Juul of denial: castigated vaping brand aims to defy ruin with age assurance tech
Juul, which for a time led the booming market for fruity vapes, is back. The company has paid out billions…
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.
Hitachi revealed as Bunnings’ facial recognition supplier at OAIC appeal hearing
Details about the facial recognition system Australian retailer Bunnings deployed for theft prevention are emerging from an Administrative Review Tribunal…
Illinois business community fighting for further reform of biometrics regulation
The business community in Illinois, and in particular representatives of big tech, want further reform to the State’s Biometric Information…
Yoti partners with BAT, Channel Islands co-op to offer age estimation in shops
Yoti has announced a new partnership with British American Tobacco (BAT) and the island of Jersey’s largest retailer, the Channel…
Russian bank VTB rolls out biometric terminals for retail age verification
Russia may be shut out of current EU-level discussions about age assurance, but that doesn’t mean it’s off the table….
Auror jumps into retail FRT, as its license plate recognition software goes on trial
After supplying retailers with its license plate recognition technology, New Zealand’s security company Auror is preparing to offer live facial…
Australia’s OAIC rules on Kmart’s use of facial recognition, says consent must have ‘high bar’
Australia’s privacy watchdog has reached its second ruling on using facial recognition technology in retail. On Thursday, the Office of…
Lotte Duty Free pioneers palm biometric payments in Korean airport
Lotte Duty Free has officially launched a palm vein biometric payment service at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea….
Biggest network of mDL verification devices in US proves scalability, diversity
Biometric authentication and verification systems provider TokenWorks Inc. and mobile driver’s license verification software vendor Oneproof have announced the successful…
IKE Tech study: 49% favor age verification for vapes at point of use
Youths have it too easy accessing vaping products across the U.S. is the warning from a new report. Identity verification…
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