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: The Canadian Privacy Law BlogLondon supermarket secretly photographs alcohol/cigarette buyers, wants national database
If you guessed this scheme was developed in the UK, you guessed correctly:
London supermarket secretly photographs alcohol/cigarette buyers, wants national database - Boing BoingBudgens, a London supermarket chain, secretly records biometric facial photos of people who buy cigarettes and alcohol and compares it to a database of known underage buyers, and they're hoping to link their database with other grocery chains around the country. This means that just bringing a bottle up to the till means that your likeness and details will be added to a nationwide database, recording your movements and purchasing habits.
Full post as published by The Canadian Privacy Law Blog on May 14, 2008 (boomark / email).
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