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FC: Borders suspends using facecams after public outcry
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 09:13:57 -0400
Politech facecam archives -- face recognition cameras: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=facecam -Declan ******** From: "Jim Harper - Privacilla.org" <jim.harper () privacilla org> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan () well com> Subject: Borders Books kills face-scanning plan amid criticism Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:33:35 -0400 Declan:It may be interesting for Politechnicals to note that Borders Books in London has suspended a face-scanning security program pending review of privacy concerns. This private-sector entity, which can get walloped if it offends consumers, is doing much better than the many government jurisdictions that are implementing face-scanning and other surveillance oblivious to privacy concerns.
Jim Harper Privacilla.org <http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63359,00.html>http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63359,00.htmlBook shoppers in London can breathe easier: Big Brother isn't lurking between the shelves. Not yet,
anyway. Bookstore chain Borders Group Inc. has temporarily suspended a trial plan to implement FaceIt face recognition software in two stores in the city, pending a review of legal and human rights issues, spokeswoman Jenny Carlen said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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