X is updating its privacy policy to collect biometric data - such as a photograph of one's face - of its users, which was previously known as Twitter.
Individuals who opt to join X Premium's subscription service have the option of supplying a selfie plus a photo ID for authentication.
The policy also mentions the possibility of X gathering information about employment and educational background.
This could be to suggest viable job opportunities for you to present to prospective employers when applying for a position.
Rumors have surfaced that X could be looking to provide recruitment services.
In May, X Corp reportedly acquired a tech recruiting service called Laskie. This was the first company takeover since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, at the time, last year for a $44bn (£34.7bn).
The new privacy policy will be effective as of 29 September.
We may gather and employ your individual details (such as your work background, academic background, job preferences, qualifications and talents, job search activity and engagement, and so on) to suggest probable jobs for you, to disclose to prospective employers when you apply for a job, to permit employers to detect likely applicants, and to display you more applicable advertising.
Liberty Vittert, a professor of data science at Washington University in St Louis, declared that the move is consistent with X's effort to develop "more personalized and individual experiences for users" to compete with platforms such as LinkedIn.
However, she asserted that users ought to be cautious about such an alteration, expressing concern that it could be exploited by employers to determine an applicant's fitness for a particular job based on tweets, retweets, and accounts they follow.
X has stated that X Premium users are able to access the collection of biometric data, which encompasses data on a person's physical characterisitcs like a facial scan or fingerprint. This will also help us flag any suspicious activity."
The firm informed the BBC that individuals will be able to complete a verification step by submitting their government ID along with a self-photograph, which will also help them identify any questionable activity.
We will extract biometric data from both the government issued ID and the selfie photo for comparison. This will also allow those who choose to link their account to an actual individual by analyzing their official ID. All of this will aid X in preventing fraud and making the platform more secure.
Mr Musk reiterated X's intentions to offer users a platform for video and audio calling. According to him, it can be utilized with all sorts of devices and does not require a phone number. He added that iOS, Android, Mac, and PC users can all benefit from the feature.
He asserted that X is a useful worldwide address book.
No timeline was specified for when the fresh calling feature would be ready.
Mr Musk has an aspiration to transform X into an "all-encompassing app", an all-in-one source for various online services. To do this, he may employ the inclusion of extra capabilities and updates to the privacy policy as necessary.
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