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…
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.
Asda supermarket chain faces legal complaint over facial recognition
Asda is facing a legal complaint over its use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in its supermarkets. The legal…
Expansion of biometric tech demands trust before adoption, survey finds
A new report on consumer attitudes toward biometrics performed by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) explores the growing reliance…
Illinois’ biometric data privacy lawsuit merry-go-round keeps spinning
Cyrptocurrency platform Coinbase is facing allegations it failed to obtain written consent before capturing face biometrics from people applying for…
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner seeks feedback for Privacy Amendment Bill
New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner is opening up to public consultation on the Privacy Amendment Bill (IPP3A) draft guidance. While the…
Missouri introduces first dual-level age assurance requirement for porn
It’s spring, and enforcement is in the air. A wave of age assurance and online safety regulation has reached the…
New Zealand to receive biometrics code by mid-2025
New Zealand’s biometrics code will finally be completed by mid-2025, while the implementation is slated to start after an official…
Privacy regulators weigh in as retailers turn to FRT to fight shoplifting
The UK is seeing mixed messages when it comes to retailers’ use of facial recognition to prevent crime. The country…
Arkansas privacy bill proceeds, but without coverage of AI and biometrics
Arkansas’ privacy bill is moving ahead, but may have lost some of its potency, according to a report from MLex….
Russia’s Unified Biometric System registering more foreign citizens
Over 200,000 foreign citizens in Russia registered their data in the country’s national biometric database Unified Biometric System (UBS) in…
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