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Check out the latest changes to TikTok's privacy policy that will now allow it to collect biometric data from its users

Image: KnowTechie TikTok has become the latest company to add a hefty revision to its privacy policy. The company has now updated its policy to better reflect the type of information that it collects from users. Most notably this update was issued to let users know that TikTok may be collecting your biometric information. This privacy policy update comes after TikTok ran into some troubles with its practices recently. A few months ago, the company settled an Illinois lawsu...

TikTok has mentioned in an updated privacy policy section that it can collect data, including faceprints and voiceprints of users of the app in the US.

The Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, wildly popular with American teenagers, has updated its privacy policy to add a section stating that the app will collect biometric information including "faceprints and voiceprints" from users.

TechShout - Jun 4, 2021 Chinese short-video making app TikTok is now going to collect biometric data of users in the US, including faceprint and voiceprints, as the fate of the Bytedance-owned company remains in limbo in the country. TikTok has introduced a new privacy policy section for US users, saying it “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users’ content. “We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws, ...

TikTok has updated its privacy policy to make it clearer what user data it may gather, including biometric data such as faceprints and voiceprints.

TikToks newly updated privacy policy grants the company the right to collect biometric data from its users, and it isnt clear when or why it may begin doing this.

TikTok needs to offer meaningful explanations of the data it’s collecting

An update made to TikTok's privacy policy this week made it technically legal to automatically collect data on you and your activities in the app. This update

TikTok has updated its privacy policy in the US to give the app permission to collect "faceprints and voiceprints." The company says it’s trying to be clearer about the type of data it’s collecting, but won’t say what these terms actually refer to.