Amazon and Walmart have both recently been granted patents for novel uses of biometric sensing — Amazon for an Alexa feature that would allow the device to passively detect signs of illness and ...

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Wegmans grocery stores in New York City are now collecting biometric data on anyone who enters their stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to several media reports.

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Wegmans grocery stores is collecting biometric data on anyone who enters their stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to media reports. The privacy policy posted on the Rochester, New York-based ...

Critics warn that the plan would create an unprecedented surveillance architecture with inadequate safeguards and ...

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