The policy discloses that identity or age verification processes may collect government-issued identity document images, photographic or video images of the user, and facial geometry templates, and acknowledges that facial geometry templates may qualify as biometric data under applicable law in certain jurisdictions.
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This provision establishes that facial geometry template collection is within scope of Anthropic's data collection practices, and the policy's acknowledgment that such data may be classified as biometric data in some jurisdictions triggers compliance review obligations under state biometric privacy statutes that impose specific consent, retention, and destruction requirements.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify in which circumstances verification is required, which third-party vendors process biometric data, or what the specific retention and destruction timeline for verification data is, leaving material compliance details unresolved.
Under this clause, users who complete identity or age verification may have facial geometry templates collected and processed; the agreement acknowledges these may constitute biometric data in some jurisdictions, though the specific retention period and destruction timeline for verification data are not detailed in the main policy text.
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Compare across platforms →"Verification Data: In certain circumstances, we may ask you to verify your age or identity. If you choose to do so, data we will collect includes, depending on the method: an image of your government-issued identity document and the information appearing on it (such as your ID number and date of birth); your image in photo or video form, facial geometry templates (which may be considered 'biometric data' in some jurisdictions); and the result of the verification (for example, whether your age meets the applicable threshold).Excerpt from Anthropic's Privacy Policy (Superseded Capture)
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly implicates Illinois BIPA (740 ILCS 14), which requires written consent prior to biometric data collection, a publicly available retention and destruction policy, and prohibition on sale of biometric identifiers.
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This provision establishes that facial geometry template collection is within scope of Anthropic's data collection practices, and the policy's acknowledgment that such data may be classified as biometric data in some jurisdictions triggers compliance review obligations under state biometric privacy statutes that impose specific consent, retention, and destruction requirements.
Under this clause, users who complete identity or age verification may have facial geometry templates collected and processed; the agreement acknowledges these may constitute biometric data in some jurisdictions, though the specific retention period and destruction timeline for verification data are not detailed in the main policy text.
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