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Dates : February 2023

Surveillance in Australian Woolworths

February 28, 2023
Woolworths has raised ire for its dubious new improvement of adding surveillance cameras to monitor customers (without notification) using self-checkout in 100 of its Australian stores. Woolworth, which plans a larger rollout to more stores, bills this as a way to prevent “accidental” wrong scans. It also concedes its use monitoring for shoplifting and says the footage has been used for staff training (though promises that people’s faces and keypad punches are blurred to prevent identification). Regardless, customers are not being informed or given a chance to consent so may... Read More >
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Consumers very aware of breach and hack increases; want more security

February 28, 2023
Consumers know the more they do digitally, the more their data is at risk. According to Daon’s survey of more than 3,000 US and UK consumers, people foresee cybersecurity threats persisting and believe these will continue to outpace the cyber technology to control them. Most surveyed want more security for financial accounts (93%) and to have their identity protected (91%). Participants also said they would be willing to take extra security steps daily (91%), including use of biometrics (81%).
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