Biometrica | Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier (CUBI) Act Compliance Statement

Applicability

The Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI Act) regulates the collection, capture, storage, and use of biometric identifiers in Texas.

Biometrica is fully compliant with the CUBI Act by virtue of the fact that:

  • Biometrica does not collect, capture, store, transmit, or use biometric identifiers as defined under Texas law.
  • All biometric comparisons conducted using Biometrica’s systems are outsourced to a third-party, NIST-evaluated and approved provider, operating inside a fully isolated black box environment.
  • Biometrica does not engage in facial recognition directly and has no access to:
    • Faceprints
    • Biometric identifiers
    • Other biometric templates
    • Biometric comparison metadata

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 Texas CUBI Act

The CUBI Act restricts:

  • Capture of a biometric identifier without informed consent.
  • Disclosure or dissemination of biometric data except in limited lawful circumstances.
  • Retention of biometric data beyond one year of the purpose for which it was collected.

Biometrica does not:

  • Capture, collect, or enroll biometric identifiers.
  • Use, store, or disclose biometric identifiers.
  • Engage in biometric processing directly.

All facial recognition-related tasks are performed exclusively by an independent, NIST-tested third-party provider.

Biometrica:

  • Does not have access to faceprints or other biometric templates.
  • Does not maintain biometric galleries.
  • Receives only numerical match IDs used for human verification through the Rapid Action Center (RAC).

Privacy & Data Minimization

Biometrica enforces:

  • No Mass Surveillance: No general surveillance, recording, or monitoring of individuals.
  • Relevance-Based Alerts Only: Alerts are restricted to known law enforcement-sourced threats, missing persons, or facility-specific risk cases.
  • Data Minimization: No unnecessary collection, processing, or storage of non-relevant data.
  • Human-in-the-Loop: Every actionable alert undergoes verification by trained personnel prior to release.

Compliance with CUBI Act

Biometrica complies with the CUBI Act by:

  • Not capturing biometric identifiers.
  • Not selling biometric information.
  • Not disclosing or disseminating biometric information.
  • Ensuring that third-party biometric processing remains isolated from Biometrica’s internal systems.
  • Utilizing biometric comparisons solely for lawful public safety purposes in collaboration with law enforcement or authorized facility security partners.

Contact

Questions regarding Biometrica’s biometric practices under the CUBI Act may be directed to:
privacy@biometrica.com

Version Control

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