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'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech'

Live facial recognition is becoming increasingly common on UK high streets. Should we be worried?

The company declined to comment on Sara's case to the BBC, but did say its technology helped to prevent crime and protect frontline workers. On a humid day in Bethnal Green, in east London, we joined the police as they positioned a modified white van on the high street. "It takes less than a second for the technology to create a biometric image of a person's face, assess it against the bespoke watchlist and automatically delete it when there is no match."

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