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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.

 

OPM hack, Apple Watch biometrics patent, behavioral biometrics, analyst reports & more top stories

Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. OPM Hack In…

 

NTIA continues meetings to develop data privacy guidelines for facial recognition technology

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency under the US Department of Commerce, announced it will continue its privacy multistakeholder…

 

Bio-Metrica introduces multi-factor biometric authentication identity framework

Bio-Metrica announced it has developed BII, a new multi-factor authentication identity framework that uses multiple biometric data types (fingerprint, facial…

 

Biometric Signature ID, B Virtual partner on new biometric authentication solution

Biometric Signature ID announced it has formed a new venture with online proctoring partner B Virtual Inc. in which the…

 

Biometrics bill sees backlash, Windows 10, Apple patents, fingerprint technology & more top stories

Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Windows 10 Microsoft’s…

 

Privacy, facial recognition and analyst reports most popular biometrics news

Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate this past week. Fingerprints Fingerprints was…

 

Biometrics Institute emphasizes basic privacy principles to build trust in biometrics

The Biometrics Institute announced it is disappointed by the U.S. National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) privacy multistakeholder consultation regarding…

 

Popular trends in biometrics: a recap of the week’s top reports

Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Facial recognition Facial…

 

Privacy advocates pull out of U.S. facial recognition discussions

Privacy advocates announced today that they will abandon the U.S. government’s effort to establish voluntary protocols for facial recognition technology….

 

NEC launches biometrics solution for hospitality industry

NEC Corporation has launched NEC Smart Hospitality Solutions, an integrated portfolio of solutions for the international hospitality industry that includes…

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