LinkedIn vs Spotify
Based on our analysis, Spotify is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Spotify | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 38/100 | C · 52/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (28) | Concern (38) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (30) | Concern (40) |
| What you can do | Concern (42) | Mixed (68) |
| What they promise | Concern (42) | Mixed (57) |
LinkedIn builds a remarkably detailed professional and personal profile from everything you do on and off the platform — including inferred age, gender, salary, and seniority — then shares it with Microsoft, advertisers, and third-party partners. Your data persists even after account closure, your public activity is fed into Microsoft's broader ad ecosystem, and there is no way to opt out of non-personalised ads.
View full analysis →Spotify tracks everything you listen to, infers your interests from your behaviour, and feeds that data into a broad advertising machine — including third-party ad partners who send them data about you too. Controls are better than most, but your listening history is kept for the life of your account with no way to stop it.
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