By James Pero For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:16 BST, 28 June 2019 | Updated: 20:32 BST, 28 June 2019
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Some users of Spotify's 'pre-save' feature are agreeing to a lot more than they realize when adding new songs and albums to their library.
Billboard reports that record companies are burying some intimate permissions into Spotify's pre-save feature, which allows users to add an album to their library the moment it's released.
Among those requests are access to a users' email, listening habits, followers, saved songs, and perhaps most notably, a 'read-and-write' type privilege to add or remove library songs and artists as well as create playlists on one's account.
Spotify is giving record companies access to users' personal data by burying permission requests in its 'pre-save' feature. File photo
Aside from permission to add to a user's library there is no apparent need for company's to ask for access to emails or other personal information.
While all account access must technically be consented, Billboard points out that in order for users to review the level of permission they're granting labels, they have to read through a list of terms after pressing a 'learn more' button.
As is the case with most 'terms of service' agreements, many are likely to skip such literature altogether
