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  "id": 1499238,
  "title": "Alarm raised over ‘privacy dilemma’ of facial recognition technology at Coles and Woolworths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/alarm-raised-over-privacy-dilemma-of-facial-recognition-technology-at",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/18/concerns-security-privacy-facial-recognition-technology-coles-woolworths"
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  "summary": "Supermarkets say they are exploring ways to keep people safe, but experts claim the tech is ‘normalising surveillance’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Consumer privacy advocates have responded with alarm after Coles and Woolworths confirmed they were testing facial recognition technology that they could use in their Australian supermarkets to record shoppers’ personal…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Alarm raised over ‘privacy dilemma’ of facial recognition technology at Coles and Woolworths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/alarm-raised-over-privacy-dilemma-of-facial-recognition-technology-at-1508229",
        "published": "2026-08-17T15:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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