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Retailers dispute 'characterisation' of technology.

A recent privacy report has found that 83 percent of Australian brands appear to track their customer's activity ...

Consumer advocate CHOICE has revealed that three of Australia's largest retailers are using facial recognition technology in their stores, often w...

Australians are being watched on The Spectator Australia | If it’s not bad enough that Australians have had their retail habits monitored via the (ethically…

Three major Australian retailers, Kmart, Bunnings, and The Good Guys, have been found using facial recognition technology on ...

Melbourne, June 16: Once the purview of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, facial recognition is now being used to identify consumers in Australian stores. If you’ve seen the movie Minority Report, you’ll remember how Tom Cruise’s character John Anderton is identified through iris recognition to perform his duties, and later tracked with it when he’s a wanted man. When he replaces his eyes to evade identification, Anderton is bombarded with advertisements targetin...

A leading consumer advocacy group is cracking down on a "creepy and invasive" practice used by three major Australian retailers.

Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice identified three Australian retailers who use facial recognition to identify consumers. What are the privacy concerns?

Australias leading consumer advocacy group has raised serious concerns about major retailers Kmart, Bunnin...

Kmart, Bunnings and The Good Guys are using facial recognition technology to identify customers and create a faceprint of them, consumer group Choice found.