![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/customers-may-be-asked-to-show-their-fingerprint-to-buy-booze-in-the-future/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Top-pic-template-copy-13.jpg&description=The technology is already being rolled out at baseball stadiums and ice hockey rinks across America, with patrons using their faces or palms to pay for pints delivered directly to their seats Whether you enjoy having to show your ID to purchase alcohol or not can tell you a lot about a person's age - sometimes it can be flattering, other times more annoying. But new technology could mean our faces or palm image are used instead of having to dig around to find our ID. Biometric systems that can "read" a person's face or palm image in order to determine whether they are old enough to buy alcohol are gaining popularity at sports stadiums and liquor stores in the states. They're not only handy tools for sellers, but they could also offer more privacy for customers instead of handing over a driver's license or another form of ID. However, there are fears that there could be potential abuses of facial recognition systems as a result. Legislative proposals in New York and Washington state would let bars, restaurants, and other outlets selling adult products verify a customer's age through biometric data- such as a finger or palm image, or retinal or facial scan. The New York bill would require biometric data to be encrypted, and also ban businesses from selling data to third parties. State Senator and bill sponsor James Skoufis told the New York Post: "This is the new frontier or age verification." He added: "it does advance the interests of convenience." Simultaneously, biometric ID systems, such as those sold by Amazon, Microsoft, CLEAR, and other smaller vendors, are being rolled out in real-world situations. The Las Vegas Raiders' Allegiant Stadium allows football fans enrolled in CLEAR's ID system, which is used at airport security lines, to order booze from their seats using face recognition on their phone. The same system is in place for the NHL's San Jose Sharks at SAP Center. Meanwhile, a brewery at Coors Field in Denver, home of baseball's Colorado Rockies, recen){kind=link}
The technology is already being rolled out at baseball stadiums and ice hockey rinks across America, with patrons using their faces or palms to pay for pints delivered directly to their seats
Whether you enjoy having to show your ID to purchase alcohol or not can tell you a lot about a person’s age – sometimes it can be flattering, other times more annoying. But new technology could mean our faces or palm image are used instead of having to dig around to find our ID.
Biometric systems that can “read” a person’s face or palm image in order to determine whether they are old enough to buy alcohol are gaining popularity at sports stadiums and liquor stores in the states. They’re not only handy tools for sellers, but they could also offer more privacy for customers instead of handing over a driver’s license or another form of ID.
However, there are fears that there could be potential abuses of facial recognition systems as a result. Legislative proposals in New York and Washington state would let bars, restaurants, and other outlets selling adult products verify a customer’s age through biometric data- such as a finger or palm image, or retinal or facial scan.
The New York bill would require biometric data to be encrypted, and also ban businesses from selling data to third parties. State Senator and bill sponsor James Skoufis told the New York Post: “This is the new frontier or age verification.” He added: “it does advance the interests of convenience.”