TikTok has updated its privacy policy in the US to notify users that the app might, in future, collect new types of biometric information including "faceprints and voiceprints."But when reached by The Verge, TikTok was unable to explain what types of data these terms referred to, or why the app might need to access this information in the first place.
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As is often the case with privacy policies, there's a lot of conflation here between outcomes that users are probably fine with (like adding video effects) and outcomes they might think are more invasive (like ad targeting and "demographic classification.")There's also a lot of broad language used in order to cover any future updates TikTok might add to the platform.
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The policy says TikTok will seek consent from users before collecting this information, but only when it is required to do so by the law.
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