Bunnings, Privacy Commissioner and Facial recognition system

Bunnings breached privacy laws, Privacy Commissioner says
Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition technology (FRT), the Privacy Commissioner determined.
Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers, Commissioner finds
The Privacy Commissioner finds Bunnings Warehouse interfered with the privacy of its customers by using facial recognition without consent in 63 of its stores over a three-year period.
Australian hardware chain Bunnings breached privacy with facial recognition tool, regulator says
Wesfarmers-owned Bunnings, the country's biggest home improvement chain, breached the privacy of thousands of customers by using facial recognition technology without gaining consent, an Australian watchdog has found.
Bunnings defends facial recognition after privacy breach
Bunnings has defended its use of facial recognition technology, saying it is the most effective way to combat rising crime and aggression against its staff, after the ...
Bunnings facial recognition 'breached' privacy laws
Bunnings’ managing director Mike Schneider said the company believed its use of facial recognition “balanced our privacy obligations and the need to protect our team, customers, and suppliers against the ongoing and increasing exposure to violent and organised crime, perpetrated by a small number of known and repeat offenders”.
Bunnings breached privacy law by scanning customers’ faces – but this loophole lets other shops keep doing it
Hardware giant Bunnings breached the privacy of “likely hundreds of thousands” of Australians through its use of facial recognition technology, the Privacy Commissioner ruled today. “Individuals who entered the relevant Bunnings stores at the time would not have been aware that facial recognition technology was in use and especially that their sensitive information was being collected,
Bunnings breached privacy of its customers by using facial recognition cameras at NSW and Victoria stores: Privacy commissioner
Bunnings breached the privacy of its customers by using facial recognition cameras at warehouses in two states, the privacy commissioner has ruled.
Bunnings facial recognition cameras breached privacy of hundreds of thousands of customers: OAIC
Hardware giant Bunnings has defended its use of facial recognition cameras to protect staff and customers from violent and aggressive behaviour after the regulator ruled the technology was ‘intrusive’ and interfered with the privacy of everyone who entered the stores.
Bunnings under fire for breaching customers' privacy with facial recognition tool
Hardware store Bunnings has come under fire for breaching customer safety by using a facial recognition tool in its stores across NSW and VIC. Added12 hours ago A man who was allegedly driving a car erratically through Perth with two children in the back has been arrested after a pedestrian was hit and killed.
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Australian Privacy Commissioner’s FRT ruling could have major implications for retail
The Australian government has found a major retail chain has breached Australians’ privacy in a case that could have major implications.
Nudity, punches in newly released Bunnings CCTV as company found to breach Privacy Act
Bunnings has released shocking security footage of staff members being threatened and assaulted in response to findings from the country’s privacy watchdog that the company breached Australians’ ...