Securing insurance coverage for BIPA class actions a growing challenge
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Corporate policyholders face increasing challenges in securing insurance coverage for…
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.
EU, Australia push to reshape online gambling regulation
The European Union’s digital identity initiative is set to transform the landscape of online gambling, with all eyes on major…
Digital Domain makes virtual human accessible through the AWS cloud
Digital Domain has partnered with Amazon Web Services to migrate its autonomous virtual human to the cloud. The company worked…
Innovative Technology and Privately expanding in-store age estimation reach
Innovative Technology (ITL) has joined the National Retail Federation (NRF), an American retail trade association, after years of supporting its…
Early results positive in New Zealand trial of facial recognition at grocery stores
A trial of facial recognition for retail crime reduction by Foodstuff North Island (FSNI) in New Zealand has wrapped up,…
VTO tool liability defense rejection underscores uncertainty and risk in BIPA litigation
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For almost four years now, online retailers that utilize virtual…
Steak ‘n Shake face pay kiosks from PopID draw BIPA class action
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has another notch in its litigation belt, this time in the form of a…
Hitachi biometrics to authenticate payments at 100 Japanese stores
Hitachi and Tobu Railway will commence the rollout of its biometric authentication service in over 100 locations around Japan including…
ITL expands UK distribution of age verification via gaming tech supplier
Innovative Technology (ITL) is strengthening its partnership with UK-based company E-Service, and will focus on expanding the distribution of ITL’s…
Lenso.ai launches facial recognition search engine
Lenso.ai has formed a strategic partnership with EyeMatch.ai to create an online facial recognition search engine for consumers. The objective…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection