Spotify vs Mullvad VPN
Based on our analysis, Mullvad VPN is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Spotify | Mullvad VPN |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | C · 52/100 | A · 93/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (38) | Positive (95) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (40) | Positive (92) |
| What you can do | Mixed (68) | Positive (85) |
| What they promise | Mixed (57) | Positive (90) |
In plain English — Spotify
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.
View full analysis →In plain English — Mullvad VPN
Mullvad collects almost nothing — no account names, no activity logs, no IP retention — and the policy is short because there's genuinely very little to say; what little data does get processed (payments, support emails) has hard, specific deletion windows and never leaves the EU.
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