PSR - November 5, 2025

Auror launches facial recognition tool for retail crime prevention and safety

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November 05, 2025

A new facial recognition tool, 'Subject Recognition,' is being introduced to help retailers combat organized and violent retail crime. The technology works by comparing the faces of people entering a store against a retailer's private watchlist of known, serious repeat offenders.

The system is designed to provide early alerts for safety interventions, with the provider emphasizing privacy safeguards like instant discarding of non-matching data and prohibition of storing sensitive information. This development underscores the growing reliance on biometric systems for loss prevention and worker safety in the retail sector.

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