Re:Facewatch 'thief recognition' CCTV on trial in UK stores
by UVB-76 on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @01:40PM
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It's down to the retailer if they want you on their property, and that's how it should be.
If they opt for a stricter system (which would cover the edge cases you describe) that loses them some genuine custom, that's their loss.
The target is of course persistent offenders, not the kind you mention.
Re:Facewatch 'thief recognition' CCTV on trial in UK stores
by pdkl95 on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @01:02PM
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Any list like that sure sounds like slander/libel. If you are treated as a criminal by a shop-owner because someone else is making claims about your reputation, this is the exact type of situation that slander/libel laws were created for.
Also, I could be badly mistaken, but isn't slander strongly enforced in the UK? Wasn't there a scandal involving forced apologies?
Or, perhaps I'm just suspected of shoplifting because one of my friends did shoplift while I was with them, and I'm added to the list. The doubt is reasonable enough that it wouldn't get me convicted, but it's enough for this system to add me and keep me in it.
For the rest of my life, I would be treated as a criminal by shopowners, even if I never commit another crime.