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Inquiry into Foodstuffs North Island trial use of facial recognition technology

Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) scans and creates a digital map of a person's face and compares it to a watchlist to verify a person’s identity by analysing their facial features. 

Between February and September 2024, Foodstuffs North Island (FSNI) ran a trial of FRT in some of its supermarkets. The Privacy Commissioner ran an inquiry alongside that and released his findings on 4 June 2025.

Read about this Inquiry and read the report.

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