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Rite Aid facial recognition rollout faces trouble

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Rite Aid facial recognition rollout faces trouble

Rite Aid facial recognition rollout faces trouble

American drug chain Rite Aid quietly added facial recognition systems to 200 stores across the United States and a Reuters investigation uncovered possible data access in China, Black shoppers misidentified as shoplifters and cameras located in mainly minority neighborhoods.

Conway G.

Gittens has more on the investigation.


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