Clear

Clear — the American developer of biometric safety systems. The company offers technologies of identification of people for fingerprints and irises of the eye of an eye which are intended for the airports, stadiums and sports arenas.

History

2019: United Airlines purchased Clear and implements biometric technologies in recording systems on runs

At the end of July, 2019 United Airlines announced Clear acquisition, but did not begin to set the price of the transaction. Thanks to this purchase the airline begins implementation of biometric technologies in recording systems on run after competitors.

By the end of July, 2019 of development of Clear are applied at 31 airports in the USA, including in the air harbors located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and Denver. United Airlines, having absorbed this company, will begin to use technology of biometric check of the identity of the traveler during the procedure of preflight control  at the international airports Chicago O'Hare, Houston International and Newark Liberty. Expenses on these projects are not specified.

United Airlines enters biometric identification at registration for run

Delta Airline purchased a share in Clear earlier and saved it after sale to the technology company to the competitor. Delta Airline uses the system of face recognition at the airport in Atlanta, allowing passengers to make some international runs without presentation of the boarding pass or the foreign passport.

In the Clear system about 3.8 million users are registered (for the end of July, 2019), and the transaction of United Airlines to expand audience. Participants of the loyalty program of MileagePlus from airline will be able to use a system at a discount or free of charge (depending on the status of the client). The cost of service for not bonus members of MileagePlus will be $109 a year (the normal price — $179).

Use of biometrics at the airports generates the numerous disputes connected with confidentiality of data. Earlier American   low-cost airline JetBlue Airways  stated that the company does not store the image from the systems of face recognition, and "safely transfers them to the database of the customs and border services".^[1]

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