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…
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.
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…
Consumer and legal groups say New Zealand’s biometrics code still has deficiencies
New Zealand’s consumer and legal groups have highlighted concerns over the country’s upcoming draft biometrics code, including the removal of…
Supermarket chain Asda chooses FaiceTech for facial recognition surveillance
British supermarket chain Asda kicked off a live facial recognition trial in five of its stores on Monday in an…
23andMe files for bankruptcy as concerns erupt over DNA biometric data
DNA testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy as consumers scramble to delete their DNA biometrics. After continued poor sales…
China strengthening face biometrics regulation to mandate choice, consent
China’s boom in selfie biometrics and facial recognition may already have peaked, with new regulations published so businesses can plan…
ITL renews Primary Authority partnership, debuts MyCheckr in Pakistan
UK biometrics provider Innovative Technology (ITL) has “renewed and enhanced” its Primary Authority partnership for age assurance technology with Buckinghamshire…
UK ICO warns biometric tools may pose privacy, compliance risks
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a two-pronged warning about using biometric technologies. They want the public to…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection