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And None shall buy or sell without the Mark of the Beast...


https://patch.com/new-york/upper-west-side-nyc/uws-fairway-notifies-customers-it-using-facial-recognition

NYC Supermarket "Collects Biometric" Data On Shoppers

A grocery store located in Manhattan's Upper West Side uses facial and
voice recognition technology to combat a surge in shoplifting,
reported Patch NYC.

"This Business collects, retains, converts, stores, or shares
customers' biometric identifier information, which is information that
can be used to identify or help identify you. Examples of biometric
identifier information are eye scans and voiceprints," a sign reads on
the front door of the Fairway store on Broadway and West 74th Street.

"This technology is helping our stores reduce retail crime, an
industry-wide challenge that has increased dramatically over the last
few years," Karen O'Shea, a spokeswoman for Wakefern Food Corporation,
the parent company of Fairway, told local media outlet
ILoveTheUpperWestSide.

O'Shea added, "Only trained asset protection associates use the
system, which helps us focus attention on repeat shoplifters."

The city's newly elected mayor, Eric Adams, is seeking to strengthen
the state's bail laws. These laws were revised in 2019 by left-leaning
lawmakers who implemented social justice reforms to allow criminals to
be released back onto the streets much easier. It has since backfired
and led to a 45% jump in citywide retail thefts since 2021.

Some shopkeepers in Manhattan have resorted to employing guard dogs at
the entrances of their stores to deter thieves.

Privacy advocates are likely alarmed at Fairway's move to gather
biometric information of shoppers.