Spotify vs NordVPN
Based on our analysis, NordVPN is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Spotify | NordVPN |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | C · 52/100 | C+ · 62/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (38) | Mixed (65) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (40) | Mixed (58) |
| What you can do | Mixed (68) | Mixed (68) |
| What they promise | Mixed (57) | Mixed (60) |
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 — NordVPN
NordVPN genuinely doesn't log your VPN activity — that part of the privacy pitch holds up — but outside the tunnel it runs a large advertising and analytics infrastructure full of US-based trackers, shares data within a broad corporate group, markets to you for a year after you cancel, and retains billing records for a decade.
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