My 2 cents as of '21 - I think these facial recognition systems will be necessary due to the huge increase in organized theft groups around.. (at least in my ne

My 2 cents as of '21 - I think these facial recognition systems will be necessary due to the huge increase in organized theft groups around.. (at least in my neck of the woods) - I am tired of seeing stores I use to visit no longer be 24 hours, some closing completely, and some reducing inventory / locking up stuff - it wastes time and it limits my options. But I want posted, or otherwise accessible, data retention policies. I don't think any store needs to keep pictures / videos of 99% of people beyond 15 days. I understand actual investigating some folks may require longer retention - but there needs to be consequences for misuse, including sexualized gawking, make fun of people, kind of stuff. Maybe some type of auto-blur for employees that would re-watch a vid clip - but the system can keep the math for recognition if someone is being investigated for a string of thefts for example. What are the ramifications of these things when they are wrong? This needs to be figured out as well. People should know about retention policies, and should know if data is shared - and I believe there is a different level of 'expectation of privacy' in vehicles in the parking lots too - this should be a thing.. sure it could be 'harmless fun' to rewind and share clips of people picking their nose in their car - but it's not right. People do other things in their cars and they should not have to worry that telephoto lenses are peering inside so some hidden group of people can hey their jollies sharing all sorts of who knows what. It's also one thing to have a computer look through imagery and tie together data points, it's different when a human is rewinding and watching - so policy needs to consider that as well imho, at this time.