Appeals court puts brakes on Facebook class action notification order
Facebook has been granted an emergency stay in its BIPA “faceprints” suit while an appeals court hears arguments about 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.
Biometrics key to handling growth in global travel, WTTC tells transport ministers
The World Travel & Tourism Council invited transport ministers attending the International Transport Forum to make travel more efficient and…
Facebook files for emergency stay in BIPA suit
Facebook has filed an emergency motion with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to request a stay of a court…
FIDO Alliance stresses differences in MFA technologies, sensitivity of biometric data as GDPR takes effect
As the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect, the FIDO Alliance has published a post outlining its…
Article calls on states to improve understanding to develop biometric privacy legislation
Only one-fifth of U.S. states have actively considered or passed legislation addressing the collection and management of biometric data, and…
Wirecard launches retail IoT shelf with facial recognition
Payment firm Wirecard has launched an IoT retail shelf which automates the purchase process with facial recognition to create a…
Fujitsu palm vein authentication technology tracking tourists to Great Barrier Reef
A prototype of the Tourist Onboard Management System (TOMS), featuring palm vein authentication technology from Fujitsu, was recently tested as…
Startup RetailDeep develops facial recognition retail automation system
Startup RetailDeep has been shortlisted for the Top 20 at the XRC Labs accelerator for its facial recognition-powered retail automation…
Visa launches New Zealand security roadmap as country’s supermarkets implement facial recognition
New Zealand is the latest country with a huge majority of consumers expressing a preference for biometric payment authentication over…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce comes out against BIPA class action as suits pile up
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come out in support of Facebook in its BIPA lawsuit currently before the courts,…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection