Bunnings' FRT didn't 'collect' sensitive data, Australian court is told

By James Panichi ( October 27, 2025, 07:09 GMT | Insight) -- Facial-recognition technology deployed by Australian hardware giant Bunnings didn’t “collect” sensitive data under the wording of privacy laws because any biometric information it gleaned from CCTV images wasn’t designed to be retained, a court has heard. Appearing in the final day of hearings in Melbourne’s Administrative Review Tribunal, a lawyer for Bunnings reiterated the company’s argument that its FRT experiment had merely been an extension of its CCTV monitoring, which doesn’t violate the 1988 Privacy Act.Facial-recognition technology deployed by Australian hardware giant Bunnings didn’t “collect” sensitive data under the wording of privacy laws because any biometric information it gleaned from CCTV images was purged immediately, a court has heard....

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Bunnings' FRT didn't 'collect' sensitive data, Australian court is told

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