The reason you were logged out of Spotify is because the company has updated its privacy policy.
Spotify users across the world have been left confused after being logged out of their accounts, with some even claiming that they have lost their entire playlists. The music streaming service announced in a blog post on October 26th that it had updated its privacy policy to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws, which came into effect on May 25th. However, some users are claiming that they haven’t given Spotify permission to access their data and have taken to Twitter to complain about the changes.
The GDPR laws are designed to give consumers more control over how their data is used by businesses. Under the new rules, companies must obtain explicit consent from users before using their data for anything other than what it was originally collected for. This means that if you signed up for Spotify’s free version and only ever used it on your phone, you wouldn’t be able to use it on your computer without signing up again and giving explicit consent.
In its announcement, Spotify said: “We want you to understand what information we collect, why we collect it and what we do with it. That’s why we have prepared this Privacy Policy update. It covers what information we collect through our services, how we use that information and the choices you can make about how your information is used.”
