Jul 26, 2022Confirmed
Facial Recognition Trial by UK Southern Co-op Alleged as Unlawful
Rogue: Caused harmAI loose in the worldData exfiltrationDERIVED
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Southern Co-op's use of facial recognition reportedly to curb violent crime in UK supermarkets was alleged by civil society and privacy groups as "unlawful" and "complete" invasion of privacy.
What this means for youIf you shop at Southern Co-op or similar UK stores, your face may be scanned by cameras in some branches. Shoppers can ask stores whether facial recognition is used and request their personal data under UK data protection law.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/391
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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