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Serco ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor staff | Business News
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Serco has been ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor its staff for “prioritising business interests over its employees’ privacy”. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that a division of the outsourcing company, Serco Leisure, and community leisure trusts were unlawfully processing the biometric data of more than 2,000 employees at 38 leisure…
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Racial bias in AI: Officers questioned father in watch theft probe after he was wrongly identified by facial recognition technology | Science & Tech News
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Three years ago in Detroit, Robert Williams arrived home from work to find the police waiting at his front door, ready to arrest him for a crime he hadn’t committed. Facial recognition technology used by officers had mistaken Williams for a suspect who had stolen thousands of dollars worth of watches. The system linked a…
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Co-op’s use of facial recognition on customers prompts legal complaint | Science & Tech News
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A legal complaint has been filed against the Co-operative convenience store chain’s use over its use of live facial recognition cameras. According to Big Brother Watch and data rights firm AWO, the biometric technology is infringing on the privacy rights of people in the UK. The campaigners have filed their complaint to the Information Commissioner’s…