Shopper put on facial ID watchlist after dispute over 39p of paracetamol​ at Home Bargains

A Home Bargains store. The woman, who asked not to be named, was allegedly asked to leave her local outlet after returning there on 30 May. Photograph: Matthew Ashmore/Alamy

A London woman has made a data complaint after discovering she had been put on a facial recognition camera watchlist at a Home Bargains store after a dispute over 39p worth of paracetamol.

She learned of her entry on a database of banned customers when a member of staff at the store in Grove Farm retail park in Chadwell Heath asked her to leave and directed her attention to a Facewatch sign.