Alcohol retailers awaiting digital age checks lay out what they want from a solution
It’s clear how age assurance providers feel about age check technology. But what are UK retailers looking for from biometric…
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.
BIPA damage limitation applies retroactively to pending class actions: court
Illinois’ infamous biometric data privacy law has lost some of its sting. A ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals…
TransUnion unveils mobile platform to help realtors verify property ownership, prospect leads
TransUnion has launched TruLookup for Real Estate, a mobile platform that lets real estate professionals confirm property ownership, run personal…
Oklahoma privacy bill heads to governor’s desk for signature
Oklahoma is on the verge of joining the growing list of states with a comprehensive consumer data privacy law after…
Amazon ordered to share ‘limited source code’ in biometric data privacy dispute
Amazon’s legal representation in a lawsuit filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act has taken the awkward position that its…
EU to vote on banning sexualized deepfakes after X’s Grok backlash
EU lawmakers will vote on a ban on AI systems generating sexualized deepfakes this Wednesday, following outrage over images that…
Shanghai launches cross-border digital authentication for foreign business registration
Shanghai has launched a cross‑border digital identity system that lets foreign companies register online, starting with eligible Singaporean investors. The…
New York City lawmakers push sweeping restrictions on private sector biometric surveillance
New York City lawmakers are weighing a sweeping new attempt to curb the spread of biometric surveillance in everyday life,…
Are we ready for biometric tachographs?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Driver inattentiveness is a significant cause of road traffic collisions….
Secure biometric payments will trigger Ukraine ecommerce boom: Visa report
Nine out of 10 Ukrainians wouldn’t mind frequently engaging in online trade transactions if the payment method available to them…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection