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Borders Books Spying on UK Customers

Borders Book shop, a large bookselling retail chain, has employed facial recognition technology to monitor its customers at UK stores. The facial recognition cameras are being used to identify known shoplifters present in the stores.

Big Borders bookshop is watching you, Sunday Herald, August 26, 2001.
Borders Books kills face-scanning plan amid criticism, Computerworld, August 27, 2001.