Biometric Age Verification Technology Accepted For UK Government Pilot In Shops

Biometric Age Verification Technology Accepted For UK Government Pilot In Shops
A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in dense crowd spatial-temporal technology at an exhibit in Las Vegas on Jan. 10, 2019. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images
Owen Evans
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Innovative Technology has been approved as a participant in a UK government programme piloting age verification technology for the retail sale of alcohol.

The Home Office invited organisations to propose digital methods of checking customers’ ages while purchasing alcohol.

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