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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by fragmede on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:13PM (#45725730)
do you not use the banks ATM or go into a branch ever? why would they not have anything to compare it to?
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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by dghlsakjg on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @12:58PM (#45735458)
Canada has strong privacy protections and norms.

It would be quite a scandal, legally and socially, if it was discovered that a bank was creating a database of images of their customers without consent.

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by fragmede on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:10AM (#45742527)
That's quite interesting! So in Canada, it seems PIPEDA means the banks can't use atm video footage to build client profiles. Cannot say the same for the US, unfortunately.

According to ChatGPT: Only Illinois, Texas, and Washington really constrain that, and Illinois is the only one with real teeth.

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