Australia’s privacy regulator has updated its guidance for facial recognition in shops and other commercial spaces, incorporating a tribunal decision that narrowed one part of its earlier position on consent. […]

The Pokemon Company will use facial recognition to control entry and ticket distribution at five temporary Pokemon Card Stores opening across Japan. Customers of elementary-school age and older must accept […]

Discount grocer Grocery Outlet has begun using facial recognition in some of its California stores, with small signs by the doors disclosing that face matching software is scanning shoppers as […]

Smart data capture company Scandit has introduced Age Verified Self-Checkout, a system that uses smartphone-based facial age estimation or ID scanning to clear purchases of age-restricted products without a store […]

The Syracuse Common Council voted unanimously yesterday to pass a measure that would prohibit biometric surveillance in most public-facing businesses in the city, including grocery stores and other retail settings. […]

The New York City Council’s Committee on Technology convened a hearing earlier this month on two pieces of proposed legislation that would impose sweeping restrictions on the use of facial […]

authID announced that its PrivacyKey biometric identity platform delivered 472 percent growth in biometric enrollments from the third to fourth quarter of 2025 at one of the world’s largest retailers, […]

The Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia has partially overturned the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s ruling that found hardware retailer Bunnings in breach of privacy law with its in-store […]

Digital identity provider Yoti has announced a new retail pilot for its age estimation technology in partnership with British American Tobacco (BAT) and the Channel Islands’ largest retailer, the Channel […]

Several major New Zealand retailers have publicly committed to the responsible use of facial recognition technology (FRT), following a comprehensive report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC). Executives […]