X, formerly known as Twitter, may collect your biometric data and job history
The disclosures came in an update to the company's privacy policy, which added two sections related to the new data collection practice.
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The disclosures came in an update to the company's privacy policy, which added two sections related to the new data collection practice.
Increasing numbers of governments around the world are scrutinising Worldcoin, a crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that was launched in July. Almost 2.3 million people globally have signed up to have their irises scanned by Worldcoin's "orb" devices in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency. Altman says its ID will allow users to, among other things, prove online that they are human, notably in a future world dominated by artificial intelligence.
The social media firm, formerly Twitter, will gather facial information if premium users give consent.
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X doesn’t define what it considers biometric, though other companies have used the term to describe data gleaned from a person’s face, eyes and fingerprints.