Commercial Applications

The commercial application of biometrics refers to biometric systems in retail and customer-facing settings. This includes point-of-sale and payments, access control and identification. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition with retail-based systems.

Google sued for allegedly violating children’s biometric privacy with classroom tools

Apr 6, 2020

A lawsuit has been brought against Google by a pair of children from Illinois alleging the tech giant collected biometric…

Mar 27, 2020

Companies found to have violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act may be eligible for insurance coverage of the damages, after…

Mar 25, 2020

The California Attorney General (AG) has proposed yet another round of modifications to earlier proposed regulations under Chapter 20 of…

Mar 23, 2020

Given the unusually high tide of political, economic and health-care developments this year, executives could be forgiven for missing a…

Mar 20, 2020

The Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League broke the state biometric privacy laws of Illinois by scanning fans at…

Mar 16, 2020

Whether disclosure of biometric data qualifies for coverage under a business insurance policy will be decided in the U.S District…

Mar 11, 2020

This is a guest post by Gail Gottehrer, Founder of the Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC and Lisa Joy…

Mar 10, 2020

The regular movement of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) suits to the Northern District of California may only increase as…

Mar 9, 2020

Age restricted purchase protections appear to be a growing use-case for facial biometrics, judging by a funding announcement and an…

Feb 26, 2020

A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging injury under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) this past week on…