Office of the Australian Information Commissioner examining whether use of the technology is consistent with privacy laws
Schneider accused Choice of “mischaracterising” the issue, stating that the technology was used only to detect when a person who has been banned from Bunnings stores enters a store.
“Facial recognition gives us a chance to identify when a banned person enters a store so we can support our team to handle the situation before it escalates.” The technology was already temporarily switched off in Bunnings stores as the company moves to a new system.“We have temporarily stopped the use of this technology in our small number of trial stores given the commencement of the OAIC investigation,” the spokesperson said.
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