Up to 150 more stores to get the Orwellian tech by year end The UK second largest supermarket is tripling the number of stores that use facial recognition to try to clamp down on shoplifters – a move privacy campaigners are branding as shameful. Sainsbury first trialed the tech at premises in Sydenham and Bath Oldfield Park from September last year, before deploying it to shops across London earlier in 2026. More than 55 Sainsbury supermarkets use the technology. Facial recognition will be...
