‘Orwellian’: Sainsbury’s staff using facial recognition tech eject innocent shopper

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/05/london-man-sainsburys-facial-recognition-facewatch

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markz@suppo.fi · 17 pts · 186d

He said when he contacted Facewatch, he was told to send in a picture of himself and a photograph of his passport before the firm confirmed it had no record of him on its database.

I fucking wouldn't

sicjoke@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 186d

So now I have to submit a subject access request to get Sainsbury’s to delete my biometric data every time I need milk.

Fuck that.

CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 186d

Ftfa: facial recognition triggered. Staff got notification and approached and ejected the wrong person. The facial recognition in this case is the humans taking action.

It’s still wrong.

mikey@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 185d

And this is why i now shop in tesco