If Groq asks you to verify your identity, you will submit your government-issued ID and a selfie directly to a third-party verification company, which handles that sensitive data under its own privacy policy, not Groq's.
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Your most sensitive personal data, including government ID documents and facial images, is handled by a company whose privacy practices are separate from Groq's policy commitments, creating a gap in the protections you might expect to apply.
Interpretive note: The policy characterizes the identity verification services as 'processors' but states that users' data is processed under the services' own privacy notices, which may indicate a controller relationship rather than a processor relationship under GDPR; the legal distinction affects accountability and user rights.
This provision means that biometric-adjacent data (facial images, government IDs) you submit during identity verification is governed by a third party's privacy notice, which Groq does not reproduce or link in this policy, leaving consumers without clear visibility into how that data is retained, shared, or deleted.
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To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, such as by requiring you to submit your request via your account.
When you use them, we'll validate your request by verifying your identity (for example, by confirming that you're signed in to your Google Account).
we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.
"We may use third-party identity verification services to verify your identity, secure our Services, and protect against fraud or abuse. When you engage in this process, you provide information, such as a photo ID or selfie, directly to that service. We receive confirmation of verification results but do not store your government identification documents or selfies ourselves. These services act as our processors and process your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.Excerpt from Groq's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision may engage Illinois BIPA (if facial geometry is derived from selfies), Texas CUBI, Washington My Health MY Data Act, and GDPR Article 9 (biometric data as a special category).
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Your most sensitive personal data, including government ID documents and facial images, is handled by a company whose privacy practices are separate from Groq's policy commitments, creating a gap in the protections you might expect to apply.
This provision means that biometric-adjacent data (facial images, government IDs) you submit during identity verification is governed by a third party's privacy notice, which Groq does not reproduce or link in this policy, leaving consumers without clear visibility into how that data is retained, shared, or deleted.
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