The X App may collect biometric, employment, and academic information from users

The X App may collect biometric, employment, and academic information from users

The social network X can collect biometric information from the user, as well as his work or education history, according to the company owned by the businessman Elon Musk in its new privacy policy, which takes effect on September 29.

The data that the social network can collect comes from the information provided by the user, from his activity when using X and even from third party sources, based on the digital products and services you use and view online.

The company divides these three categories into its privacy policy, which it recently updated to include the collection of users’ biometric data, as they warned in Bloomberg.

For example, X, formerly known as Twitter, can collect the biometric information, “On the basis of consent” of the user, to use it for purposes related to security and identification.

Also the information related to the user’s work and academic life, That ties in with the new feature you announced for verified organizations, which can post their jobs directly to the platform.

Until the new standard takes effect, the current one will remain in effect. This standard does not include biometric, work, and academic data. (JO)

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