US EditionSainsbury's announces major change 'to come' for 1,460 outlets
Sainsbury's is piloting facial recognition technology in two stores to identify violent or aggressive individuals amid rising retail crime affecting staff safety, with data deleted if no match is found.
- Sainsbury's, a supermarket chain with over 1,400 outlets in the UK, plans to introduce facial recognition technology to identify shoplifters and those behaving aggressively or violently in stores.
- The technology will instantly delete records if it does not recognize reported individuals, and is intended to create "safe, secure and welcoming environments," according to Sainsbury's chief executive Simon Roberts.
- While the USDAW union welcomed the approach, privacy group BigBrotherWatch called it "deeply disproportionate and chilling," urging Sainsbury's to abandon the trial and the government to prevent the spread of "this invasive technology.
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