# Lenskart pilots AI eye tests, faces privacy concerns over biometric data 2026-08-17T23:48:11+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Lenskart has begun piloting AI-enabled self-eye tests at select stores, founder and CEO Peyush Bansal said during the company's Q1 FY27 earnings call. The company is feeding user biometric data, including facial scans, into AI models to design lenses. Lenskart captured 1 lakh face scans daily in Q3 FY26 and now operates 786 remote testing stores and home tests across 1,200-plus pincodes. Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, data must be processed only for the purpose for which consent was taken. Medianama reports that it is unclear whether customers who take eye tests consent to their data being used for AI training or whether an opt-out exists. Lenskart's privacy policy retains facial data for five years after last use, but users have limited visibility into enforcement or deletion. Lenskart's AI-powered smart glasses, B by Lenskart, have begun shipping a few hundred units daily. Medianama notes the same privacy risks as Meta AI glasses, including stealth recording and facial recognition misuse. India's data protection law does not require consent for recording in public or mandate an LED indicator to remain on. ## Coverage - medianama.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Digital Personal Data Protection Act, facial recognition, Lenskart, Meta, Peyush Bansal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/lenskart-pilots-ai-eye-tests-faces-privacy-concerns-over-biometric-data/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/lenskart-pilots-ai-eye-tests-faces-privacy-concerns-over-biometric-data/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/