Panera deploys Amazon One palm biometrics to facilitate payments, loyalty program
American bakery company Panera has added the Amazon One palm vein biometrics solution to its MyPanera loyalty program to facilitate…
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New Amazon biometric-scan cases in media-saturated NYC could add to tech opposition
Amazon is fighting two new federal biometric privacy lawsuits involving its Go physical stores, both of which were filed in…
US privacy law catches insurer and Amazon; settlement nears in another case
The biometric privacy protection law in the U.S. state of Illinois continues to churn though challenges. A United States district…
Amazon told to stay put in court; Microsoft might escape BIPA case
There is greater clarity today regarding a key provision of the state of Illinois’ biometric privacy law, landmark legislation in…
Daon and Entrust each add digital ID solutions to AWS marketplace
Two companies in the digital identity space have recently announced the availability of their solutions on the Amazon Web Services…
Ring keeps pushing the boundaries for facial recognition in US policing
Watching the New York Police Department’s expansion into facial recognition technology and practices is like witnessing someone who is not…
Amazon rolling out ‘AI Service Cards’ for transparency on facial recognition limitations
Amazon’s cloud-computing division will roll out warnings for software in its online marketplace to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) and biometric…
Times are getting tight for Amazon’s Alexa and Echo voice biometrics lines
Will voice recognition become an afterthought at Amazon? Business Insider has published a lengthy piece outlining how Amazon is cutting…
Selfie biometrics boom in fintech with new implementations, partnerships
Selfie biometrics are expanding in several markets, with a new implementation from Amazon, partnerships for Veriff, Sumsub and IDScan.net, and…
Amazon claims to cut facial recognition bias with unlabeled data
Amazon Web Services has unveiled a method to evaluate bias in facial recognition algorithms without using annotated identity labels. A…
