The company X, formerly known as Twitter, has declared it would begin collecting user biometric and employment data on September 29, 2023.

In an effort to strengthen its privacy practices, X Corp. will compile user photographs. However, X premium subscribers have the option to identify themselves by sending in a selfie and a photo ID.

According to the microblogging platform, this will help app users who are looking for work and employers who are hiring.

Additionally, X Corp stated that user biometric information will stop impersonation on the app.

A story on bbc.com claims that X made this choice after purchasing Laskie, a tech staffing firm, in May 2023.

“We may collect and use your personal information (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, job search activity and engagement, and so on) to recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job, to enable employers to find potential candidates, and to show you more relevant advertising,” a new X Corp privacy policy states.

“X will give the option to provide their government ID, combined with a selfie, to add a verification layer.

“Biometric data may be extracted from both the government ID and the selfie image for matching purposes. This will additionally help us tie, for those who choose, an account to a real person by processing their government-issued ID. This will also help X fight impersonation attempts and make the platform more secure,” X Corp told BBC.