Biometrica | Portland Biometric Information Ordinance Compliance Statement

Version: March 2025

Applicability

The City of Portland Ordinance 190113 (Portland Biometric Information Ordinance) restricts:

  • Private entities in Portland, Oregon, from using facial recognition technologies in public accommodations.
  • It does not apply to law enforcement agencies, or to biometric usage required by federal, state, or local laws.

Biometrica’s Role in Portland

Biometrica:

  • Does not operate commercial facilities, public accommodations, or retail establishments in Portland.
  • Does not deploy facial recognition systems for mass surveillance or general commercial use.

Where Biometrica systems would be used in Portland, they:

  • Would be deployed solely for law enforcement, quasi-law enforcement, or critical public safety partners.
  • Deliver human-verified, relevance-based alerts without providing access to biometric data, biometric identifiers, or facial recognition results to commercial entities.

System Overview

Biometrica operates:

  • UMbRA — A law enforcement-only database (charge/booking, warrants, criminal records, sex offender data, probation/parole status, missing persons).
  • RTIS & RVIS — Real-time Threat and Victim Identification Systems delivering alerts to authorized entities based solely on law enforcement-verified risk.
  • QAPLA — Face verification and similarity scoring tool for credentialed law enforcement use.
  • eMotive — Continuous FCRA-compliant criminal background monitoring for employee risk management, requiring employee consent.

Biometrica does not:

  • Provide general facial recognition or video surveillance capabilities to public-facing commercial venues.
  • Sell, lease, or share biometric data.

Black Box Processing & Privacy Safeguards

  • All biometric comparisons are performed by a NIST-evaluated third-party in an isolated black box environment.
  • Biometrica does not access, transmit, store, or retain:
    • Faceprints
    • Biometric identifiers
    • Other biometric templates
  • Biometrica has no biometric gallery.
  • Alerts are generated only when relevant to public safety, missing persons, or identified threats.

Public Safety Use Exception

Biometrica’s activities fall under permissible public safety purposes and are exempt from Portland’s general commercial prohibition because:

  • Biometrica does not operate as a general commercial entity.
  • Its solutions are used to support public safety missions under contracts with law enforcement, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and other critical infrastructure entities.

Contact

For Portland-related privacy inquiries:
privacy@biometrica.com

Version Control

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