You register your employees.
A few images of each person, taken from the on-site camera, not from ID documents. You make the list and can change it at any time: anyone who leaves the company comes off the list, and their faceprint is deleted.
Employee attendance, read from the cameras already in place
Facial recognition time & attendance. No reader at the door, no cards.
The cameras on site already see who arrives in the morning and who leaves in the evening. Vizor recognizes the employees you register and records the time of their first and last appearance, by day and by location. No reader to install, no cards to hand out, and nobody forgets to swipe in. Below: exactly what it does, what it doesn’t, and what the law requires — because here the law asks for more than it does for counting customers.
We recognize only the employees you register. Customers and anyone else in the frame remain counted silhouettes, with no identity and no profile.
How it works
Three steps, and no new device at the door.
Attendance is recorded from the same footage that counts customers. Nothing changes on site.
The camera recognizes them.
When someone on the list appears in the frame, the system matches them against their enrolled faceprint. Nothing from the image goes out: the report gets the name you assigned and the time, not the photo.
You get attendance by day.
First appearance, last appearance, the hours the person was seen, at each location. If someone works in two stores, they show up in both, with the same method.
Honestly, before you request a quote
What it does, and what it doesn’t.
Camera-based time & attendance is not the same as a reader at the door. The difference matters if the number ends up in payroll.
An attendance record you can verify.
The time a person first appeared in front of the camera and the time of their last appearance, by day. Who was on site and who wasn’t. How many of your own people were on the floor at peak hour. And, important for the customer count: employees are taken out of the count, so they don’t skew your conversion rate.
It’s not a time clock with legal force.
It doesn’t replace the official working-time register and doesn’t guarantee the exact minute: if someone comes in through a back door that no camera sees, they don’t show up. The camera sees presence in its field of view, not the intention to start work. For time records with legal force you still need a dedicated system, and we tell you so from the start.
The short ruleIt’s a mirror of the day, not an official record. Good for seeing what really happens; weak grounds for docking pay.
The part many people skip
A faceprint is biometric data.
When counting customers, we work with silhouettes, with no identity. With time & attendance, we work with a person’s identity — a different legal regime, with extra obligations. Here they are, in brief.
The employee’s consent doesn’t protect you.
An employee is in a subordinate position, so their consent is not considered freely given. The legal basis is built differently and put in writing before launch, not after. The details are on our page about Law 195/2024.
People must be told, in writing.
What data is processed, why, how long it is kept and what rights they have. The information notice for employees and the sign at the entrance are prepared as part of the pilot, together with you.
The question “was the face necessary?”
If the same result could have been achieved without biometrics, an inspector will ask you why you used them. That’s why we also show you the option without identification, below, and tell you honestly when it’s enough.
We don’t give legal advice. We prepare the technical documents and tell you exactly what the system processes; for your specific situation, ask a lawyer.
The light option
If all you need is to keep staff from skewing the count.
Most chains don’t want time & attendance. They just don’t want the sales assistant who steps out ten times a day to show up as ten customers. You don’t need names for that.
Staff can be separated without us knowing who they are.
The system recognizes behavior patterns and workwear — who stands behind the counter, who wears a work coat or a uniform, who moves along staff routes. The customer count comes out clean, and no faceprint enters the system. You stay under the lighter legal regime.
Names appear only if you ask for them.
Per-person time & attendance, individual reports and attendance by location require facial recognition, and therefore the obligations above. You make the choice at launch, and it can be changed at any time: the employee list can be cleared and the faceprints deleted.
Read also
Related pages.
Video cameras in the workplace
What is allowed, where it is forbidden, what the sign must say and how long footage is kept, under Law 195/2024.
Read →Law 195/2024 and video cameras
What Moldova’s new personal data law requires from a business with cameras: legal basis, notice, records.
Read →Construction sites: people at the gate
Worker-days at the gate vs. the billed timesheet, hard hats by zone, the first movement of the day.
Read →Video analytics for pharmacies
How many come in, how many are served at the counter and how long they wait. Real installations in pharmacies in Moldova.
Read →Frequently asked questions
The questions people ask about facial time & attendance.
What is facial recognition time & attendance?
Attendance records made from camera footage, with no reader at the door and no cards. The employees you register in the system are recognized when they appear in the frame, and the report shows the time of their first and last appearance, by day and by location. Nobody has to swipe in, so there’s no “I forgot my card” and no one clocking in for someone else.
Does it work with existing security cameras?
Yes, if a camera sees faces head-on, at a normal height — usually the camera at the entrance or the one over the counter. A ceiling camera looking straight down counts people very well, but it doesn’t see faces: from above, all it sees is the tops of heads. We check on your own footage first, before we promise anything.
Is it legal to track employee attendance with facial recognition in the Republic of Moldova?
It can be done, but not as simply as counting customers. A faceprint is biometric data, and Law No. 195/2024 requires a written legal basis before launch, informing employees, an entry in the record of processing activities and a proportionality justification. We prepare the technical side and the information documents; for your company’s specific situation, ask a lawyer.
Do I need my employees’ consent?
You do collect their consent, but on its own it doesn’t protect you. An employee is subordinate to the employer, so their consent is not considered freely given and cannot be the legal basis for processing. The legal basis is built differently and put in writing before the system is switched on. This is exactly the mistake most companies installing biometric systems make.
How accurate is recognition on ordinary cameras?
It depends on what the camera sees: angle, light, distance, whether the person is wearing a mask or a cap. That’s why we don’t publish a single figure on the website. We test it at your location, on real people, and show you how many matches were correct and how many weren’t, before you switch on per-person reporting.
Can it also do facial access control — open the door?
No, and it’s good to know that from the start. Vizor reads the cameras and reports; it doesn’t control locks, turnstiles or barriers. If you want the door to open on recognition, you need a dedicated access control system. We can work alongside it, not replace it.
What happens to the face images?
The faceprint is stored on site, on your equipment, not with us. What goes to the server is the name you assigned and the time, not the photo. When someone leaves the company, you remove them from the list and their faceprint is deleted. The list can be cleared entirely, at any time.
Can I just exclude staff from the count without identifying them?
Yes, and for most chains that’s enough. Staff are separated by movement pattern and workwear — who stands behind the counter, who wears a work coat or a uniform — with no faceprints in the system. The customer count comes out clean, and you stay under the lighter legal regime. Names appear only if you ask for them.
Contact
Tell us which cameras you have. We’ll tell you if they can see faces.
We look at a frame from the camera at the entrance or over the counter and write back within 24 hours: whether it can be used for time & attendance, or whether the option without identification is enough for you.
What happens next
Three steps, no pressure.
1We reply within 24 hours, in writing, with what can be measured at your location.
2Thirty minutes on a single location: together we look at what your existing cameras cover.
3If it makes sense for you, we propose a pilot on three locations. You can stop it at any time, with no penalty.