Cameras that guess age and sex are coming to store shelves

Re:Cameras that guess age and sex are coming to store shelves by DarkWiiPlayer on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:25AM (#19738624)

Can't wait to read how racist and sexist these cameras are.

Too bad this would be illegal in Europe though. I'd love to see what the algo tries to sell to me. Amazon already thinks I'm a complete weirdo.

EDIT: Amazon is probably right though

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Re:Cameras that guess age and sex are coming to store shelves by kmlx on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:28AM (#19738664)

i’ve seen such systems all across europe. they’re as illegal as cctv, i.e. not at all.

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Re:Cameras that guess age and sex are coming to store shelves by icebraining on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:41PM (#19753179)

CCTV is allowed if used exclusively for security purposes (Art. 6 (1) (f)). These devices are not equivalent.

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Re:Cameras that guess age and sex are coming to store shelves by DarkWiiPlayer on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:20AM (#19745528)

Digital? Check! Processes? Check! Personal? It's your #*%$ing face!

I'm pretty sure the GDPR has some interesting things to say about digitally processing personal data without informing you.

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Re:Cameras that guess age and sex are coming to store shelves by Kiro on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:33AM (#19738715)

Why would it be illegal in Europe?

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Re:Cameras that guess age and sex are coming to store shelves by vorhp on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:50AM (#19738890)

Of course they will be racist and sexist... they'll probably have a log of race and sex of those they see. That information is probably useful to know your customers and learn what to sell; it seems useful.

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