Wegmans, a popular supermarket chain, is now scanning the faces of customers and storing data so its security system can recognize them.
Connecticut lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to ban the practice in retail establishments statewide.
Supermarkets such as Wegmans and ShopRite have been coy about where they use biometric devices like facial recognition technology, but they do use it.
But while Gothamist’s reporting this month put Wegmans in the spotlight, the Rochester-based chain is by no means the only retailer in New York City using some form of facial recognition and biometric ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Tech giants say they will not sell facial recognition software to police departments, for now. It's a tool police departments have been using for years, helping solve everything ...
Wegmans, which has one location on Long Island, in Lake Grove, and about 50 statewide, has deployed facial recognition cameras at its two city stores to combat theft and to "identify individuals who ...
Wegmans, the supermarket chain known for its cult-like following, angered some loyalists after revealing it uses facial recognition technology at New York City stores.
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The supermarket chain Wegmans, which is based in Rochester, has acknowledged that in some of its stores it uses facial ...
NYC debates intensify over Wegmans and Fairway's use of facial recognition, raising privacy concerns and outpacing regulations, despite businesses informing customers as required by a 2021 law.