{"id":22939,"date":"2026-05-03T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-system-struggle-to-clear-their-names\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:37:17","slug":"guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-system-struggle-to-clear-their-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-system-struggle-to-clear-their-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then \u2018given no help\u2019 to investigate verdicts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2026\/may\/03\/ai-facial-recognition-oversight-lagging-far-behind-technology-watchdogs-warn\">AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2026\/may\/03\/how-does-live-facial-recognition-work-and-how-many-uk-police-forces-use-it\">How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When Ian Clayton, a retired health and safety professional from Chester, popped into Home Bargains one February lunchtime, he was suddenly approached by a stern-looking member of staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcuse me, can you please put everything down and leave the shop now?<em>\u201d <\/em>she said. Clayton recalled how he was stunned, and it was only as he was briskly walked past the tills towards the exit that he stopped to ask what he had done.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/03\/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-struggle-to-clear-their-name\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b6037a905390b66257076124ebf69f75ea027501\/1_0_2499_2000\/master\/2499.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=19a01de2b6e61ef409495343cf931724\" title=\"Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names\" \/>People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then \u2018given no help\u2019 to investigate verdicts<\/p>\n<p>AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn<br \/>\nHow does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? <\/p>\n<p>When Ian Clayton, a retired health and safety professional from Chester, popped into Home Bargains one February lunchtime, he was suddenly approached by a stern-looking member of staff.<br \/>\n\u201cExcuse me, can you please put everything down and leave the shop now?\u201d she said. Clayton recalled how he was stunned, and it was only as he was briskly walked past the tills towards the exit that he stopped to ask what he had done. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then \u2018given no help\u2019 to investigate verdicts AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? When Ian Clayton, a retired health and safety professional from Chester, popped into Home Bargains &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-system-struggle-to-clear-their-names\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22939"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}