date:Nov 06, 2013
It emerged on Sunday that Tesco is planning to install the system in all 450 of its petrol stations. The software can analyse images and distinguish men from women and segment them by age, raising privacy fears among some who think it could be used to monitor people's movements.
Privacy campaigners voiced their concern at the news, saying that the explosion in personal data collection was threatening to spiral out of control.
Tesco media relations manager, Emma Capon responded to the fears, sa