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submitted 2 days ago by freedickpics@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Australia's Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind determined in 2024 that Bunnings breached privacy laws by scanning hundreds of thousands of customers' faces without their proper consent.

A review of that decision by the Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia has now found the opposite

The retailer did not break the law by scanning customers' identities, but should improve its privacy policy and notify customers of the use of AI-based facial recognition technology, the ruling said

Petty typical stuff by this point. The privacy-invading company wins, pissweak government makes a few privacy "recommendations" but stops short of enforcing anything

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[-] freedickpics@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago

Make sure you don't drive either. They scan number plates too

[-] dumbass@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Ok, so put fake plates on before I go as well.

[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Wearing fake plates is absolutely illegal for very good reasons.

[-] dumbass@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

only if you get pulled over.

this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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