I wanted to know if my local Food Basics store is tracking me.
I looked at the privacy policy on foodbasics.ca and not finding any mention of this, but wanting to be sure, I emailed their Privacy Officer.
This is the email I sent:
Hello,
I shop at the food basics store at [Address] in [City],
I would like to know if you use facial recognition or identification technology in the store? And if so, for what purpose, and if the information is stored for how long?
Thank you,
[Me]
Here is the response I got:
Hello,
I confirm that Metro does not use facial recognition technology or any other technology that allows the identification of individual at the Food Basics stores.
Best regards
Eliane
Legal Counsel
Just want to share to encourage everyone to learn about and exercise your consumer privacy rights.
Cadillac Fairview, who owns all the major malls in Canadian major cities also said they don’t employ facial recognition in their stores and only use cameras for security. It was only later that journalists exposed that they were absolutely using it for years to collect and digitally profile all shoppers and tie them to IDs.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5781735
Looks like you accidentally used an AMP link, here’s the link you were looking for:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cadillac-fairview-5-million-images-1.5781735