{"id":26713,"date":"2026-07-17T17:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=26713"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T00:18:48","slug":"alarm-being-raised-over-launch-of-facial-recognition-in-uk-shops-that-instantly-alerts-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/alarm-being-raised-over-launch-of-facial-recognition-in-uk-shops-that-instantly-alerts-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarm being raised over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">According to a report from The Guardian, a controversial facial recognition technology deployed in British shops is poised to escalate its capabilities, enabling real-time notifications to police when high-risk individuals enter stores. The development has sparked intense debate over privacy, surveillance, and the balance between public safety and civil liberties in everyday retail environments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Facewatch, the company behind the system already operational in more than 100 businesses including major retailers like Sainsbury\u2019s, B&amp;M, and Spar, announced plans to introduce a pioneering feature this autumn.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/endtimeheadlines.org\/2026\/07\/alarm-being-raised-over-launch-of-facial-recognition-in-uk-shops-that-instantly-alerts-police\/\">endtimeheadlines.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report from The Guardian, a controversial facial recognition technology deployed in British shops is poised to escalate its capabilities, enabling real-time notifications to police when high-risk individuals enter stores. The development has sparked intense debate over privacy, surveillance, and the balance between public safety and civil liberties in everyday retail environments. Facewatch, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/alarm-being-raised-over-launch-of-facial-recognition-in-uk-shops-that-instantly-alerts-police\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alarm being raised over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26714,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26713\/revisions\/26714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}