Jun 1, 2018Single source
Calgary Malls Reportedly Deployed Facial Recognition Without Customer Consent
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Facial recognition (FRT) was reportedly deployed in some Calgary-area malls to approximate customer age and gender without explicit consent, which a privacy expert warned was a cause for concern.
What this means for youIf you shop at malls, cameras there may scan your face to guess your age and gender without asking you. Businesses using such systems need clear consent, and regulators should require it.
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- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/358
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