

Spotify fined - for data protection violations

The streaming service Spotify has to pay a fine. The reason: Spotify was not transparent enough with user data.
The Swedish supervisory authority has fined Spotify SEK 58 million - around five million euros. After a lengthy back and forth, the authorities found that the company had violated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Specifically, Spotify was fined for how it handled customer data and how customer access to this data was organised.
Swedish authorities remained inactive for a long time
Because of this inaction Noyb filed another lawsuit in the summer of 2022 - this time not against Spotify, but against the Swedish data protection authority IMY. Noyb was proved right and the Swedish authority had to investigate the complaints.
"Unfortunately, the case took more than four years"
Stefano Rossetti, data protection lawyer at Noyb, commented on the decision from Sweden to Golem as follows:
Noyb now wants to investigate whether the Swedish authorities have sufficiently enforced users' rights. So it remains exciting.
Cover photo: Shutterstock / Mats Wiklund

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