.
App Store label, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · SPOTIFY5/7
Dichiarano
$203.88
prezzo massimo di un singolo acquisto in-app
COSA SIGNIFICAIl prezzo massimo per un singolo acquisto in-app, secondo la scheda dello store.
COSA PUOI FAREImposta una password per gli acquisti nelle impostazioni dello store.
Google Play listing, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · SPOTIFY6/7
Segui i soldi · lobbying
€900K+
a year on lobbying the EU, as the company declares
DA DOVE VIENESpotify declares spending between €900,000 and €999,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025). The company's own figure, not audited.
EU Transparency Register · entry 365747616583-15 · last updated by the company on 2026-07-06
ABOUIT · SPOTIFY7/7
Fine
È tutto.
NESSUN FEEDNessun feed infinito qui. Hai visto tutto ciò che abbiamo su quest'app.
Video · calmVideo · pulseVideo · brightVideo · lofiVideo · driveControlla il mio telefono
🌐 Italiano
EnglishEspañolCatalàFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguês日本語한국어中文ไทยBahasa IndonesiaTiếng Việtहिन्दी
Quanto a fondo abbiamo guardato3 su 5
Le loro stesse paroleSchede dello storeNell'appFonti ufficialiScontrini del jury
Nell'app
6
things about you and around you the app can ask the phone for
microphoneprecise locationapproximate locationscreenshot detectionnearby Bluetooth devicesnearby Wi-Fi devices
Android app 9.1.94.1929 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-11-01
Inside the app
47
permissions the Android app declares
this app · 47
typical of the 19 apps we read · 33
Android app 9.1.94.1929 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-11-01
Inside the app
4
tracker SDKs found in the app file
this app · 4
typical of the 19 apps we read · 7
Android app 9.1.94.1929 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-11-01
They declare
12
kinds of data linked to you
this app · 12
typical of the 19 apps we read · 9
App Store label, declared by the developer
They declare
3
kinds of data used to track you across other companies' apps
this app · 3
typical of the 16 apps we read · 2
App Store label, declared by the developer
We counted
28 min
to read the privacy policy (6,907 words)
counted at 250 words a minute
They declare
$203.88
top price of a single in-app purchase
Google Play listing, declared by the developer

verificato dalla nostra giurialo dichiarano lorotrovato nell'app o misurato

ABOUIT · LO SCONTRINO
Spotify
verificato il 2026-11-12
12kinds of data linked to you
App Store label, declared by the developer
ME
👁️ kinds of data used to track you3App Store label, declared by the developer📤 data types it may share with third parties3Google Play listing, declared by the developer⏱️ to read the privacy policy (6,907 words)28 mincounted at 250 words a minute💸 per in-app purchase$4.99 - $203.88Google Play listing, declared by the developer🚪 steps to cancel2their help centre⚖️ official decision linked1regulators and courts🕰️ past policy versions kept1Internet Archive
INSIDE THE APP
🧩 tracker SDKs found in the Android app file4εxodus Privacy report, Android version 9.1.94.1929, 2026-11-01🔑 permissions the Android app declares47εxodus Privacy report, Android version 9.1.94.1929, 2026-11-01🎙️ of them: microphone, precise location, approximate location, screenshot detection, nearby Bluetooth devices, nearby Wi-Fi devices6εxodus Privacy report, Android version 9.1.94.1929, 2026-11-01
MY MIND
📢 contains adsAdsGoogle Play listing, declared by the developer🧒 store content ratingTeenGoogle Play listing
Ogni riga ha una fonte.
Fatti dichiarati da loro o misurati da noi. Nessun punteggio.
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OFFICIAL DECISION · 2023-06-12

Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY)

Official record: Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY), case "DI-2019-6696", dated 2023-06-12 on the authority's own page; respondent or addressee: Spotify AB; procedural status as of 2026-11-09: decision issued; appeal status not stated on the authority's page.

