When you sign in with your Spotify account, stats.fm asks for a number of permissions. Here's what each one is used for.
Account data
- Email — to contact you in case of an account issue
- Name, username, and profile picture — to display on your stats.fm profile
Your activity
- Content you've recently played — to display your recent streams in the app
- The content you're currently playing — to show what you're listening to in real time
- Spotify Connect device information — to display playback context alongside what you're playing
- What you've saved in Your Library — to display your saved tracks and albums in the app
- Your top artists and content — to populate your top lists
- Who you follow on Spotify — to display follows in the app
- Playlists you've made and playlists you follow — to display your playlists in the app
- Your collaborative playlists — to display collaborative playlists alongside your own
- Your position in content you've played — to show playback context
Take actions
- Upload images to personalize your profile or playlist cover — to change playlist images from the app (feature in development)
- Add and remove items in Your Library — to make the add and remove from library buttons in the app work
- Create, edit, and follow private playlists — to create playlists with your top tracks when you tap the button to do so
- Create, edit, and follow public playlists — to make the follow and unfollow playlist buttons work
- Manage who you follow on Spotify — to make the follow and unfollow artist buttons work
Why we ask for these permissions
stats.fm only uses these permissions for the features you see in the app. We don't sell your data or share it with third parties beyond what's needed to provide the app's functionality. For full details on how we handle your data, see our privacy policy.
If you want to revoke stats.fm's access to your Spotify account, you can do that anytime in your Spotify account settings under "Apps." Note that revoking permissions will disconnect your stats.fm account from Spotify and stop new streams from syncing.