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Catherine Furze

Asda self-ID trial could banish age check when buying booze

Waiting for a member of staff to verify you are old enough to buy alcohol could be a thing of the past for shoppers.

Supermarket chain Asda is trialling a new self-ID service that uses special facial recognition cameras to verify your age when purchasing drinks.

The feature will be on self-service tills, and means that customers will no longer need to wait for a member of staff to come over and manually check their ID.

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