Rite Aid gets 5-year facial recognition use ban from FTC
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Kyle Brasseur2023-12-20T14:33:00
Retail pharmacy chain Rite Aid agreed to a five-year ban on its use of facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The FTC alleged Rite Aid “failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores,” according to an agency press release Tuesday.
The company was also accused of violating a 2010 data security order with the FTC by not ensuring its third-party service providers had appropriate safeguards in place to protect consumers’ personal data.
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