Washington: Microblogging site X, formerly known as Twitter, will collect biometrics information of its users only upon the individuals consent, owner Elon Musk has said.
At the end of August, X announced it would soon begin collecting users biometrics data, as well as job and education history.
This is entirely at the discretion of the X user. No use of this ID will be made beyond what is explicitly clearly approved by the user, Musk said on X late Friday.
Musk bought, then Twitter, for an estimated $44 billion last October.
Twitter Corporation ceased to exist as a separate company as a result of its merger with X Corp. this April.
In late July, Twitters logo was changed from a blue bird to a black-and-white X logo. Musk specified that the new logo symbolized the imperfections in us all that make us unique.
(With UNI/SPUTNIK inputs)
