--- title: Brit supermarket giant triples down on facial recog to... description: UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is expanding its facial recognition technology deployment to up to 150 more stores by the end of the year, continuing its use... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/brit-supermarket-giant-triples-down-on-facial-recog-to-nab-shoplifters-1lzn8cusz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Brit supermarket giant triples down on facial recog to nab shoplifters | daily.dev og:description: UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is expanding its facial recognition technology deployment to up to 150 more stores by the end of the year, continuing its use... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/brit-supermarket-giant-triples-down-on-facial-recog-to-nab-shoplifters-1lzn8cusz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1lZN8CuSZ.png og:image:alt: Brit supermarket giant triples down on facial recog to nab shoplifters og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Brit supermarket giant triples down on facial recog to nab shoplifters **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is expanding its facial recognition technology deployment to up to 150 more stores by the end of the year, continuing its use of the controversial surveillance tech to identify and deter shoplifters. 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