General Article Facial recognition cameras in supermarkets ‘targeted at poor areas’ in England

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Southern Co-op chain more likely to install tech ‘in deprived districts’, says privacy rights group.

By Shanti Das, Home Affairs Correspondent

Facial recognition cameras installed by a supermarket chain to tackle shoplifting disproportionately target people in poorer areas, according to a privacy rights group.

Southern Co-op, which uses Facewatch live recognition cameras in 34 branches, typically has shops in richer-than-average neighbourhoods. But just five of the stores in which it uses Fac...

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