By Saloni Sinha ( July 16, 2025, 07:03 GMT | Insight) -- Australian hardware giant Bunnings Group says the trial of facial recognition technology by New Zealand’s Foodstuffs North Island highlights that, with the right privacy safeguards, the tools can be deployed lawfully and responsibly. In a submission to Australia’s top economic advisor, which follows a determination last year that Bunnings’ use of facial recognition technology violated privacy laws, the retailer urged the government to “prioritize a regulatory environment that enables the safe, responsible and ethical use of technologies such as facial recognition.”Australian hardware giant Bunnings Group says the trial of facial recognition technology by New Zealand’s Foodstuffs North Island highlights that, with the right privacy safeguards, the tools can be deployed lawfully and responsibly....
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