Applicability

The Washington Biometric Identifiers Law (RCW 19.375), effective since 2017, regulates:

  • The collection, enrollment, storage, and disclosure of biometric identifiers by private entities operating in Washington state.

Biometrica is fully compliant with this law, as:

  • Biometrica does not collect, enroll, store, transmit, or sell biometric identifiers.
  • Biometric comparisons within Biometrica’s systems are performed solely by an independent, NIST-evaluated and approved third-party provider operating in a strictly isolated black box environment.

About Biometrica

Biometrica is a public safety technology company focused on protecting people without mass surveillance or biometric data, including and not limited to biometric templates and biometric identifiers’ access, transmission, retention, or storage.
We therefore have no biometric gallery.

Our systems include:

  • UMbRA — A 100% law enforcement-sourced database containing charge/booking data, criminal records, warrants, sex offender data, probation/parole status, and non-searchable missing persons records used solely for public safety and investigative matching. Direct UMbRA access is only available to credentialed law enforcement and quasi-law enforcement personnel.
  • RTIS & RVIS — Real-time Threat and Victim Identification Systems (RTIS & RVIS) designed to identify and locate law enforcement-verified threats or victims, or persons trespassed from a facility in real-time without retaining video, audio, or biometric data.
  • QAPLA — Face verification and similarity scoring tool available to credentialed law enforcement or approved users.
  • eMotive — Continuous, FCRA-compliant criminal background check solution requiring explicit employee consent.

Biometrica and the Washington Biometric Identifiers Law

Biometrica complies by:

  • Not enrolling or creating biometric templates (faceprints, voiceprints, retina scans, etc.).
  • Not collecting or capturing biometric identifiers from individuals.
  • Not disclosing biometric identifiers to third parties.
  • Not selling biometric data.
  • Not profiting from biometric data in any form.

Biometric comparisons used in conjunction with Biometrica’s systems:

  • Are conducted by a third-party facial recognition provider authorized under NIST protocols.
  • Occur within a strictly controlled and isolated black box environment.
  • Are inaccessible to Biometrica personnel.

Biometrica receives only:

  • Numerical match IDs to enable human verification and relevancy checks via its Rapid Action Center (RAC).

Privacy and Data Minimization

Biometrica enforces:

  • Human-in-the-loop verification for every actionable match.
  • No mass surveillance: We do not record, retain, or capture general video footage or biometric data.
  • Relevance-based alerts: Only alerts relevant to an organization’s lawful mission and permitted use are generated.
  • Data minimization: Only data necessary for public safety and missing persons investigations is processed.

Compliance with RCW 19.375

Biometrica ensures:

  • No biometric identifier is captured, retained, sold, or disclosed.
  • No facial recognition data is accessible by Biometrica staff.
  • Only law enforcement or public safety entities may access the limited outputs (alerts) through proper authorization and human verification.

Contact

For inquiries related to this compliance statement:
privacy@biometrica.com

Version Control

Last Updated: March 2025
Next Scheduled Review: March 2026 or earlier if required.