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TikTok Quietly Updated Its Privacy Policy to Collect Users’ Biometric Data – The Hacker News
TikTok updated its privacy policy quietly to collect biometric data from users.
Popular short-form video-sharing service TikTok quietly revised its privacy policy in the U.S., allowing it to automatically collect biometric information such as faceprints and voiceprints from the content its users post on the platform.
The policy change, first spotted by TechCrunch, went into effect on June 2. TikTok users who reside in the European Economic Area (EEA), the U.K., Switzerland, and other geographies (excluding India) where the service operates are exempted from the changes.
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