Bunnings keen to roll out facial recognition tech to all its stores
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Bunnings keen to roll out facial recognition tech to all its stores

The retailer remains defiant and determined to use the tech despite the privacy commissioner saying it breaches Australia’s privacy laws.

  • byDavid Swan

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Bunnings defends use of facial recognition after privacy breach
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Bunnings defends use of facial recognition after privacy breach

The retailer says its use of the technology appropriately balanced privacy with the need to protect staff against violent and organised crime.

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Facebook fights celebrity scams with facial recognition

Four years after shutting its facial recognition function down over privacy concerns,the tech giant is bringing it back to rein in celeb-bait scams. Here’s how.

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Smartphones have robbed teenagers of freedom. No law will change that

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Facebook,Instagram are using your data – and you can’t opt out

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