UK Grocer Facial Recognition With Hikvision Cameras, GDPR And Ethical Risks Examined

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Facewatch **********

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Southern **-** **** "*********** *******", "****** ****** *****"

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** ** **** ** *** **** prevention *** ******** *******, * **** found **** ****** *********** ** *** such ********** **** ***helped ****** ***** in the stores where it is deployed. We have completed a successful trial using Facewatch FR in a select number of stores where there is a higher level of crime. All of our customers have been made aware with distinctive ******* and we have introduced a system which does not store images of our customers unless they have been identified in relation to a crime.

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IPVM *********** *********

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What *** *** **** ***** *******

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Key ********

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*** ******'* ********* ***** **** ***** ethical *** ******** ******** *****:

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One **** *** ****** *** ****

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*******, ** **** ** *** ****** IPVM ******* *** ** *********** ***** to ******************* *** ***** *** ****** ***********.

No ******** ** *********, ****** *********** ****

******** **-** *** *** ******* ** IPVM's ********* ***** ****** ******** *********** Hikvision. **** **** ***** *** ******** data ** *** **** *******/************* **** been **** ****** ** *** ******; Southern **-** *** *** ******* ******** to ***** ********, ******* ********* **** their *** ****** ** "******* *** targeted":

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*** ******** **-** ******drop *** ****** *********** ******* ***********. [emphasis added]

***** ***** **** ***** ********* ******* helps **** ******** **-**'* ****** "*** most ********, ********* *** ****-***** ****** supermarket ** *******":

** ** ****** ******** **** *** Co-op's ********* **** *** **** ***** local *********** ** ****** ** ****, much **** **** ******* *****-***** ********** is ***** **** ** ** **, unless ******* *** ************** *** ***** reports.

*** ******** **-**’* *** ** ********* facial *********** ***Hikvision ******* ** ***** ** ******** ***** **** *** **** ********, ********* *** ****-***** ****** *********** ** *******. [emphasis added]

ICO ********

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Tiny ******* ****'* **** ** ******

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*** ******** **-** ******* **** ** Portsmouth:

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*** ******** **-** **** ******* ** Southampton:

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Signage ***** ******** ** ******* *****

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Only *** ***** **** ********* *******

**** *** ** *** **** ****** IPVM ********, *** ******** **-** ** Commercial **** ** ***********, *** * large **** **** *** ** ********** "prominent", "******* *******", *** "**********" *** was *** ** * ******* ***** door:

Signs ****** ******

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• *** ***** **** ******** * **** to ******* **** ** ******** **-**'* ************ *** ** *********** ** ****** recognition.
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Hikvision ****** *** ********

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Facewatch *** ********* **********

** ******** ****, ********* *** *** - * ***** ** ********* *********** - ************* *** "****** ******"** ********** * "* **** ********, GDPR ********* ****** *********** ********":

** **** *** *********, ** ******** (** *******) *** GDPR *********.

Facewatch, *********, *** ** ********

**** *** *** ******* * ******** to *** ********* **** *********, *********, or ***. ** ** **, ** will ******.