Rite Aid is banned from using facial recognition in its stores after the FTC said it falsely flagged thousands of shoppers as potential criminals

• The FTC banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technology in its stores for five years.
• The software was meant to alert staff when suspected criminals entered Rite Aid stores.
• But it generated thousands of false matches, the FTC said.

The Federal Trade Commission has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technology in its stores for five years, saying that it falsely flagged some people as suspected criminals.