Partial tribunal victory allows Bunnings to keep facial recognition system
The Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia has partially upheld a ruling by the Privacy Commissioner that major retail chain Bunnings…
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BlueCheck partners with hemp drinks association to offer age assurance
Austin, Texas-based identity verification and age assurance provider BlueCheck has signed on with the Hemp Beverage Alliance (HBA), making its…
Amazon bids farewell to palm biometrics, discontinues Amazon One for retail
Amazon has announced it will discontinue the use of its Amazon One palm biometric payment system across retail businesses. Amazon…
Toss gets lift from biometric retail payments, plans 2026 US IPO
Retail payments with face biometrics are growing in South Korea, and could help lift one of the country’s leading providers…
Sainsbury’s rolls out Facewatch LFR, Tesco gets retrospective with Auror
Automated security cameras and facial recognition are growing presences in UK shops as a theft prevention measure, with Tesco announcing…
New ITL partner to bring biometric access control, note checking to Peru’s casinos
A new technology distribution partnership for Innovative Technology (ITL) in Peru targets the country’s gambling industry with the company’s cash-checking…
TFH integrates biometrics from Authsignal, Qualcomm for palm payments
Tools for Humanity, the firm associated with Sam Altman’s World crypto and iris biometrics project, has partnered with Authsignal and…
Facewatch FRT records twice as many UK retail alerts in 2025
Facial recognition technology is catching more repeat offenders in UK shops. A press release from London biometrics firm Facewatch says…
Fiserv’s Clover commerce platform to integrate Wink’s multimodal biometrics
Fiserv’s Clover point‑of‑sale platform is set to introduce multimodal biometric payments through a new integration with Wink. The collaboration brings…
US grocery store chain faces backlash over its use of facial recognition
U.S.-based supermarket chain Wegmans Food Markets has found itself at the center of a rapidly widening privacy controversy over its…
