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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Matthew Weaver

UK campaigners condemn ‘creepy’ digital billboards that can track viewers’ responses

Conor Nocher examines a digital noticeboard in a communal area in his block of flats
Conor Nocher in front of the digital noticeboard at his apartment block in Colindale, north-west London. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Digital billboards capable of filming viewers’ responses to adverts have been installed in hundreds of apartment blocks, in a move that civil liberty campaigners called “creepy as hell”.

The supplier, 30Seconds Group, says the cameras allow them to track “occupant engagement” from residents who are a “captive audience” as they wait for lifts to their apartments.

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