Air Canada has become the first airline in Canada to roll out facial recognition technology as an option to confirm customer identification.
as of Tuesday for customers boarding some flights from Vancouver International Airport to Winnipeg, and for customers at the Air Canada Café at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Craig Landry, executive vice-president and chief operations officer at Air Canada, said digital identification is a voluntary option for customers, many of whom he said already use digital credentials to unlock mobile phones and make financial transactions. People who don’t want to use the digital ID can board their flights as they normally would, Air Canada said, by using their boarding pass and government issued photo ID.will be prompted to take a picture of their passport, scan the passport chip and then take a selfie. Air Canada said facial recognition will take measurements of the customer’s face in both images and authenticate the person if both photos match.
The airline said the digital identification is a single feature on Air Canada app, with biometric data encrypted and stored on the customer’s phone. Extra consent must be provided from the customer to use the data on the day of travel, and Air Canada said the data will be retained for up to 36 hours.
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