Mozilla is waving off European Commission members, who are considering an update to their 2014 digital ID framework for online…
Commercial Applications
Biometrics are used in retail and customer-facing settings for point-of-sales services such as payments, access control in systems for purposes such as shoplifting prevention, and identification or characteristic analysis for personalization or customer insights. Access control systems are also increasingly used for automated commercial applications, such as hotel check-ins. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition.
Virtual landgrab and digital opiate for the masses – monetizing the metaverse
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Nigeria to try again on data protection regulation, India seeks further consultation
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Mantra Softech, Amazon, and PopID biometrics for retail payments advance
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With biometric lawsuits increasing — what regulations can protect our privacy?
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Facebook’s not safe for face biometrics, but privacy can be built into Meta?
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