View source for Facial Recognition in Rite Aid pharmacies

{{Deployments
|Information Certainty=Documented
|CiteRef=dastinRiteAidDeployed2020
|Deployment Status=Stopped
|Deployment Type=Criminal investigations, Surveillance
|Has event={{HasEvent|End|2020-07-20|Documented|dastinRiteAidDeployed2020}}
|City=Los Angeles, New York
|Country=USA
|managed by=Rite Aid
|used by=Rite Aid
|Datasets Used=FaceFirst (Dataset), DeepCam (Dataset)
|Software Deployed=FaceFirst, DeepCam
}}
An investigation by Reuters found that Rite Aid installed and used facial recognition cameras in up to 200 US stores located in lower-income neighbourhoods in Los Angeles and Manhattan, NY. When approached by Reuters following the investigation, Rite Aid stated they had stopped using the systems. 

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The cameras matched facial images of customers entering a store to those of people Rite Aid previously observed engaging in potential criminal activity, causing an alert to be sent to security agents’ smartphones. Agents then reviewed the match for accuracy and could tell the customer to leave [[CiteRef::dastinRiteAidDeployed2020]]
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Among the systems used by Rite Aid was one from DeepCam LLC, which worked with a firm in China whose largest outside investor is a Chinese government fund [[CiteRef::dastinRiteAidDeployed2020]]
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