TikTok's New Privacy Policy Gives It Permission To Collect Your Faceprint, Voiceprint
TikTok is one of the most popular apps in the United States right now after it effectively replaced Vine for quick content and entertainment. However, their track record has been mired by lapses in user privacy and contention with the U.S Government. Now, it seems some of those early accusations and concerns were founded as TikTok has now updated its privacy policy to include the collection of new types of biometric data such as “faceprints and voiceprints,” whatever that may mean or be used for.
On Thursday, TechCrunch spotted a change in its U.S privacy policy that explains that the social media app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users and their content. This data collection could include things like “faceprints and voiceprints,” and TikTok will seek any required permissions for this from users only “where required by law.”
No matter what, this sort of data collection is somewhat creepy, but it may become a normal thing like collecting device information as is standard now. Having a faceprint or voiceprint collected should always have permissions attached to it, but perhaps that is a problem for legislature. In any case, let us know what you think of this slight policy change in the comments below.
