Seattle, WA
USA
Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is a multinational technology company focusing in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Its easy-to-use Rekognition API allows you to automatically identify objects, people, text, scenes, and activities, as well as detect any inappropriate content. Developers can quickly build a searchable content library to optimize media workflows, enrich recommendation engines by extracting text in images, or integrate secondary authentication into existing applications to enhance end-user security. With a wide variety of use cases, Amazon Rekognition enables you to easily add the benefits of computer vision to your business.
Amazon Biometrics News
Biometrics for payments, not tracking customers in Amazon Just Walk Out stores
Amazon says the Just Walk Out store in the Seahawks’ Lumen Field NFL stadium launched last year is a rousing…
| Sep 8, 2023 | Some big names sweated a hot summer with biometric privacy court casesIt’s a brand-name roundup of biometric information privacy lawsuits today, with Clearview AI, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon battling in court… |
| Sep 4, 2023 | Use of synthetic data for training biometric systems on the riseImages generated by artificial intelligence have been spreading fast across the internet, sparking concerns about identity fraud, disinformation and more…. |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Amazon takes a small BIPA win; ID scan provider for weed store accusedBiometrics privacy cases in the U.S. state of Illinois continue to bubble to the surface. In the newest U.S. biometrics… |
| Jul 28, 2023 | PhD student uses deepfake to pass popular voice authentication and spoof detection systemUniversity of Waterloo (UW) cybersecurity PhD student Andre Kassis published his findings after being granted access to an account protected… |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Amazon settles suit over retention of kids’ voice dataThe U.S. Department of Justice says Amazon will pay a comparatively modest civil penalty for allegedly violating multiple laws and… |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Amazon One is coming to all Whole Foods storesNever mind cashless payments: Whole Foods customers who sign up for Amazon Web Service’s palm payment system can leave their… |
| Jun 28, 2023 | Researchers defeat voice biometric security by targeting common liveness approachesShortcomings in voice presentation attack detection are making it surprisingly easy to defeat biometric defenses. A pair of Canadian computer… |
| Jun 28, 2023 | It has been a bumpy ride of late in biometrics privacy and productsIt might be a slow start to summer for some business sectors in the U.S., but not for biometrics privacy…. |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Biometrics are moving the restaurant industry beyond cards and phonesIn an era of rapid technological advancements, biometric payment methods are emerging as a game-changer for the restaurant industry. Integrating… |
| Jun 22, 2023 | BIPA might be changing, but not soon enough for some class action defendantsRegulatory relief for biometrics-gathering companies in the U.S. state of Illinois didn’t arrive in the just-ending legislative session. There is… |
| Jun 15, 2023 | US feds to biometrics collectors: Knock it off. We mean itUnited States regulators have taken time to, in a local figure of speech, brush businesses that deal in biometric data… |
| Jun 12, 2023 | New Yorkers sue Amazon, Starbucks over biometrics use in cashierless storesAmazon and coffee retailer Starbucks are being sued in U.S. federal district court for misusing customers’ biometric identifiers. The proposed… |
| Jun 1, 2023 | US states closely watching federal rule changes on biometricsAmazon lost two notable biometrics arguments with a U.S. regulator this week, but they are miniscule compared to analyses that… |
| May 25, 2023 | Amazon immune to BIPA this time, biometric privacy suit filed against PimEyesA federal judge in the U.S. state of Illinois has dismissed a class action under the Biometric Information Privacy Act… |
| May 23, 2023 | Palm ID verifies in US for alcohol buys and in Beijing for subway ridesOne, Amazon’s palm biometric payment service, has a new age-verification function. An adult will be able to buy alcohol by… |
| May 17, 2023 | Palm and face biometric payments see more rollouts, plus a lawsuit in New YorkMusic fans attending Michigan’s Pine Knob music festival will be able to use biometric technology to get their drinks faster,… |
| May 11, 2023 | Amazon’s retail biometrics gain footholds but automated store concept strugglesAmazon is said not to have found sufficient uptake of its ‘Just Walk Out’ technology by physical retail stores compared… |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 4 biometric data privacy lawsuits not sufficient to prove corporate wrongdoingFour lawsuits filed against Amazon under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act do not constitute a credible basis for accusations of… |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Biometric privacy cases churn on, but talk of legal reform gets louderAmazon and beefery McDonald’s are separately involved in new class-action filings about their alleged violation of a U.S. state biometric… |
