TikTok’s updated privacy policy in the US gives it permission to collect biometric data from users

TikTok has updated its privacy policy in the US and has introduced a section that states that the app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users’ content. And this includes data like “faceprints and voiceprints”. According to TechCrunch who reached out to TikTok for a comment, the platform could not confirm “what product developments necessitated the addition of biometric data to its list of disclosures about the information it automatically collects from users”. However, TikTok said that they could ask for consent in case such data collection practices began.

These new biometric data collection details have been introduced under a newly added section called “Image and Audio Information” that’s placed under the “Information we collect automatically” heading in the policy.