Facewatch wants to bring live facial recognition to UK pharmacies
Facial recognition surveillance vendor Facewatch is pitching its live facial recognition (LFR) to UK pharmacies. The company says the technology…
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.
Polymarket’s VPN crackdown puts prediction market ID controls under scrutiny
The online prediction betting company Polymarket is moving toward a more restrictive identity and access control model as legal and…
US probe puts prediction market identity controls under the spotlight
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has opened an inquiry into Polymarket and Kalshi, pressing the two…
Pokémon card scalping prompts plans for IDV with Japan’s My Number
Want to catch’ em all? You might have to perform biometric identity verification first. A notice posted by the Pokémon…
Thailand mandates biometric IDV for all social media advertisers to curb scams
Social media platforms in Thailand, such as Facebook, will need to introduce identity verification for advertisers, according to a new…
Louisiana bill would bring biometric age checks to bars
Louisiana state Sen. Beth Mizell has introduced legislation, SB 499, that would create a new biometric age verification system for…
New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps
New York officials are considering new sports betting safeguards that could require biometric confirmation from users before they place online…
Unico highlights importance of defense amid World Cup iGaming surge
The FIFA World Cup is the largest sports tournament in the world, and the 2026 edition will drive a 50…
Alcohol retailers awaiting digital age checks lay out what they want from a solution
It’s clear how age assurance providers feel about age check technology. But what are UK retailers looking for from biometric…
BIPA damage limitation applies retroactively to pending class actions: court
Illinois’ infamous biometric data privacy law has lost some of its sting. A ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Injection Attack Detection
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection