Washington State Considers Fingerprint Scans And Facial Recognition To Buy Cannabis Or Alcohol
Portfolio Pulse from Nina Zdinjak
Washington state lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow private entities selling alcohol or cannabis to use biometric age verification. The State Liquor and Cannabis Board would oversee the implementation of fingerprint scanning and facial analysis. Companies such as CLEAR Secure (NYSE:YOU) and Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Amazon One already use biometric verification in the state. However, biometric verification can only supplement, not replace, state-issued IDs.
September 29, 2023 | 3:13 pm
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Amazon's Amazon One, a payment system based on biometrics, could potentially benefit from the proposed bill in Washington state.
If the bill passes, it could increase the demand for Amazon One's biometric verification services, potentially boosting its revenues.
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CLEAR Secure, which operates biometric travel document verification systems, could potentially benefit from the proposed bill in Washington state.
If the bill passes, it could increase the demand for CLEAR Secure's biometric verification services, potentially boosting its revenues.
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