San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, which would ban the city and county law enforcement agencies from retaining, accessing or using facial recognition systems.
A new Biometric Consumer Sentiment Survey reveals an increased appetite for biometric authentication technology, with 70 percent of respondents reporting that they would like to expand the use of it into the workplace.
Miami International Airport (MIA) has launched biometric exit technology, so passengers can now board using facial recognition rather than a boarding pass and passport.
Hertz and CLEAR announced the launch of Hertz Fast Lane powered by CLEAR – a new service that uses biometrics to drastically speed up the car rental process.
The Transportation Security Administration unveiled a multistep plan earlier this week to expand facial recognition and biometric use to improve security efficiency and reduce wait times at airport security.
Research from Goode Intelligence sets out the qualitative and quantitative basis for the return on investment from the use of biometric authentication.
