AG coalition tells feds to keep its hands off state-level privacy laws
If anything unites the States, it is that none of them like to be told what to do, and that…
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.
No facial recognition in supermarkets, says Dutch data watchdog
No facial recognition for supermarkets but yes for nuclear power plants: The Netherlands’ data watchdog has published a guide explaining…
Amendments to limit biometric data privacy damages advance in Illinois’ House
A bill to amend America’s most punitive biometric data privacy law is advancing in the Illinois legislature. As the bill…
Diebold Nixdorf joins biometric age estimation market as ITL addresses privacy concerns
Automatic age estimation from Diebold Nixdorf based on face biometrics has been deployed for self-service checkouts at EDEKA Jaeger’s store…
BIPA defendants and their biometrics providers protected by common interest (sometimes)
A judge in the Northern District of Illinois has denied a motion from a plaintiff under the state’s Biometric Information…
China’s biometric data protection push prompts hospitality industry changes
China’s hotel industry is backing off from facial recognition “overuse” as the country’s authorities put more emphasis on protecting biometric…
Corsight explains compliant facial recognition for businesses
Businesses are adopting facial recognition in business environments to meet a significant array of needs, from theft prevention in retail…
T-Mobile, Amazon, and Target hit with facial recognition lawsuits
More companies with household names familiar to consumers are getting hit with lawsuits for alleged violations of BIPA and New…
Steak n Shake takes PopID biometrics chain-wide
PopID has announced its biometric check-in and checkout will now be available on ACRELEC kiosks at all 300-plus Steak n…
Uber gets a blue check system for rider identity document verification
Uber is introducing a blue check system to verify users on its app, in a move designed to increase safety…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection