Minister pushes facial recognition software to prevent shoplifting

Poll: Minister backs facial recognition tech to stop shoplifting

Facial recognition technology has become a valuable tool to prevent retail crime, despite fears it is an invasion of privacy and can be used to track people without their consent.

Minister pushes facial recognition software to prevent shoplifting

An invaluable tool to prevent retail crime or an invasion of privacy that can be used to track you without your consent? Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith...

Lack of action is criminal

Last month’s SGF Crime Seminar once again highlighted how retail crime is at epidemic levels yet there seems to be very little in the way of action to tackle this societal scourge. by Antony Begley Retail crime is just something that every local retailer in Scotland has had to put up with for as long as any of them can remember but the first few minutes of last month’s SGF Crime Seminar really brought home what retail crime looks and feels like …