Following a privacy policy modification, X, formerly known as Twitter, will start collecting biometric information from its users, such as a picture of their face.
According to BBC, anyone who subscribed to X Premium can opt to submit a selfie and a picture ID for verification.
The study claims that the policy also allowed X to keep track of its users’ work and educational backgrounds.
To “recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job” would be to do this.
It’s been suggested that X could wish to provide recruitment services.
According to rumours, X Corp purchased Laskie, a tech staffing firm, in May. Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, as it was then called, last year for $44 billion (£34.7 billion), this was the first corporate takeover.
According to BBC, the revised privacy policy will go into effect on September 29.
According to the statement, “We may collect and use your personal information (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills, and abilities, as well as your job search activity and engagement) to recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job, to help employers find potential candidates, and to show you more relevant advertising.”
The gathering of biometric data, which includes information about a person’s physical characteristics like a fingerprint or face scan, is reserved for X Premium members, according to X.
“X will give users the option to provide their government ID, combined with a selfie, to add a verification layer,” the business said in a statement to the BBC.
“Both the government ID and the selfie image may be used to extract biometric data for matching purposes. By processing their government-issued ID, this will also enable us to link an account to a real person, for those who desire to do so. Additionally, this will strengthen the platform’s security and aid X in thwarting impersonation efforts.
Additionally, Mr. Musk reaffirmed X’s intentions to let users to make both voice and video conversations. No phone number would be required, according to him, and the service “works on iOS, Android, Mac & PC.”
He asserted, “X is the practical global address book.”
There was no mention of a release date for the new calling function, though.
As part of Musk’s goal to make X a “everything app,” a one-stop shop for a variety of services, further features may continue to be added as well as additional revisions to the privacy policy to support them.
