The Express Entry system had its first pilot at the Australian Open in 2024. This year, it has widened to general admission, and Tennis Australia says uptake has increased in kind. The organization manages the encrypted cloud services on which Wicket stores the facial biometric templates its system generates, which are then matched against a selfie uploaded to Ticketmaster for fan entry. Kind worries that systems like Wicket’s soften the ground for misuse of personal information. Anyone who buys a ticket to the Open must agree to terms and conditions that say the venue may “incorporate facial recognition technology” in order to enhance security and patron safety.