You mean privately controlled, like this ? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/18/cctv_shoplifters/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/18/cctv_shoplifters/

You mean privately controlled, like this ? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/18/cctv_shoplifters/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/18/cctv_shoplifters/ Hey, they just need to suspect you and you're all over their web site. No need for any actual proof or any inconvenience stuff like an actual conviction. Many UK retailers already share CCTV between each other and many operate central monitoring hubs for facial recognition of 'undesirables' - people convicted of shoplifting or people the police have asked them to look for. Here, from guess where, parliament's site, is a paper explaining lots of the UK technology in use in 2002 : http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/POST-PN-175.pdf http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/POST-PN-175.pdf Have a look at the part about Newham in London using automatic facial recognition. Are you serious about not being worried ?