Shazam (Apple)

What this pass recorded. Shazam's function requires the microphone, and the trust proposition is that it listens only when you press the button. Apple acquired it in 2018 and it now sits under Apple's overall data practices, which are genuinely stronger than the ad-funded alternative would have been - worth saying plainly. The residual note is that music identification history is a preference profile: what you heard, where, and when, which reconstructs venues visited and time spent there. Nothing confirmed this pass; the microphone-permission category is the reason the row exists.

• Severity
• Evidence tierUnassigned
• Claims confirmed
• Last verified2026-08-04

Primary source. None recorded — Unverified - heuristic first draft.

Arbitration

Same as Apple overall.

Data sharing

Governed by Apple's overall data practices since Apple's 2018 acquisition; Shazam's core function (listening to ambient audio to identify songs) necessarily involves brief audio capture, though Apple's general privacy positioning is comparatively strong relative to most other companies in this tracker. No independently confirmed separate lawsuit this pass.

Contacts

Privacy contact. Not recorded.

Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.

Mailing address. Not recorded.