Coverage dated December 19, 2023 to December 20, 2023

Rite Aid receives facial recognition ban

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers.

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  1. The Republic

    Rite Aid banned from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers.

  2. Insider

    Rite Aid is banned from using facial recognition in its stores after the FTC said it falsely flagged thousands of shoppers as potential criminals (opens Insider)

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    The software generated thousands of false matches, the FTC said, including an 11-year-old girl who was stopped and searched.

  3. Green Field Reporter

    Rite Aid banned from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, particularly Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers.

  4. The Boston Globe

    Rite Aid banned from using facial recognition technology in stores for five years (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The company has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used to incorrectly identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian, or female shoppers.

  5. Berkshire Eagle

    AP Trending SummaryBrief at 6:10 p.m. EST (opens Berkshire Eagle)

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    Berkshire Eagle's feed description

    Rite Aid banned from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores

  6. WSVN Miami

    Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores for five years - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    New York (CNN) — Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain

  7. UPI

    FTC bans Rite Aid facial recognition over 'reckless' use (opens UPI)

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    A Federal Trade Commission order Tuesday banned Rite Aid from using artificial intelligence facial recognition surveillance technology for five years because it falsely tagged women and people of color as shoplifters.

  8. WHDH Boston

    Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores for five years - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    New York (CNN) — Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain

  9. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Rite Aid's 'reckless' use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain falsely accused customers of crimes and unfairly targeted people of color.

  10. Time

    Rite Aid Banned From Facial Recognition Tech Use for 5 years (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    Rite Aid said that it disagrees with the allegations, but that it's glad it reached an agreement to resolve the issue.

  11. Washington Times

    FTC bans Rite Aid from using facial recognition technology (opens Washington Times)

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    The Rite Aid pharmacy chain can’t use facial recognition technology to identify customers for five years after a Federal Trade Commission investigation found the company inappropriately used it to criminally profile customers.

  12. NBC Los Angeles

    Rite Aid to be barred from using facial recognition under proposed FTC settlement (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Rite Aid deployed facial recognition to catch shoplifters, but the system generated thousands of false-positive matches, according to the FTC.

  13. Engadget

    FTC bans Rite Aid from using facial surveillance systems for five years (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    The FTC said in its complaint that the drugstore chain deployed an artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition technology from 2012 to 2020 to identify customers who may have previously shoplifted or have engaged in problematic behavior.

  14. Washington Times

    Rite Aid barred from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers.

  15. ABC 12 Flint

    Rite Aid's 'reckless' use of facial recognition leads to five-year ban (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain falsely accused customers of crimes and unfairly targeted

  16. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Rite Aid temporarily banned from using facial recognition tech after faulty theft targeting in stores (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that a surveillance system it used incorrectly identified potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers.

  17. New York Post

    Rite Aid barred from using facial recognition tech after thousands falsely flagged as shoplifters (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Rite Aid, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October, deployed artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology from 2012 to 2020.

  18. FOX Business

    FTC bans Rite Aid's use of AI facial recognition over lack of consumer protections (opens FOX Business)

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    The FTC and Rite Aid announced a settlement banning Rite Aid from using AI-powered facial recognition technologies for 5 years after the pharmacy chain's prior system lacked safeguards.

  19. The Guardian

    Rite Aid facial recognition misidentified Black, Latino and Asian people as ‘likely’ shoplifters (opens The Guardian)

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    Surveillance systems incorrectly and without customer consent marked shoppers as ‘persons of interest’, an FTC settlement says

  20. NBC News

    Rite Aid wrongfully used facial recognition to accuse customers of shoplifting, FTC says (opens NBC News)

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    The government says Rite Aid used a flawed and biased facial recognition database that incorrectly identified thousands of people as possible shoplifters.

  21. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Rite Aid banned from use of facial recognition in stores after false accusations (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    The ban will last five years, the Federal Trade Commission said.

  22. Digital Journal

    US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use (opens Digital Journal)

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    Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the next five years by a US regulator, which said the company falsely

  23. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    WASHINGTON — Bankrupt pharmacy chain Rite Aid will be prohibited from using facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five years to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges it harmed

  24. Blaze Media

    Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition tech after it incorrectly flagged customers as shoplifters: 'Reckless' (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that pharmacy chain Rite Aid is prohibited from using artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition after the technology incorrectly flagged customers as shoplifters in over a thousand instances.

  25. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Rite Aid receives facial recognition ban (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers.

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