Anthropic’s new privacy policy adds biometric checks to Claude accounts
Anthropic’s new privacy policy adds biometric checks to Claude accounts
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Publish Date: 2026-06-21 16:01:00
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Anthropic published an updated privacy policy on June 8, 2026, with an effective date of July 8, 2026, introducing biometric identity verification, expanded third-party data sharing rules for agentic sessions, and new provisions covering research participation. The changes apply exclusively to consumer accounts – Claude Free, Pro, and Max plans – and mark the most substantive revision to the document since September 2025.
What changed and what did not
The previous version of the policy, which carried an effective date of January 12, 2026, remained in force until July 8. According to Anthropic’s published change log, the January update had made two minor adjustments: adding a link to a new Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy and consolidating regional supplemental disclosures under a single section. The June 8 update is a different category of revision altogether.
Four areas were materially changed. The first covers multi-step tasks and connected apps. The second introduces verification data – the section at the center of most external commentary. The third adds a description of study participation data. The fourth expands the explanation of how Anthropic communicates with users and shares data with third parties.
According to Anthropic’s summary of changes, the company “can increasingly carry out longer tasks and work with third-party apps and services” and has therefore “added details about the data involved when you use these features – what’s shared with a third party when you connect a service, and what we receive in return when Claude completes tasks on your behalf.”
Three commitments from the prior policy are carried forward without change, according to Anthropic: the company does not sell personal data, Claude remains ad-free, and users can control whether their conversations are used to improve Anthropic’s AI models.
The biometric verification section in detail
The most technically significant addition is the Verification Data section in the updated…
