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UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

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A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Please tell me a lawyer is taking this on pro bono and is about to sue the shit out of Facewatch.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

For what? A private business can exclude anyone for any reason or no reason at all so long as the reason isn't a protected right.

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