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New York City Biometric Identifier Information Law

Biometrica Systems, Inc. (doing business as Safience)

Applicability

The New York City Biometric Identifier Information Law (NYC Administrative Code § 22-1202) applies to commercial establishments in New York City that collect, retain, convert, store, or share biometric identifier information.

Safience does not operate as a commercial establishment. Biometrica Systems, Inc. (doing business as Safience) does not own or operate retail, hospitality, or entertainment venues. Direct UMbRA access is provided to law enforcement, quasi-law enforcement, and critical infrastructure facilities for public safety, criminal investigations, and victim recovery.

What facilities receive

Safience may provide RTIS and RVIS alerts to stadiums, hotels, universities, hospitals, or other critical infrastructure within New York City. Those alerts are for public safety, victim identification, trespass prevention, and other lawful security functions.

Facilities do not receive direct access to UMbRA, biometric identifiers, or face-matching tools. They receive only human-verified, relevance-based alerts, not biometric data.

What the law prohibits vs. Safience behavior

  • Collect biometric identifiers without notice: Safience does not collect biometric identifiers from the general public.
  • Sell or profit from biometric data: Safience does not sell, lease, or monetize biometric data.
  • Provide biometric data or matching tools to commercial facilities: commercial facilities receive alerts only, with no biometric access.

Architectural constraints

Non-matches are deleted instantly. Human review is required before any action is taken on a match. No video is processed. The platform performs identification for a lawful purpose, never persistent tracking of the public.

See the sitewide privacy and biometric-data policy pages for the full architectural statement. Contact privacy@biometrica.com. Review cycle: annual or upon material change.

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