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# The Sound of Privacy – What Your Spotify Data Reveals About You


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 10, 2026
- **Time:** 16:20–16:50 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 9
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100346-the-sound-of-privacy-what-your-spotify-data-reveals-about-you)

## Description

It's just a music app – but how much can one actually learn about a person when granted access to their Spotify data? In this talk, we present what we learned about our colleagues through their Spotify user data.

By leveraging the GDPR, we looked into various questions: How often do people lose or damage their phones? Where did they travel? And how regular are their sleep patterns? Alongside detailed insights into Spotify data, we provide a brief overview of the legal framework and examine how strictly other companies comply with the GDPR. While everyone in theory understands that data can hold immense power, this talk presents concrete examples – particularly given that we're dealing with what seems like just a music app.

## Speakers

### [Dennis Schulz](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@dennis-schulz)

Senior Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting
### [Thomas Hugle](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@thomas-hugle)

Senior Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting


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- [The Sound of Your Secrets: Teaching Your Model to Spy, So You Can Learn to Defend](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1385-the-sound-of-your) — David vonThenen
- [Your Enterprise RAG Has No Legal Basis](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1393-your-enterprise-rag) — David Klemme, Tilman Mürle
- [Parquet, Delta, Iceberg & Ducklake - An introduction for developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1080-parquet-delta) — Matthias Niehoff
- [What if your HR software adapted to you, not the other way around?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1449-what-if-your-hr) — Christian Voigt