After Spotify's new but controversial privacy policy made their way to users' screens, some of its listeners are reportedly "decamping" to Deezer, another music streaming platform.
On Friday, Spotify's privacy policy seemed to have shocked the world when the content of the new terms sounded "creepy and invasive."
BBC reported the new Spotify privacy policy will let the company access users' photos, contact numbers and other sensor data stored on their phones, and may even share these with other users.
This update raised the eyebrows of many of the Spotify users, making others decide to decamp to other music streaming service applications such as Deezer.
A report on The Register said some users within the Spotify forum are transferring to Deezer after hearing about the Spotify new privacy policy.
Deezer is the music streaming app preferred by some users after Spotify released its new privacy policy. It is said to be a free streaming app for mobiles, PCs and tablets that offer no ads.
According to the privacy policy posted on its official website, Deezer also collects some personal data, but ensures users that their "data will not be shared with third parties without [their] express consent."
However, their terms also noted that users' data "may be transferred by Deezer to servers located in several countries," adding that users "hereby agree that [their] Data may be transferred in a country other than [their] country of residence and notably outside of the European Union."
Unlike Spotify's privacy policy which mentions Facebook as a platform where some information may be collected, Deezer made no mention of the social networking website.
Do these make Deezer safer than Spotify, that some users are planning to decamp to this platform?
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek issued an apology through the company's official blog clarifying that Spotify will ask "explicit permission" before accessing users' information such as photos.
"We are in the middle of rolling out new terms and conditions and privacy policy and they've caused a lot of confusion about what kinds of information we access and what we do with it. We apologize for that," the Spotify CEO wrote.
