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MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on observers and bystanders is alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers ...

Civil liberty advocates and some lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the privacy risks of federal agents using surveillance toolkits during immigration enforcement operations. Using facial recognition ...

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AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Wegmans deployed facial recognition cameras in some stores. The store uses facial recoginition to identify people “previously flagged ...

Grocery chain Wegmans’ expanding use of facial recognition technology in New York City is reigniting debates over consumers’ privacy rights and retailers’ interest in safeguarding their stores. But ...

Wegmans is using facial recognition cameras to “help identify individuals who pose a risk to our people, customers, or operation” in a small number of its stores, the grocery chain said in a statement ...