maybe its scanned for keywords
Boots record what you say in their stores
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I think it's just the beginning.
Also don't things like OK Google, siri, alexa always have the mic on?
That's my thinking, if anyone has actually stopped and listened while in a store, it's just a mixture of conversations, music, banging and bashing around.
Not keen on the incessant creeping nature of surveillance. Changes may be happening incrementally, but the norm of what's acceptable is shifting. I sincerely hope we don't get to the stage where bodycams/personal audio monitoring becomes the norm. Unfortunately it doesn't seem completely out the realms of possibility.
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The incidences of four letter words may go up dramatically in Boots.
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Video would be fine. But recording audio isn't right.
I would not be shocked that they could take the audio, plug it on a computer, get a script to scan it for a list of words and record it all for some sort of marketing system and then sell it on.
I would not be shocked that they could take the audio, plug it on a computer, get a script to scan it for a list of words and record it all for some sort of marketing system and then sell it on.
Convenience. These type of stores thrive on it.
my last conversation was "do you mind getting that microphone out my face?"
it's getting really intrusive.
seems they usually have good offers on shampoo and conditioner ? cheaper than supermarket near me by a lot. usually go in grab a few months worth
Sounds like making a big fuss over nothing really. Store records audio/video inside of their non-public property.
Do you think the close conversations you have with your company in the store will be recorded at a decent level? If you think that is the case, then are you also going to complain about other shoppers in teh stroe overhearing your private conversation as well? because that's the same thing.
Offence culture has gone wild these days.
Do you think the close conversations you have with your company in the store will be recorded at a decent level? If you think that is the case, then are you also going to complain about other shoppers in teh stroe overhearing your private conversation as well? because that's the same thing.
Offence culture has gone wild these days.
Well apart from the fact they would fall foul of the DPA in a massive way, and the fines would be huge.
The warning is standard for CCTV and only allows for the recordings to be used for crime prevention/safety, any other use would have to be justified as falling under one of those groupings (IE training staff).
I suspect it'll only be the tills and counters that have any sound recording, probably to help in dealing with things like threats to staff.
Also things like GDPR come into play very soon, so this also means viewing or listening to recorded media in this way without a valid reason is out of the question. It also has to be done in a controlled environment and not just some PC somewhere accessible by any member of staff.
It's just another nail in the coffin of the high street. As if having to pay for parking and higher prices isn't enough now your private conversations are going to be spied upon. Any guesses on who the first celebrity/politician to be destroyed by one of these recordings and trial by media will be?
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Worried you're going to start getting targeted ads for tinfoil headwear?