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Privacy and consent are two of the most important values to uphold. Our partners at UpMeals understand these are essential as the retail technologies continue to morph into smarter solutions. #smrt1tech #smartvending #privacybydesign #canadiantech

Makes sense seeing Amazon's Just Walk Out technology in use in hospitality! The fact operators can license this tech, means our industry is in the perfect position to benefit. People used to ask: what's next after vending? Micromarkets. Now people ask: what's next after micromarkets? Just Walk Out-like tech? Maybe. What do you think? #Amazon #JustWalkOut #Technology #Micromarkets Automatic Merchandiser & VendingMarketWatch https://lnkd.in/eUXA9Kk7

This is just shocking. Well done to the University of Waterloo and its students for uncovering this unethical collection of facial recognition data from vending machines on campus and taking swift action to remove them. The era of "smart" vending machines is upon us, and is filled with fantastic operators and innovators across the world. However as they say, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. Black eyes like this can set the entire industry back and all the groups doing things the right way. Our team at UpMeals takes privacy very seriously and we don't collect, store or utilize facial recognition data of any kind to operate our SmartVending machines. Our mission has always been to enable 24/7 access to nutritious, fresh meals in environments where they're needed most. No one should need to compromise their personal information to access that. https://lnkd.in/gNepKFiD #smartvending #waterloo #universityofwaterloo #facialrecognition #vendingmachine #technology

Just Walk Out Technology was recently featured by GeekWire highlighting the launch of our technology at Downtown Spirits in Seattle. “Technology can help to bring brick-and-mortar retail back,” says Marques Warren, President of Downtown Spirits. “Retailers that are willing to embrace technology are going to be the ones that succeed.” Hit the link to learn how Just Walk Out technology can help reduce or eliminate long lines, and improve operational efficacies. --> https://bit.ly/3YJo5hu

Restaurants must empower associates with real-time analytics and insights into store operations and customer behavior. By leveraging this information, associates can view purchase histories, manage orders, and access inventory data, enabling them to provide immediate and effective assistance. Enhancing restaurant staff's capabilities with these tools improves operational efficiency and elevates the overall customer experience. #RestaurantTech #RealTimeAnalytics #CustomerExperience #OperationalExcellence Manhattan Associates Bill Little https://lnkd.in/dnNh7CpG

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If you just want to know if someone is standing in front of your vending machine then a simple thermal sensor would work, you don't need a camera. #FacialRecongnition #Invenda #RiverStanley #RebeccaElming #UniversityOfWaterloo "An Ontario university is pulling dozens of vending machines that were tracking the age and gender of customers in the latest example of pushback against technology that tests the boundaries of privacy rules. The move comes amid opposition from University of Waterloo students, who became aware of the technology after a Reddit user spotted an on-screen error message on one of the machines earlier this month, about an apparent problem with its facial recognition program. "The natural question that follows there is, 'Why does it have a facial recognition app? How can this error even exist?'" said River Stanley, a fourth-year computer science and business student who broke the story in the campus journal mathNEWS. The university says it has asked that all 29 machines, from the Switzerland-based company Invenda, be removed "as soon as possible," and that the software be disabled in the meantime. "We thank our students for bringing this matter to our attention," said university spokesperson Rebecca Elming. She did not respond to a followup question from CBC News about whether the university was planning to change its procurement process if machines with facial analysis technology were showing up unbeknownst to administrators. Invenda says the machines use facial analysis, not facial recognition, software, and that it isn't storing data or photos. The company says its technology is mainly used to tell when a person is standing in front of a vending machine, and to change the screen from "standby" mode, which shows ads, to "sales" mode, which shows different products. Critics say that explanation isn't good enough, and that customers should know whether they're being watched and be given the choice to opt in. "There was no [camera] marking on these vending machines at all," said Stanley. ... No one from Invenda was available for an interview Monday, a spokesperson said, but in an email the company emphasized that its software is used for people detection and facial analysis, not facial recognition (though the company's CEO has previously referred to it as "facial recognition" in a 2020 promotional video). "People detection solely identifies the presence of individuals whereas, facial recognition goes further to discern and specify individual persons," the statement said. The machines can "only determine if an anonymous individual faces the device, for what duration, and approximates basic demographic attributes unidentifiably." The company said those "basic demographic attributes" include age and gender — information that one privacy advocate says would help retailers decide which products are most likely to sell. ..."

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