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If they're collecting biometric data without posting a sign they are breaking the law, that requirement to post a sign is why this story about Wegmans is public

If they're collecting biometric data without posting a sign they are breaking the law, that requirement to post a sign is why this story about Wegmans is public at all, Wegmans posted signs as required. If they are, and aren't posting signs, that would be a story in itself. Of course it could still be happening, it sounds like the law is fairly toothless, but it did get Wegmans to post the sign, so probably not useless. https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-...

trinsic2 9mo ago
I havent been seeing any stores prosecute theft in a long time.
- defrost 9mo ago
  How many stores did you see prosecute theft before that "long time" ? Each year, there are over a million arrests for shoplifting in the United States (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2019), ~ from Examining Court Processing of Shoplifting Before and After the Passage of Mississippi House Bill 585 https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/9910.pdf https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/9910.pdf See also Myth vs. Reality: Trends in Retail Theft (2024) https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myth-vs-reality-trends-retail-theft https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myth...
  - mlrtime 9mo ago
    To be fair to OP I didn't see people come in and blatantly steal items and walk out as if there were no consequiences. In NYC before Covid, I never saw it. After, many many times.
    - crazygringo 9mo ago
      A major point of facial recognition is to generate those consequences. You don't have to try to physically stop them the moment they walk out, when there isn't time to call the police and you don't want a cashier getting physically involved and there's no security officer at the moment. You have the evidence, and can call the cops the next time they enter the store.
  - lunias 9mo ago
    They arrest, but then don't prosecute. It's been catch and release for a while.

trinsic2 9mo ago

I havent been seeing any stores prosecute theft in a long time.

defrost 9mo ago
How many stores did you see prosecute theft before that "long time" ? Each year, there are over a million arrests for shoplifting in the United States (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2019), ~ from Examining Court Processing of Shoplifting Before and After the Passage of Mississippi House Bill 585 https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/9910.pdf https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/9910.pdf See also Myth vs. Reality: Trends in Retail Theft (2024) https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myth-vs-reality-trends-retail-theft https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/myth...
- mlrtime 9mo ago
  To be fair to OP I didn't see people come in and blatantly steal items and walk out as if there were no consequiences. In NYC before Covid, I never saw it. After, many many times.
  - crazygringo 9mo ago
    A major point of facial recognition is to generate those consequences. You don't have to try to physically stop them the moment they walk out, when there isn't time to call the police and you don't want a cashier getting physically involved and there's no security officer at the moment. You have the evidence, and can call the cops the next time they enter the store.
- lunias 9mo ago
  They arrest, but then don't prosecute. It's been catch and release for a while.