Reminder! If a platform changes its payout rules after you've already earned money, it cannot make a facial scan the price of releasing those funds. You were verified when you earned it. Biometric data is not a payment condition.
'You are now withholding earned funds until I complete third-party biometric facial verification. I am declining that step. Biometric data is classified as sensitive personal information under law, and I do not consent to its collection or transfer to a third party as a condition of receiving money already owed.'
Check your state's specific rules and if the company is registered in Cyprus or anywhere in the EU:
'Biometric data is special category data under GDPR Article 9, which requires explicit consent. Under Article 7(4) and Recital 43, consent is not freely given when access to a service or payment is made conditional on it. Consent extracted by withholding money owed is coerced and invalid. I do not consent to the collection or transfer of my biometric data to any third party. Please state what alternative verification you will accept to release my funds.'
*Biometric data is not a payment condition.*