If you use FaceApp, you’ve given its parent company permission to use your face photos for pretty much anything — even though the app-maker says it won’t use them for nefarious purposes.
Lawyer Elizabeth Potts Weinstein brought attention to its terms of service on Twitter. Under section five for “User Content” the terms of service states that the app-maker can use photos run through its filter however it wants — including for ads — without paying you. By accepting these terms and conditions, users are essentially giving the app license to use your name, username and likeness for any purpose the app choose to use it for, including advertisements.
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