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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.

 

CLEAR research shows holiday travelers interested in extending biometrics beyond the airport

More than four out of five (81 percent) holiday travelers taking airplanes this season are interested in extending their use…

 

Eyedentify vehicle safety system leverages biometrics

Indian IoT startup Eyedentify is preparing to launch a vehicle occupant security product which leverages biometrics and applies algorithms to…

 

Sensory, Fujitsu partner to help clients adopt face biometrics within their mobile apps

Sensory and Fujitsu will be working together to assist banks, financial institutions, retail and enterprises adopt face biometrics within their…

 

Attorneys explain insurance coverage for biometric privacy lawsuits

With the recent barrage of Biometric Information Privacy Act-related lawsuits brought to Illinois courts, several top privacy attorneys discussed what…

 

New York AG calls for stronger security for biometric, electronic data

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is calling on the state to implement its first-ever measures to protect biometric data…

 

Biometrics in air transport: transforming the passenger experience

This is a guest post by Nora Blomefield, Head of Marketing for Travel Segment & Border Management Offers, Government Business…

 

Worldpay report finds 63% of consumers willing to use biometric authentication

Worldpay has published a new report on consumer habits that finds that shoppers are becoming more comfortable using biometrics to…

 

National Pharmacies intros facial recognition at Australian stores

National Pharmacies has integrated facial recognition capabilities into its in-store kiosks at approximately 100 branded pharmacies in South Australia, Victoria…

 

Panasonic Avionics, Tascent use biometrics to personalize the in-flight experience

Panasonic Avionics Corporation and Tascent will partner to deliver biometric passenger identification for every step of the passenger journey, on…

 

More businesses hit with class action suits under Illinois biometrics privacy law

Gas station convenience store chain The Speedway and the Lettuce Entertain You group of restaurants have been hit with class…

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