Facewatch, which has been facing backlash for deploying facial recognition in retail stores across the UK, may be facing another public relations problem.
Big Brother Watch urged Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate whether Southern Co-operative’s use of biometric scans, which monitors for blacklisted customers, violates data laws.
LONDON - Shoppers at a supermarket chain in southern England are being tracked by facial recognition cameras, prompting a legal complaint by a privacy rights group. Big Brother Watch said Southern Co-operative's use of biometric scans in 35 stores across Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brighton and Hove, Chichester, Southampton, and London was “Orwellian in the extreme” and urged Britain's Information Commissioner's.