As the people of Western and Central New York State find out more about the facial recognition and biometric data programs that Wegmans has been using in New York City, folks around town are becoming less happy with one of the region’s favorite grocers. That, of course, should come as no surprise to the powers that be at Wegmans and across the region, as more people have been questioning the amount of mass surveillance that we have to deal with all over Western New York.
With local police, state, and federal police departments tracking us just about everywhere we go, it just seems that it’s nearly impossible for you to go anywhere without being monitored, scanned, and having your likeness and activities stored and analyzed by AI. Some agencies even want access to your personal security cameras.
But as the outrage grows about the large amounts of surveillance that’s happening, we may have a new law in Western New York to help protect our privacy and the use of our likeness while outside.
Erie County May Enact New Law To Curtail Retail Surveillance
Every day, people in Western New York aren’t the only ones upset by hearing about what happened in some Wegmans stores in NYC; it seems that at least two lawmakers in the Buffalo area are just as bothered, and they are looking to use thier legislative power to do something about it…