In more location tracking news today, Spotify wants to track yours because non-family members sometimes use Family Plans *gasp!*.
« The changes to the policy allow Spotify to arbitrarily use the location of an individual to ascertain if they continue to reside at the same address when using a family account, and it’s unclear how often Spotify will query users’ devices for this information, » said Christopher Weatherhead, technology lead for UK watchdog group Privacy International, adding that there are « worrying privacy implications. »
Check It Out: Spotify Wants to Track Your Location so Friends Don’t Use a Family Plan
Violating your customers’ privacy isn’t a good look, Spotify.
Perhaps GDPR will have something to say about this.
Well, that’s another reason I don’t use Spotify.