Spotify only saves data related to what songs a kid is playing and liking, and it says that data will neither be sold nor shared with third parties for advertising purposes. The name and age you enter for each Spotify Kids account is fully encrypted. It won’t collect location data (region restrictions are based on whatever location the parent’s account is set to). Spotify has also created a separate privacy policy for Spotify Kids. Ensuring your child can recognise and respond to challenges is the best way of helping them gain digital resilience.

While parental controls of the kind found in Spotify Kids can be a useful tool, they don’t eliminate risk completely.

Note that blocking a song only removes it from that specific child’s account and you’ll need to go through the process again if you have more than one child, each have their own account. Below is the list of suggestions as to how to provide quality data to the algorithm. If a song is selected as ‘hidden’, that song won’t be visible anywhere in the child’s app. However, there is a ‘Grown-ups’ section, which allows you to change the age bracket, view listening history, block specific songs and delete your child’s account. Spotify Kids playlists are created by a group of editors and are deemed to be child-friendly.

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