Anthropic Updates Privacy Policy to Allow ID Verification for Flagged Users

Executive Briefing

• Requires flagged users to upload government-issued ID such as passport or driver's license to appeal account restrictions
• Collects selfie photos and face geometry templates, which Illinois and other states classify as legally protected biometric data
• Applies to a small subset of flagged users among Anthropic's tens of millions of monthly active users
• Uses San Francisco-based Persona as its identity verification provider, though data retention timeline remains unclear
• Emerges amid ongoing tensions with the Trump administration over access to Anthropic's AI tools and cybersecurity models