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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.

 

Age assurance in shops reduces lineups, eases staff burdens and improves security

Age assurance technologies are increasingly being deployed for point-of-sale use cases, and proving effective at curtailing the sale of restricted…

 

Age check legislation to prevent youth alcohol, tobacco sales expanding globally

In line with analyst predictions for 2025, various countries and territories are strengthening age verification regulations to protect minors from…

 

Google can depose Texas in biometric data privacy lawsuit after partial appeals win

Google will be allowed to depose Texas as it defends itself in a lawsuit brought by the state, but not…

 

J.P. Morgan adds 2 biometric authentication terminals to payments ecosystem

J.P. Morgan Payments (JPM) has announced the release of two new proprietary biometric payments terminals for retail, restaurant and entertainment…

 

NRF 2025: Corsight, Paravision, Diebold among biometrics providers staking retail claims

Step right up, folks: it’s time for Retail’s Big Show, NRF 2025 – the yearly conference showcasing technological innovation and…

 

China reveals draft rules on cross-border personal data transfers

China’s government has released a draft version of guidelines on cross-border flow of personal information, opening it for public comments….

 

They not like us: Drake bets on Australian AI sector as ‘Emotional AI’ arrives

As Kendrick Lamar prepares to headline the Super Bowl half-time show, Drake – his rival in a recent high-profile hip-hop…

 

New York governor signs legislation addressing AI, consumer data protection

New York State has taken a significant step forward in ensuring that its use of AI is carried out responsibly….

 

EDEKA Jaeger adds another automated store with age verification Germany

EDEKA Jaeger has unveiled a third retail location with automated self-service kiosks that perform biometric age verification in Stuttgart Plieningen,…

 

Digital ID for age verification in alcohol sales gets varied guises in Delhi, Istanbul, UK

On whether to allow digital ID for age assurance when buying alcohol, some countries say yes, some say no, and…

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