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Asda faces ‘legal complaint’ in UK after ‘unlawful’ facial-recognition trial

( May 22, 2025, 13:26 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: UK supermarket group Asda has seen a complaint made to the Information Commissioner’s Office over its trial of live facial recognition. Big Brother Watch, a campaign group, lodged what it calls a “legal complaint” to the ICO, claiming the trial of live facial recognition in five stores near the city of Manchester is “unlawful,” and asking the ICO to make Asda stop its trial. The complaint states that the system — sold by software company FaiceTech — processes data with a “high degree of risk” to subjects’ rights. Campaigners state that store staff can add people to the facial-recognition watchlist.Statement follows:...

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