Coming to CANADA soon just as there did in N.Z. Consumer and civil rights groups are questioning the results of a facial recognition trial conducted by New Zealand’s supermarket chain Foodstuffs. The retailer has been deploying the technology in its stores to prevent retail crime. One of the main concerns about the technology is the accuracy of facial recognition on minority populations with darker skin. According to independent consumer protection organization Consumer NZ, the Foodstuffs trial did not gather information on the ethnicity of individuals misidentified by facial recognition. https://www.biometricupdate.com/202411/new-zealands-foodstuff-defends-its-use-of-facial-recognition