In an open debate at The Temple in London the issues of facial recognition and its use by the Police was debated by Fiona Barton QC. Facewatch was invited to speak to allow the invited barristers to learn more about this important crime deterrent. Presentations by Nick Fisher and our Data Protection officer,Dave Sumner, were […]
SBT are one of the leading providers of technology solutions to the retail sector in Spain and believe that facial recognition as a retail crime deterrent, as in the UK, is an important tool to improve the retail experience for both customers and staff. With an international customer base and a focus on customer behaviour […]
By Charles Hymas Home Affairs Editor (The Daily Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/charles-hymas/ Please accept statistics, marketing cookies to watch this video. When you enter Paul Wilks’ supermarket in Aylesbury, a facial recognition camera by the door snaps your image and then checks it against a “watchlist” of people previously caught shoplifting or abusing staff. If you are […]
We are hurtling towards a surveillance state’: the rise of facial recognition technology Facial recognition It can pick out shoplifters, international criminals and lost children in seconds. But as the cameras proliferate, who’s watching the watchers? Hannah Devlin @hannahdev Sat 5 Oct 2019 10.00 BSTLast modified on Sat 5 Oct 2019 13.17 BST ‘If you’ve got something to be […]
Nick Fisher, CEO, of Facewatch talks Face2Face with customers, partners and the public about the real issues of retail crime and how Facewatch is facing up to the challenge of providing a proven and powerful tool which deters and prevents retail crime and violence. Transcription below: The Full Film: Please accept statistics, marketing cookies to […]
BY STEPHEN SHANKLAND SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 Hundreds of terminals from Intel and NEC will scan the faces of athletes, sponsors, volunteers and other accredited people at the next summer Olympics. If you’re an athlete, sponsor, journalist or volunteer at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, you’ll be using a facial recognition system from Japanese electronics giant NEC and […]
By Grace Bowden 27 August 2019 Facial recognition technology burst into the headlines this month following an exposé in the Financial Times about its use in London’s King’s Cross. The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched an investigation into the use of the technology, which scanned pedestrians’ faces across the 67-acre site comprising King’s Cross and St […]
By Gaelle Walker 5 September 2019 Convenience store magazine Workers in the retail and wholesale industries continue to suffer from the highest levels of crime out of all key business sectors, with retailers who experience crime being targeted more often than in previous years, new Home Office data shows. The crime rate in the retail and […]
Reported by:Rowland Manthorpe Technology correspondent @rowlsmanthorpe Wednesday 4 September 2019 12:45, UK Sky News Facial recognition can be legally used by police forces in the UK, judges have ruled. As the world’s first case against the controversial technology concluded, two leading judges dismissed the case brought by human rights campaign group Liberty on behalf of Ed […]
The Facewatch team will be exhibiting at the Retail Week conference in Leicester on 3rd October. Taking place at the Leicester City Football Club stadium it is a free conference and exhibition for retailers. To arrange a meeting with Geoff Gritton please email: geoff.gritton@facewatch.co.uk or call him on Mobile 07711 756754 Don’t Miss […]
