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Home Bargains
Basic information
Short description
Founded 1976
Type Division
Industry Retail
Official website https://home.bargains/

Home Bargains is a chain of discount stores in the UK.

Consumer-impact summary

The company undermines privacy of its customers by sharing video surveillance and face recognition data with a third party company.

Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Home Bargains category.

Woman wrongly accused of theft because of face recognition error (2025-06)

Home Bargains uses surveillance and face 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.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Kelly Foran, Rumeana Jahangir (2025-06-14). "Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft". BBC. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
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