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Washington state lawmakers are considering allowing biometric age verification by private entities selling alcohol or weed products via a bill that would put the State Liquor and Cannabis Board in charge of deciding on the fingerprint scanning and facial analysis, reported The Center Square.
"I think with the biometrics, it’s just a matter of time before it’s coming in,” the director of policy and external affairs Justin Nordhorn told the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee. "How we do that is important.”
Biometric age verification, already allowed in the state, is being used by businesses such as CLEAR Secure (NYSE: YOU) and Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Amazon One. CLEAR operates biometric travel document verification systems at some major airports and stadiums. With CLEAR, airport passengers ...