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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 targeting his new assumed identity. This once-futuristic idea from […]

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?

Australia's 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.