By James Panichi ( November 19, 2024, 06:00 GMT | Insight) -- The illegal collection and storage of facial-recognition data returned to center stage in Australia today, with the country’s privacy regulator criticizing, but not fining, hardware giant Bunnings Group over its deployment of CCTV devices across 62 stores. In determination documents published today, Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind said the technology had allowed Bunnings to capture images of possibly hundreds of thousands of customers, without their consent. Its the latest in a series of investigations targeting retailers’ use of facial recognition.The illegal collection and storage of facial-recognition data returned to center stage in Australia today, with the country’s privacy regulator slamming hardware giant Bunnings Group over its deployment of CCTV devices across 62 stores....
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