Tag: retail security
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Sainsbury's Expands Facial Recognition to Combat Shoplifting
Sainsbury's is taking a bold stance against shoplifting by expanding its facial recognition technology to nearly 200 stores by 2026, but is this move a step too far for customer privacy? The supermarket giant's system has already shown promising results, with 90 percent of identified individuals choosing not to return.

Met Police Deploys Surveillance Tech to Tackle London Shoplifting
The Metropolitan Police are testing a cutting-edge retail technology to combat London's shoplifting epidemic, and it doesn't rely on live facial recognition - but what does that mean for citizen privacy?