tampagaq.blogg.se

If you live in a new neighborhood, good luck. The issue is that the verification system it uses for addresses must be able to find your address. Spotify hadn't notified me of needing to enter my address since the change was made, but as soon as I logged into my Family Premium account, it did ask me to enter my address. Here's an example, I have a family plan with Spotify for my kids because it's cheaper than paying for their individual accounts. What the move does do is make those who value being honest and doing the right thing lie in some instances. Verifying the same address isn't exactly high security as cheating that setup is fairly straight-forward affair of sharing the same address on their account. A spokesperson for Spotify confirmed that, "Once verification of a family member's home address is completed, we do not store their location data or track their location at any time." The company also states that the location data is encrypted and can be edited by the account owner.The new rules mean that everyone who is on your family plan must use the same physical address to be allowed on the service. Spotify has made it clear the location data is only collected to verify the Premium Family plan rules are not being broken. After all, online privacy is a right, not a luxury. Location checking is certainly one way of doing that, but it doesn't come without a backlash from users and privacy advocates.

The music streaming service knows some members are sharing their family plan with friends, and it's very keen to stop it. Spotify clearly states that the Family Plan is for a primary account holder and up to five family members who must be residing at the same address. However, that won't be the only time the location gets verified, with the text stating, "We may from time to time ask for re-verification of your home address in order to confirm that you are still meeting the eligibility criteria." Under the Eligibility and Verification section it states that upon activation, Spotify will ask for a home address to be verified. 5, Spotify updated the terms and conditions (Opens in a new window) for its $15 per month Premium Family subscription. That was just a test, but now the music streaming service has made it a requirement for all Premium Family subscribers.Īs CNET reports (Opens in a new window), on Sept.

Last year, Spotify asked users to share their GPS location or risk losing access to the Spotify Premium Family service.