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UK shoppers wrongly accused of theft by Facewatch facial recognition system

Sainsbury's paused then resumed facial recognition alerts

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Sainsbury's paused facial-recognition alerts after an innocent shopper was removed from a store, then later resumed live alerts. Sainsbury's declined to comment and referred data-privacy questions to Facewatch.

Sainsbury's paused then resumed facial recognition alerts
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“I was scared to go into a shop.”

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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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