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Criticism of Spotify an apology on the Spotify blog by Ek, in which he wrote that "We should have done a better job in communicating what these policies mean and how any information you choose to share will – and will not – be used", along with details on what features the permissions would enable. An updated privacy policy, with "clearer language" focused on helping users, rather than lawyers, understand its contents, was rolled out in September 2015. In August 2015, "Billboard" reported that Spotify was among the streaming services influenced by "pay for play", in which labels pay for songs to be