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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T12:50:31.000Z",
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    "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/bunnings-wins-ai-facial-recognition-tech-fight/106309308"
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  "textContent": "submitted by freedickpics to privacy\n34 points | 8 comments\nhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/bunnings-wins-ai-facial-recognition-tech-fight/106309308\n\n> 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.\n\n> A review of that decision by the Administrative Review Tribunal of Australia has now found the opposite\n\n> 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\n\nPetty typical stuff by this point. The privacy-invading company wins, pissweak government makes a few privacy “recommendations” but stops short of enforcing anything",
  "title": "Bunnings Australia wins legal fight to use AI facial recognition in stores"
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