Lawyer recommends that companies consult biometric privacy experts to avoid lawsuits
In light of several class action lawsuits from employees accusing companies of illegally collecting and storing their biometric data, 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.
Washington’s new biometrics law softer on privacy protections than Illinois BIPA
Washington state has passed a new law governing the collection and use of consumers’ biometric information, which experts view as…
Alibaba demonstrates face recognition system at cashier-less concept café
Alibaba Group demonstrated a facial recognition-powered, cashier-less coffee shop earlier this month at its second Taobao Maker Festival, according to…
Intercontinental Hotels employees file class action over fingerprint use
Plaintiff employees of the Intercontinental Hotel Group have filed a class action lawsuit against the hotel chain over claims that…
BingoBox’s AI-powered convenience store raises $14.7M in funding
BingoBox, a Chinese chain of artificial intelligence-powered, self-service convenience stores, has raised over 100 million yuan ($14.7 million) in its…
RichRelevance study finds younger US millennials welcome biometrics
RichRelevance has released its third annual “Creepy or Cool” international survey that found that younger US millennials (age 18-29) responded…
Theme park visitors want biometrics tech used for identity verification
Omnico has published a new research report that finds that 85 percent of consumers in the US, UK, China, Japan…
China tech firms bypassing privacy concerns to apply facial recognition
China’s technology firms are rushing to apply the commercial use of facial recognition technology, bypassing the same privacy concerns that…
Washington has become the third state to pass biometrics privacy law
Following in the footsteps of Illinois and Texas, the state of Washington has become the third state to pass legislation…
SensibleVision releases multi-factor face authentication solution for retailers
SensibleVision has launched Autodentity, simultaneous multi-factor face authentication solution that enables enterprise users and consumers to securely access devices. Based…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection