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The CAI’s Facial Recognition Ruling: Shaping the Future of Retail Biometrics in Québec
On April 1, 2026, the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec (CAI) decided that Metro Inc.’s pilot project (using facial recognition and a bank of biometric data to counter shoplifting, fraud, and violence in its Québec stores) may proceed, finding the planned collection of biometric data “necessary” under Québec’s private-sector privacy law.
