Is Spotify Big Brother?

[dehondtimo]

 The other day I was preparing to go to an event in a city for my work. So I looked up the adres on Google Maps and the event on Safari. From that moment onwards, Spotify is presenting me podcasts about that city, where I never went before. How come Spotify has access to my behavior on my computer?  I want to keep out the unwanted Big Brother as much as I can. I don’t want the unwanted “help”, . How to prevent Spotify from spying?