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To improve our personalized recommendations and to improve the Spotify experience for all users, based on precise location data (where available and explicitly permitted by you).

For example, we can provide better personalized concert and event recommendations or let you know what is trending at your specific location. What we learn from your streaming at one location, could be used to suggest similar content to other users close to that location.

To diagnose, troubleshoot, and fix issues with the Spotify Service.

To evaluate and develop new features, technologies, and improvements to the Spotify Service. This includes development and training of algorithmic and machine learning models, which help us to keep our service safe and enhance our users' experience. For example:

For example:

to help us develop and improve our personalized recommendations

to help analyze how our users react to a particular new feature and see whether we should make any changes

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