Sainsbury’s plans to expand its use of facial recognition from 55 to 200 shops nationwide. Earlier this year, Londoner Warren Rajah was wrongly booted out of a Sainsbury’s shop using facial recognition after staff misidentified him.
Silkie Carlo, Director of Big Brother Watch, said: “Innocent shoppers should not have to submit to Orwellian identity checks just to buy a loaf of bread or pick up nappies.
“The mass rollout of live facial recognition across Sainsbury’s stores is a shameful decision that treats customers like suspects, putting millions of law-abiding people at serious risk of privacy intrusions and humiliating false shoplifting accusations.”
Telegraph – Sainsbury’s to deploy facial recognition software in 200 stores