Your quoted text is ambiguous, but the order is not. The distinction is "facial recognition" and "biometric information". > IT IS ORDERED that Respondents, in

Your quoted text is ambiguous, but the order is not. The distinction is "facial recognition" and "biometric information". > IT IS ORDERED that Respondents, in connection with the activities of any Covered Business, are prohibited for five (5) years from the effective date of this Order from deploying or using, or assisting in the deployment or use of, any Facial Recognition or Analysis System, whether directly or through an intermediary, in any retail store or retail pharmacy or on any online retail platform. > IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondents, in connection with the operation of any retail store or retail pharmacy or online retail platform by any Covered Business, must not use any Automated Biometric Security or Surveillance System in connection with Biometric Information collected from or about consumers of such retail store, retail pharmacy, or online retail platform, unless ... So, it is a ban on facial recognition, and additionally any use of biometric information is subject to this bureaucracy.