Overview
- Anthropic notified consumer Claude users by email and updated its privacy and support pages to announce a new identity or age verification requirement for Claude Free, Pro and Max accounts.
- Users reporting the notice said verification options include uploading an official ID or providing a facial scan to confirm age or identity.
- The updated privacy documentation specifies what information Anthropic will collect, how it will process that data, when it may share data with third parties, and the legal bases for processing.
- Anthropic reiterated that it will not sell user data, that Claude will remain ad-free, and that users can control whether their conversations are used to improve the company’s models.
- Claude Teams, Enterprise and the Developer Platform are excluded from this consumer rollout and the use of biometric checks raises privacy and data-security questions for individual users.