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| Official Website =https://home.bargains/ | | Official Website =https://home.bargains/ | ||
| Logo =Home Bargains.svg | | Logo =Home Bargains.svg | ||
|short_description=}}[[wikipedia:Home_Bargains|Home Bargains]] is a chain of discount stores in the UK founded in 1976 by Tom Morris. | |short_description=}} | ||
'''[[wikipedia:Home_Bargains|Home Bargains]]''' is a chain of discount stores in the UK founded in 1976 by Tom Morris.<ref name="about">{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.homebargains.co.uk/about/|title=About - TJ Morris|work=Home Bargains Corporate|access-date=2025-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250605180648/https://corporate.homebargains.co.uk/about/|archive-date=2025-06-05|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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Home Bargains uses surveillance and facial recognition technology from a company called [[Facewatch]]. Due to an error, a woman was flagged as a shoplifter after her image was uploaded to the system, which led to her repeatedly being asked to leave stores of the chain without explanation. In one instance, employees surrounded her and demanded she leave.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foran |first=Kelly |last2=Jahangir |first2=Rumeana |date=2025-06-14 |title=Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616161349/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo |archive-date=2025-06-16 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=BBC}}</ref> | Home Bargains uses surveillance and facial recognition technology from a company called [[Facewatch]]. Due to an error, a woman was flagged as a shoplifter after her image was uploaded to the system, which led to her repeatedly being asked to leave stores of the chain without explanation. In one instance, employees surrounded her and demanded she leave.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foran |first=Kelly |last2=Jahangir |first2=Rumeana |date=2025-06-14 |title=Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616161349/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo |archive-date=2025-06-16 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=BBC}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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