Commercial Applications

The commercial application of biometrics refers to biometric systems in retail and customer-facing settings. This includes point-of-sale and payments, access control and identification. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition with retail-based systems.

Mall operator suspends use of facial recognition as Canadian privacy commissioners investigate legality

Aug 6, 2018

Shopping mall operator Cadillac Fairview has suspended its use of facial recognition in Calgary’s Chinook Centre and Market Mall following…

Aug 2, 2018

A potential class action suit filed by a former employee of United Airlines under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…

Jul 19, 2018

Bossa Nova this week announced the acquisition of AI company HawXeye. Bossa Nova provides real-time, on-shelf product data for the…

Jul 13, 2018

Alibaba and Marriott International are partnering to trial facial recognition for the hotel chain’s guests, enabling them to skip front…

Jul 11, 2018

Facebook is facing criticism for its reintroduction of facial recognition for the platform’s European users earlier this year, The New…

Jul 9, 2018

A coalition of privacy advocacy groups have filed an amici curiae brief urging the Illinois Supreme Court to rule that…

Jul 8, 2018

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is very busy. It advocates for all of the companies that participate in…

Jul 5, 2018

Qantas Airways has announced it will trial an end-to-end facial recognition security system for passengers departing from Sydney Airport, beginning…

Jul 3, 2018

California legislators have headed off tough proposed privacy legislation by unanimously passing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 9…

Jul 2, 2018

This is a guest post by Husayn Kassai, CEO and co-founder of Onfido. Who are you? And how can you…