Apple sued as teen blames facial biometrics for alleged false arrest
A student in New York is suing Apple after being arrested for theft, which he says is due to a…
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.
Proposed Washington State facial recognition and data privacy law stalls in House
A proposed data privacy bill supported by Microsoft has Washington State’s failed to reach a vote in the lower house…
Illinois biometric privacy lawsuits against employers continue as proposed amendment stalls
Numerous biometric data privacy infringement cases continue to wind their ways through U.S. state courts, and are unlikely to stop…
Advocacy groups slam closed-door negotiations with big tech on Washington State privacy bill
The American Civil Liberties Union has come out swinging against the influence of big tech as Washington State lawmakers amended…
Neurotechnology directional speaker could integrate with biometrics for personalized messages
Neurotechnology has launch of a new parametric array speaker to deliver directional sound in a narrow beam, according to a…
Appellate court rules biometrics collection alone establishes harm as Washington considers following BIPA
The Illinois State Supreme Court’s ruling that harm is established under the regulation by procedural violations in the use of…
Panasonic piloting facial recognition payments at a FamilyMart store in Japan
Panasonic, in partnership with Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart, has started a pilot project of a facial recognition-based unmanned payment…
Proposed Illinois legislation could be death knell for biometric lawsuits
Proposed legislation would be a death knell for private class action suits under BIPA, JD Supra reports. A bill recently…
American Green’s age-restricted beverage vending machine features M2SYS finger vein biometrics
American Green’s new AGM Beverage Vendor is an age-restricted vending machine to dispense beer and spirits, powered by finger vein…
Biometrics Institute launches Ethical Principles for Biometrics to guide responsible industry behavior
The Biometrics Institute has launched a set of Ethical Principles for Biometrics at its annual U.S. conference in Washington, D.C….
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection