TELECOMPAPER reports on concerns from Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Peter Schaar over a music service that requires users to link their social networking accounts to it. "Spotify is facing criticism in Germany over the obligation to have a Facebook account when using the service," the report states, noting comments by Schaar that having a Spotify account "only available via Facebook infringes the Telemedia Act." The report cites one data protection specialist's recommendation that such services "develop a business model that is compatible with the German data protection law."
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