>Wegmans and other businesses that collect biometric data are required to post signs announcing the practice because of a 2021 city law, but it’s unclear how many other companies may be using similar practices.
The agency in charge of implementing the law has no enforcement mechanism for businesses that don’t comply, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
>Blaze Herbas, 29, said she shopped at the store but would avoid it in the future.
>“We should be able to shop freely without data being saved on us. That’s obvious,” she said.
You should be able to do a lot of things freely without having sensitive personal data store, categorized, and (possibly) weaponized. Consumer privacy laws **NEED** to be enacted/changed, its become extremely ignorant the amount of freedom almost every company has to collect personal info. The worst part is, most people seem to have this uncaring nonchalant attitude towards it
EasterEggArt on
Can someone clarify if the users were given an opt out for this? The article doesn’t address consent of collecting this type of data? Only that the store has a sign saying it is being collected? Seems illegal.
Jamizon1 on
WHY?? Fuck you, Wegman’s!
Willing_Drawer_3351 on
What an absolutely disgusting way to exploit your customers.
f1del1us on
Didn’t Minority Report call this like 20 years ago lol they probably wanted to then just lacked the compute power.
BigManWAGun on
HEB > Weigman’s
FredFredrickson on
How is this possibly necessary for a business like this?
CrotalusHorridus on
This is why there was an astroturfing campaign against face masks during Covid
No one cared until propaganda told the right wing that the should
Face scanners at retailers can’t get a read on you with masks
And that data is very valuable to them
No_Size9475 on
Fuck this big brother move. I’m so sick of everything thinking you can record everything including DNA from someone if they simply step foot outside their homes.
jzorbino on
Welcome to 2015.
Walmart has been capable of this if not doing it everywhere for a decade, and so have many other chains. As an analyst designing shelf layouts ten years ago I had access to data like this.
We could generate heat maps of shelves to see what spots customers’ eyes focused on the most, etc. No telling how detailed it is now, but if you shop at a chain grocery store you’re probably already being tracked like this.
drtij_dzienz on
I think grocery stores would like to personalize prices.
mechy84 on
Some day we will have contact lenses and masks that enable someone to bypass biometric-based variable pricing.
husky_whisperer on
> The information is used to “protect the safety and security…
No it is-fucking-not.
Anybody that still buys that horseshit today needs to have their outside privileges revoked for a week so they can think about that.
WindowsVistaWzMyIdea on
Wegmans is not unique and is not a leader in this area. You name the major chain, chances are they are doing the same. Walmart and Target have been doing this for YEARS
We need to put an end to corporate surveillance
gafftaped on
After covid I’ve continued to wear a mask at a lot of locations and stuff like this is exactly the reason.
GroundbreakingUse794 on
Must be a new spy well die well program
iTALKtoMYmyself on
this shit makes me want to wear a respirator and sunglasses whenever i go out, i already cover my forehead to keep my hair in check
Raa03842 on
Time to start wearing a mask and big ass sunglasses. Also wear a hat with owls eyes on it just to confuse the AI slop.
Now there’s a business. Making anti-biometric collection apparal.
Rattus_NorvegicUwUs on
So because they are selling the customer biometrics, that must mean the customer is getting a steep discount?
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>Wegmans and other businesses that collect biometric data are required to post signs announcing the practice because of a 2021 city law, but it’s unclear how many other companies may be using similar practices.
The agency in charge of implementing the law has no enforcement mechanism for businesses that don’t comply, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
>Blaze Herbas, 29, said she shopped at the store but would avoid it in the future.
>“We should be able to shop freely without data being saved on us. That’s obvious,” she said.
You should be able to do a lot of things freely without having sensitive personal data store, categorized, and (possibly) weaponized. Consumer privacy laws **NEED** to be enacted/changed, its become extremely ignorant the amount of freedom almost every company has to collect personal info. The worst part is, most people seem to have this uncaring nonchalant attitude towards it
Can someone clarify if the users were given an opt out for this? The article doesn’t address consent of collecting this type of data? Only that the store has a sign saying it is being collected? Seems illegal.
WHY?? Fuck you, Wegman’s!
What an absolutely disgusting way to exploit your customers.
Didn’t Minority Report call this like 20 years ago lol they probably wanted to then just lacked the compute power.
HEB > Weigman’s
How is this possibly necessary for a business like this?
This is why there was an astroturfing campaign against face masks during Covid
No one cared until propaganda told the right wing that the should
Face scanners at retailers can’t get a read on you with masks
And that data is very valuable to them
Fuck this big brother move. I’m so sick of everything thinking you can record everything including DNA from someone if they simply step foot outside their homes.
Welcome to 2015.
Walmart has been capable of this if not doing it everywhere for a decade, and so have many other chains. As an analyst designing shelf layouts ten years ago I had access to data like this.
We could generate heat maps of shelves to see what spots customers’ eyes focused on the most, etc. No telling how detailed it is now, but if you shop at a chain grocery store you’re probably already being tracked like this.
I think grocery stores would like to personalize prices.
Some day we will have contact lenses and masks that enable someone to bypass biometric-based variable pricing.
> The information is used to “protect the safety and security…
No it is-fucking-not.
Anybody that still buys that horseshit today needs to have their outside privileges revoked for a week so they can think about that.
Wegmans is not unique and is not a leader in this area. You name the major chain, chances are they are doing the same. Walmart and Target have been doing this for YEARS
We need to put an end to corporate surveillance
After covid I’ve continued to wear a mask at a lot of locations and stuff like this is exactly the reason.
Must be a new spy well die well program
this shit makes me want to wear a respirator and sunglasses whenever i go out, i already cover my forehead to keep my hair in check
Time to start wearing a mask and big ass sunglasses. Also wear a hat with owls eyes on it just to confuse the AI slop.
Now there’s a business. Making anti-biometric collection apparal.
So because they are selling the customer biometrics, that must mean the customer is getting a steep discount?