Starting next month, X’s updated privacy policy will entitle it to collect some users’ biometric data and other personal information.

Under the revised policy, which takes effect September 29, X (formerly known as Twitter) “may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security and identification purposes” so long as the user provides consent.

The biometric data collection is for X Premium users only, the company told CBS MoneyWatch when reached for further information.

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    Using social media for news has been a bad idea way before the Muskrat had anything to do with it, but sure

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      Good! Then convince all those companies and celebrities to use some better platform. Until then that’s what we have.

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        There’s actual news outlets whose entire thing is sharing properly researched news. Anything else is a crapshoot at best.

        Companies and celebrities who use X exclusively, well idk. Sucks, right?