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Dutch privacy watchdog gives supermarket formal warning about facial recognition

Wednesday 16 December 2020 | 15:34 CET | News
The Dutch data protection regulator AP has issued a formal warning to a supermarket about the use of facial recognition. Although the facial recognition system has been off since December 2019, the supermarket wants to turn it back on to protect shop visitors and staff, and to prevent shoplifting. The system was linked to cameras at the entrance to the store, registering the face of anyone who entered the store. Faces were then compared with a database of people previously banned from shopping. The images of people without shopping bans were erased after a few seconds.

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