mary01+FollowWegmans’ opening on UWS: Still waiting, still watching?Upper West Siders are still in the dark about when Wegmans will finally open at 1932 Broadway, but there’s a new twist: the supermarket chain is quietly expanding its use of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance in NYC stores. Recent signs in Manhattan and Brooklyn locations reveal Wegmans is now collecting data on shoppers’ faces and eyes, raising big privacy questions. The company claims it’s only for security and doesn’t share data, but there’s no clear promise to delete what’s collected. Would you be comfortable shopping where your face might be scanned? Let’s talk about it! #Food #UpperWestSide #Wegmans00Share
