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Adrian Black

Fists, knives, guns: why Bunnings turned to facial data

Bunnings says it launched facial recognition technology to tackle shoplifting and violence. (HANDOUT/BUNNINGS)

Hardware retail giant Bunnings is defending its use of facial recognition technology, saying it is used to tackle violence against staff, releasing videos of workers being punched and held at knife-point.

A watchdog has ruled the retail giant breached privacy laws when it used CCTV to capture the face of every person who entered 63 stores in NSW and Victoria in the three years to November 2021.

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