Samsung vs Spotify
Based on our analysis, Spotify is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Samsung | Spotify |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 39/100 | C · 52/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (25) | Concern (38) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (32) | Concern (40) |
| What you can do | Mixed (50) | Mixed (68) |
| What they promise | Mixed (45) | Mixed (57) |
Samsung's data appetite is unusually broad for a hardware maker: voice recordings stored on servers with potential third-party retention, keyboard input logging via Predictive Text synced across devices, and persistent hardware identifiers that survive ad-ID resets. The company explicitly acknowledges that sharing with business partners may constitute a data sale under US law (CCPA). Full GDPR-grade rights are reserved for EEA/UK/Swiss residents; everyone else gets basic access and deletion with no response-time commitments. Retention timelines are vague and there are no named security certifications or breach notification windows.
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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