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UK shoppers wrongly accused of theft by Facewatch facial recognition system

Subject Access Request process places burden on accused shoppers

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UK data-protection law allows wrongly flagged shoppers to file Subject Access Requests (SARs) to challenge what happened and access their data, but civil-liberties advocates describe the process as placing an unfair burden on victims. The ICO allows one month to respond, with possible extensions for complex cases.

Subject Access Request process places burden on accused shoppers
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“the stuff of Kafkaesque nightmares to be trapped in a maze of bureaucracy and forced to hand over even more personal data just to be told the accusation.”

Jack Coulson, head of advocacy, Big Brother Watch

Facewatch Facial recognition technology providerBig Brother Watch Civil liberties advocacy groupJack Coulson Head of advocacy, Big Brother WatchDanielle Horan Wrongly accused shopper

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