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Sports Direct slammed over use of facial recognition tech in stores

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Sports Direct has introduced facial recognition cameras to identify shoplifters and potential offenders in what critics dubbed “Orwellian surveillance”.
The owner of Sports Direct, Frasers Group, has brought in biometric…

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