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‘Orwellian’: Sainsbury’s staff using facial recognition tech eject innocent shopper
(www.theguardian.com)
And this is why i now shop in tesco
this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2026
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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.
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
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.