Blog : Facewatch

"Facewatch’s retail crime reduction system, using facial recognition, shows how this developing technology can be acceptable and secure for the public whilst reducing crime and unacceptable behaviour in the retail environment."

Testimonials and News

Alex Kapadia reduces shop theft by 90% at Morrisons Daily store thanks to Facewatch

Facewatch is “absolutely fantastic and I wouldn’t be without it”

Facewatch featured on BBC Morning Live

Facewatch appoint former UK Biometrics Commissioner

Facewatch contribute to fightback against ‘rampant crime’

Facewatch is an indispensable asset for our establishment

Shoplifting: The Battle On The High Street?

Protecting our staff and our business with Facewatch

Shocking CCTV footage shows the reality of shoplifting for frontline retail workers

Facewatch customers speak to BBC News about the rise in shoplifting and abuse

Facewatch delivers safety and security for forecourts

Retailers feel like they are working in a ‘warzone’

Even shoplifters say that more needs to be done to stop them

Facewatch is the “biggest success” in keeping staff safe

Facewatch featured in The Telegraph

Bonjour la France!

Super Recognisers – the lengths Facewatch go to in order to protect frontline retail workers

Facial recognition and racial bias

Facewatch featured on CNN

Facewatch on BBC Radio 2 as Simon Gordon speaks to Jeremy Vine about the effectiveness of the system

Facewatch Founder Simon Gordon speaks to Evan Davis on Radio 4

Facewatch Data Protection Officer explain how Facewatch works to Vanessa Feltz on Talk TV

17% reduction in violence in Facewatch stores

Staff safety is a big issue as “criminals have a license to shoplift”, says one of the UK’s biggest retailers

Within just one week of implementing the system, we witnessed a significant decrease in crime

How Facewatch complies with the Data Protection Act

Facewatch wins best practice backing from UK regulator for Facial Recognition technology

Facewatch gets strong support from customers and public despite activist concerns

Inside Boots’ 24-hour shoplifting CCTV hub catching thieves in the act

PROTECTING ASSETS FROM CRIME

LIVE DEMO & ROI WEBINAR

Biometric Update article

Facewatch Addresses Misleading And False Claims Made By Privacy Group In Legal Complaint

BBC Frontline Fightback – Eat 17

Facewatch invite retailers to attend a live webinar to discuss data protection law specific to deploying facial recognition

Face to Face Interviews with Fraser Sampson 6 of 7 – How to adopt the Surveillance Code of Practice

Face to Face Interviews with Fraser Sampson 5 of 7 – Operating Responsibly

Face to Face Interviews with Fraser Sampson 4 of 7 – Being Ethical and Competitive

Face to Face Interviews with Fraser Sampson 3 of 7 – Building Trust in Facial Recognition

Budgens Buckingham Park would absolutely recommend Facewatch

Face to Face Interviews with Fraser Sampson 2 of 7 – Data Integrity and Standards

Face to Face Interviews with Fraser Sampson 1 of 7 – Being Accountable

‘Facewatch has made a massive improvement to our store’ says Nisa Local Bow Road

Eat17 Hackney sees a significant drop in store crime since installing Facewatch

Appleby Westward roll out Facewatch across Spar convenience stores in the Southwest.

Facewatch – trusted, legal and ethical

Installations in Leeds and Wolverhampton

3 million people at risk of violence at work

Facewatch is featured on the new BBC documentary – Frontline Fightback

Standing up for retail workers

Simon Lawrence impressed with Facewatch upgrade

Daily Mail reports on Facewatch’s success in deterring crime

Facewatch facial recognition – A Christmas present and future for those working in retail

BSIA Broadcast – AFR: authentication, identification and ethical usage

Why we use Facewatch?- Simon Lawrence discusses Covid, security and the future

Facewatch at the Southern Co-op

MPs urged to protect shopworkers against violence

Customer Feedback Survey

Monitor Computer Systems and Facewatch partner to deliver facial recognition to the Sentinel security monitoring system

Nick Fisher: Facing down shop crime

Facemask algorithm test – VLOG#2

Facewatch launches facemask recognition upgrade

Nick Fisher, on a crusade for a safer high street, discusses why facial recognition is the smart answer

Retail staff subjected to hostile customers during coronavirus outbreak?

Facial Recognition: Fiona Barton QC and Facewatch present

Retail crime statistics in 2019 show even greater need for a ‘self help’ answer

Facewatch launches in Spain with the appointment of retail technology business leader SBT

Daily Telegraph – Pros and cons of Facial Recognition

Guardian Newspaper reports on the rise of facial recognition technology

Face2Face with Nick Fisher, CEO, Facewatch – putting the record straight on facial recognition

2020 Olympics in Tokyo will use facial recognition technology

The risks and rewards of facial recognition in retail – Retail Week reports

Crime against retailers and wholesalers continues to rise- New Gov report says

The High Court said the use of facial recognition tech by police was legal

Facewatch exhibit at RETAIL RISK conference and exhibition in Leicester on 3rd October

THE £1.9BN COST OF RETAIL CRIME – BRC

The Observer – Facial recognition… coming to a supermarket near you…

ACS crime report – The biggest concerns for retailers are violence, theft and verbal abuse

Facewatch and Intel launch new campaign focusing on retail crime prevention