Hi All, This Friday<http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/05/scenetap_facial_recognition.php>a start-up is launching facial recognition cameras in 25 San Francisco bars. The companies goal is to give patrons a sense of the average age, male to female ratio, and popularity of a bar before going in. This data will also be shared with the bar (aka, tracking attendance/demographics on differente evenings).
Based on the company's privacy policy <http://www.scenetap.com/privacy>states: - No facial photos or video are recorded or stored. - No streaming video may be viewed by venue operators or patrons. - No personal information is collected or even attempted to be collected. However, I suspect this could mean that photos/video (with faces blurred) might be stored, and its certainly strange to be de facto accepting a privacy policy by walking into a bar. J
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