Updated on: Thursday 15 October 2026
Cookies and tracking technologies
This notice explains how Last.fm Limited (“Last.fm”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you use the Last.fm websites, mobile and desktop applications and related online services (together, the “Last.fm Services”). These technologies include cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, scripts, local storage, software development kits and other technologies that store information on, or access information from, your browser or device. We refer to them collectively in this notice as “technologies”. Depending on the technology, we and our partners may collect information such as cookie and device identifiers, IP address, browser and device information, approximate location, pages visited, referral sources, searches and interactions with content or advertisements. We use this information to operate and secure the Last.fm Services, remember preferences, understand and improve performance, personalise content, measure advertising and, where you have agreed, provide advertising based on your interests. Except where a technology is strictly necessary or another applicable legal exception has been confirmed, we will not use it until you have made your choice through our cookie settings. For more information about how we use personal information collected through these technologies, please see our Privacy Policy.
Categories of Cookies:
Strictly necessary
These technologies are necessary for the operation, security and core functionality of the Last.fm Services. They may be used, for example, to authenticate users, maintain sessions, prevent fraud and abuse, remember privacy choices, process requested transactions and provide features expressly requested by you. Because these technologies are necessary, they cannot be switched off through our cookie settings. You can configure your browser to block them, but parts of the Last.fm Services may then not work.
Analytics & Performance
These technologies help us understand how visitors use the Last.fm Services, including the number of visitors, pages and features used, referral sources, errors and performance. We use this information to measure, maintain and improve our services and, where applicable, to conduct testing and research. Unless there is an applicable legal exception, we will use these technologies only with your consent.
Functional
These technologies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering language, display or playback preferences and supporting optional integrations. They may be set by Last.fm or by third-party service providers whose functionality we add to the Last.fm Services. If you do not allow them, some optional features may not work as intended.
Marketing and Advertising
These technologies may be set by Last.fm or by our advertising and advertising-technology partners. They may be used to select, deliver and measure advertisements; limit how often you see an advertisement; understand your interactions with advertisements; create or infer audience segments; and show advertising based on your interests on Last.fm or other websites and services. Our partners may combine information collected through the Last.fm Services with information collected elsewhere, or use identifiers to recognise a browser or device over time. If you do not allow these technologies, you may still see contextual advertising, but it will not be selected using these technologies based on your interests.
Social Media
These technologies are set by social-media or other external-platform providers when we include their sharing, login, media or audience features. They may allow the provider to recognise your browser or device across services and build a profile of your interests. If you do not allow these technologies, the relevant features may not work.
Managing Cookies
You can use Cookie settings to accept or reject optional technologies by category and to change or withdraw your choices at any time. A Cookie settings management module is available at the bottom of our website. Your choices generally apply to the browser and device you are using. If you clear your cookies, use another browser or device, or use certain Last.fm Services without logging in, you may need to make your choices again. You can also block or delete technologies using your browser or device settings. However, browser controls may not affect every type of technology, and blocking strictly necessary technologies may prevent parts of the Last.fm Services from working. Industry opt-out tools may provide additional controls over interest-based advertising, but they do not replace the choices available through our Cookie settings.