Penalty, as written: "58 000 000 (femtioåttamiljoner) kronor"

How this was checkedPolicy history

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Cancel race

Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.

Record your cancel

No receipt about Spotify yet. read — nothing found yet First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 (stopped) · privacy policy read 2026-11-12 · terms of use read 2026-11-12

Published by Spotify AB (no exact match in GLEIF).

Area by area

Read the details

What we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.

Claims

not tested yet

Money

not tested yet

Attention

not tested yet

Privacy

privacy policy: 6,907 words

Prompts and messages

Reaching a human: message

Minors

not tested yet

Planet

not measured yet

Their climate claims

Green claims and their support

  • No environmental claim found in: homepage (2026-11-09), App Store description (2026-11-09), Google Play description (2026-11-09), help article (cancel) (2026-11-09), help article (close account) (2026-11-09).
  • No sustainability report or page found at: links on the homepage https://open.spotify.com/ (2026-11-09).
  • SBTi companies data (downloaded 2026-11-09): no entry named Spotify AB · source · SHA-256 e5c81f5da06e….

They said / They reported, from their own report

2030

  • They said (Equity & Impact Report 2025, p. 23): In 2021, we communicated a goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2030 and have continued our efforts to identify levers to reduce our climate impact. While we remain committed to addressing climate change through our operations, we recognize that macro trends, technologies, and our operations have evolved in the years since we set this goal. As a result, we are currently evaluating this goal, including target scope, timing, and underlying methodologies.

2025

  • They reported (Equity & Impact Report 2025, p. 23): 202,666 metric tons of CO₂e, Total GHG emissions (Scopes 1, 2 and 3; Scope 2 market-based). In 2025, Spotify's total GHG emissions were 202,666 metric tons of CO₂e, an increase in absolute terms of 3.9% compared to 2024.

2024

  • They reported (Equity & Impact Report 2025, p. 43): 195,027 (tCO2e), Total GHG emissions (Scopes 1, 2 and 3; Scope 2 market-based), 2024 column of the table (columns 2025, 2024). Total 202,666 100.0% 195,027 100.0%

Spotify, Equity & Impact Report 2025, linked from newsroom.spotify.com, read 2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 067063e7d076…. Their numbers, quoted word for word with the page.

How we read climate claims

What they say2 read · 1 archived
What they donot recorded yet
Official decisions1 linked
Measured2 facts

Reaching a human

How Spotify's own help pages say you can reach a person, quoted as written on the date given. We did not contact them. Not tested by us; not a score.

Phone not offered, in their words: “Note: We currently don’t offer support by phone.”
Contact page · 2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 5cfeba62e201…

Pages read: “Contact us” (Contact page · 2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 5cfeba62e201…); “How to cancel Premium plans” (Cancel article · 2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 a7f01b05eccb…); “Closing your account and deleting your data” (Close-account article · 2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 dccade54897a…)

What the stores and its help centre say

The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.

App Store (US), as the listing showed it

  • “Data Used to Track You”: “Contact Info”, “Identifiers”, “Usage Data”
  • “Data Linked to You”: “Location”, “Contact Info”, “Identifiers”, “Usage Data”, “Health & Fitness”, “Purchases”, “User Content”, “Search History”, “Diagnostics”, “Other Data”, “Contacts”, “Financial Info”
  • Age rating: “13+”
  • In-app purchases: “none listed”
  • “Advertising” is listed under “Contains”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 324cadffc66e…

Google Play (US), as the listing showed it

  • Data safety: “This app may share these data types with third parties” (“Location, Personal info, and Device or other IDs”)
  • Data safety: “This app may collect these data types” (“Location, Personal info and 7 others”)
  • Data safety: “Data is encrypted in transit”
  • Data safety: “You can request that data be deleted”
  • Content rating: “Teen”
  • Shows “Contains ads”
  • Shows “In-app purchases”, “$4.99 - $203.88 per item”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 6c4961cc3a60…

Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

Cancelling, per its help centre: “How to cancel Premium plans”. 2 steps in its longest listed path.

