Anthropic is rolling out identity verification for certain capabilities beginning July 8, 2026

https://preview.redd.it/97jy9cjujl8h1.jpg?width=1350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f91018faf33d1022dee9dff55166cbf704b9a47 Anthropic updated the Privacy Policy this week. To access certain capabilities, you will need to provide an ID. The verification provider is Persona, a 3rd party backed by Peter Thiel. Discord dropped Persona as an age verification vendor following a major user backlash and data exposure incident in February 2026. Read more: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-verification-on-claude https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10301952-updates-to-our-privacy-policy edit: The second link shows the Privacy Policy updates page, which explicitly states these "Verification Data" changes take effect on July 8, 2026 among other things, and that page was updated just recently. While the main support article about ID verification might have been published earlier, the official Privacy Policy itself wasn't updated to reflect "Verification Data" policies until now.