Biometric Privacy Notice
Effective October 21, 2026
The short version: to keep one real person per account, every member does a one-time face scan with a photo ID, run by our identity provider, Didit. It only starts after you tick a consent box. We never store your ID images, selfie or face data; Didit processes them for us. We never sell biometric data. This notice is written for the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, Washington's biometric law (RCW 19.375), Texas law and other state laws, and is part of our Privacy notice.
1. What is collected
- Photo ID: images of your ID and the details on it (name, date of birth, document number, expiry, issuing country, ID photo).
- Live selfie: images or a short video to check a real person is present.
- Face geometry: a scan of your face geometry (a face template) made from your selfie and ID photo. This is a biometric identifier.
- Device and IP checks.
2. Why
Only to verify your identity and age, to check your face matches your ID, to stop the same person opening more than one account (including people who were banned), and to prevent fraud. Never for advertising, and never sold, leased or traded.
3. Your consent
Before the scan starts, you see an unticked box asking for your written consent, with a link to this notice. The scan can't start until you tick it. We record when you consented, the version of this notice and your IP address. Verification is required to be a member; if you don't consent, you can't finish joining, and we'll refund your membership if you ask before any scan.
4. Who holds it
Didit collects and processes your ID images, selfie and face template as our service provider, and runs the duplicate-face check against members who are already verified. We never store ID images, selfies or face templates. From the scan we keep only: the result (for example verified, needs review or duplicate), the Didit session reference, one-way codes made from your ID details that stop the same ID being used twice, and, for U.S. sanctions screening, your legal name, date of birth and ID country (see the Privacy notice). We share biometric data with no one else, except where the law, a warrant or a subpoena requires it.
5. How long it's kept and when it's destroyed
| Data | Held by | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| ID images, selfie, liveness video and face template | Didit | While your account is open, so duplicate checks work. We ask Didit to delete it when your account is closed, when you withdraw consent, or when it's no longer needed. In every case it's destroyed no later than the earliest deadline the law sets: 3 years after your last verification (Illinois), 24 months (Colorado), 12 months (Texas), or sooner when no longer necessary (Washington). |
| Verification result and session reference | Us | While your account is open, and afterwards only as long as needed to prevent banned or duplicate accounts |
| One-way ID codes | Us | As long as needed to stop the same ID opening another account |
| Name, date of birth, ID country (sanctions) | Us | 10 years, as U.S. sanctions law requires (not biometric data) |
6. How it's protected
Biometric data is protected at least as carefully as our other most sensitive data: encrypted in transit, held by Didit under access controls, and never copied into our own systems.
7. If you're flagged as a duplicate
If the checks find you already have an account, the new account is denied and its membership refunded. These automated checks can occasionally be wrong; email support@thecollectiveperspective.com within 30 days and a person will review it.
8. Your rights
You can ask what identity data we hold about you, or withdraw your consent and have your biometric data deleted, at any time by emailing support@thecollectiveperspective.com. Because verification is how we keep one person per account, withdrawing consent means we'll close your account. Washington, Illinois, Texas and other state laws may give you more rights; we honor them.
9. Minors
The Service is for adults only. If we learn a member is under 18, we close the account, refund the membership and ask Didit to delete the scan.
10. Contact
Molly Ann Graham, an individual doing business as The Collective Perspective. support@thecollectiveperspective.com.