Obtaining consent to collect facial recognition data ‘impractical,’ says Bunnings
One of Australia’s most high profile court cases over facial recognition in retail continues to see volleys exchanged between the…
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.
One of Australia’s most high profile court cases over facial recognition in retail continues to see volleys exchanged between the…
Asda is facing a legal complaint over its use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in its supermarkets. The legal…
A new report on consumer attitudes toward biometrics performed by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) explores the growing reliance…
Cyrptocurrency platform Coinbase is facing allegations it failed to obtain written consent before capturing face biometrics from people applying for…
New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner is opening up to public consultation on the Privacy Amendment Bill (IPP3A) draft guidance. While the…
It’s spring, and enforcement is in the air. A wave of age assurance and online safety regulation has reached the…
New Zealand’s biometrics code will finally be completed by mid-2025, while the implementation is slated to start after an official…
The UK is seeing mixed messages when it comes to retailers’ use of facial recognition to prevent crime. The country…
Arkansas’ privacy bill is moving ahead, but may have lost some of its potency, according to a report from MLex….
Over 200,000 foreign citizens in Russia registered their data in the country’s national biometric database Unified Biometric System (UBS) in…