X Plans to Collect Biometric Data, Job and School History

  • In policy shift, X will expand the type of data it gathers
  • Employment, education history will be used to recommend jobs
X Updates Privacy Policy, Will Collect Biometric Data

X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric.

“Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” the company said in its new policy. 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.