Kmart Australia Illegally Used Mass-Facial Recognition in Stores (www.abc.net.au)
from freedickpics@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 22 Sep 13:22
https://lemmy.ml/post/36507389

Over the two years until July 2022, Kmart captured the facial data of “tens or hundreds of thousands” of customers at store entrances and return counters

[…] after a three-year investigation, privacy commissioner Carly Kind found Kmart’s use of FRT was disproportionate, and the company did not gain consent to use it on shoppers

As part of the finding, Kmart has been ordered not to repeat the practice in the future, and will have to publish a statement on its website within 30 days explaining its use of FRT and the regulator’s finding against it

TL;DR: As usual for this sort of thing, Kmart faces no real consequences (not even a fine ffs!). Meanwhile the Australian government is pushing forward with its mandatory age verification laws in spite of (or because of…) huge public backlash. I hate this country

#privacy

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 14:03 next collapse

Everyone needs to start dressing like an ICE Agent

Maeve@kbin.earth on 22 Sep 14:52 next collapse

In Oz?

x4740N@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 14:32 collapse

Mate, this is in Australia, we’re not a dystopia like seppoland

Sincerely, An Australian.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 14:40 collapse

we’re not a dystopia

Wasn’t half your coastline on fire just a few years ago? Aren’t you bleaching the entire Great Barrier Reef with coal mine runoff that isn’t globally marketable anymore? Aren’t you guys on a mukti-century campaign to do eugenics on the Aboriginal Peoples of the continent?

Y’all just like us fr fr.

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 22 Sep 15:58 collapse

Just because America is the worst doesn’t mean you need to compare everyone to us.

ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw on 22 Sep 19:28 collapse

  • Has privacy laws
  • Enforces privacy laws

Good for Australia!

Showroom7561@lemmy.ca on 22 Sep 20:54 collapse

Enforces privacy laws

I mean, there didn’t seem to be any consequences. No fines or anything like that. They were basically told that they can’t use facial recognition for what they were using it for, but there are others ways they could still use it (outlined in the article).

They were given a free-pass, it seems.