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Bunnings & Kmart class action progress

Facial recognition in stores (privacy determinations) · monitoring

The Privacy Commissioner determined that Bunnings breached the Privacy Act by scanning shoppers' faces without consent, and Kmart was found to have run a similar facial-recognition scheme. Australians who shopped at Bunnings or Kmart stores while facial recognition was operating may have had their biometric information collected unlawfully; this is a watch-list matter for potential group claims.

Where this matter sits now

  1. Incident
  2. Filed in court
  3. Registration open
  4. Before the court
  5. Settlement
  6. Payments / distribution
  7. Closed

Dated milestones

  1. Filed in court

    CHOICE refers Bunnings and Kmart to the Privacy Commissioner

    Consumer group CHOICE lodged complaints after finding the retailers were scanning shoppers' faces without meaningful consent.

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  2. Before the court

    Privacy Commissioner finds Bunnings breached the Privacy Act

    The determination found Bunnings collected shoppers' biometric information without consent — a finding that could support future group claims.

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