2 steps listed

  1. “Go to Manage your plan .”
  2. “Select Cancel subscription .”

“No option to change plan?”: 2 steps listed

  1. “Go to Manage your plan”
  2. “Check Payment .”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 a7f01b05eccb…

Closing the account, per its help centre: “Closing your account and deleting your data”. no numbered steps or menu path in the article.

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 dccade54897a…

Nell'app Android

What an independent analysis of the published app file lists for Spotify (Android version 9.1.94.1929, report of 2026-11-01). A permission says what the app can ask the phone for, not what it does with it. A newer version may differ.

4 tracker SDKs: Branch · ComScore · Google CrashLytics · Google Firebase Analytics

47 permissions, including: microphone RECORD_AUDIO · precise location ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION · approximate location ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION · screenshot detection DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE · nearby Bluetooth devices BLUETOOTH_SCAN · nearby Wi-Fi devices NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES · advertising ID AD_ID · notifications POST_NOTIFICATIONS

The other 39

ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID · ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION · ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE · ACCOUNT_MANAGER · BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE · BLUETOOTH_ADMIN · BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE · BLUETOOTH_CONNECT · BROADCAST_STICKY · C2D_MESSAGE · CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE · DUID_READ_PROVIDER · DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION · FOREGROUND_SERVICE · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK · GET_ACCOUNTS · INSTALL_SHORTCUT · INTERNAL_BROADCAST · MEDIA_TEMPLATES · MEET_LIVE_SHARING · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS · READ_EPG_DATA · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE · READ_GSERVICES · READ_MEDIA_AUDIO · READ_MEDIA_IMAGES · READ_MEDIA_VIDEO · READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED · READ_PHONE_STATE · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED · SECURED_BROADCAST · USE_CREDENTIALS · WAKE_LOCK · WRITE_EPG_DATA · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Source: εxodus Privacy report, read 2026-11-10 · SHA-256 287189c30664…

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Spotify: €900K+ a year on lobbying the EU
Spotify: $570K in three months on lobbying the US government

Lobbying: cosa dichiara l'azienda

EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER · 2026-07-06 · THE MAKER OF SPOTIFY

Spotify declares spending between €900,000 and €999,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025).

People it declares working on this, in full-time equivalents: 3.

Che tipo di cifra: This is the company's own declaration. The register does not audit it, and it covers everything the company does, not this app alone. EU only.

source · SHA-256 a96a4cd86edc…

US LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT · 2026-10-20 · THE MAKER OF SPOTIFY

Spotify USA Inc. reports spending $570,000 in three months on lobbying the US government (Jul 2026 to Sep 2026).

Che tipo di cifra: This is the company's own quarterly report under US law. It covers everything the company does, not this app alone, and only what the law counts as lobbying.

source (bulk file) · SHA-256 c6d9874c39a7…

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Official decisions

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Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY) · case "DI-2019-6696"

Official record: Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY), case "DI-2019-6696", dated 2023-06-12 on the authority's own page; respondent or addressee: Spotify AB; procedural status as of 2026-11-09: decision issued; appeal status not stated on the authority's page.

Legal entity namedSpotify AB
Linked to Spotify throughits confirmed legal entity Spotify AB (confirmed by entity-gate v1 (2026-11-09))
JurisdictionSE
Penalty, as written"58 000 000 (femtioåttamiljoner) kronor"
Procedural statusdecision issued; appeal status not stated on the authority's page
Decision dated2023-06-12
Published by the authority2023-06-13
Procedural status checked on2026-11-09
Retrieved by us2026-11-09
Approved for this page byrecords-gate v1 (automatic: verified word for word on the authority's own site, 2 of 3 models agreed; proof stored), 2026-11-09
SourceOfficial page archived copy SHA-256 8e6f4e7a6e04f580…

Each case reference, date and penalty above appears word for word in our archived copy of the official page. Official decisions are context: they never change a grade.