Enda Brady: UK correspondent on UK stores cracking down on shoplifting with facial recognition technology
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
August 1, 20233m 38s
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A handful of UK-based retailers are incorporating facial recognition technology to crack down on shoplifting.
UK police are employing pre-existing live facial recognition (LFR) technology to create a database of offenders with the aim of reducing retail crime.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says between 340,000 to 8 million shoplifting incidents occurred in 2022, and this is costing companies at least $2 billion per year.
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shopliftingUKretail crime