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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Sports Direct urged to stop using facial recognition cameras and 'secret watchlists'

Sports Direct and House of Fraser must stop using facial recognition cameras and adding customers to "secret watchlists", dozens of MPs and peers have said.

In a scathing letter to boss Mike Ashley, 42 politicians from all major parties warn the technology "treats everyone who passes the camera like a potential criminal".

The group, including Tory former Brexit Secretary David Davis, Labour's former shadow chancellor John McDonnell and ex-Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, say the cameras have "well-evidenced issues with privacy, inaccuracy, and race and gender discrimination".

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