Aldi Creepy self service cameras at checkout

You don't think you're being recorded by dozens of cameras already in every single shop you go into?

Its only a GDPR breach if they retain the videos for longer than they need for the purpose of verifying you paid for all your items, or if that video is used for any other purpose other than for why it was collected

GDPR must be the most misunderstood thing of the 21st century.

I see Tescos in Bancroft have them too. Lidl have mirrors in place there but I'd always assumed there was a camera behind the mirror.

You could just choose to not open the threads you have no interest in.

Jesus some people really need to go learn about GDPR and stop name dropping it without understanding what it is.

There is no data protection breach by your image being recorded in a supermarket, you don't have your personal information tattooed across your forehead. And stores are within their rights to have such cameras in place, especially when it comes to stock protection at self service from those who might be less than honest when scanning their own shopping.

Go somewhere else if you don't like it and you can pretend the cameras you don't see don't exist.

for me one of the reasons i liked & shopped at aldi and lidl was the fact they would open a new till if they saw a long line of customers. While in dunnes/tesco the employees could continue their chat with mates & stacking shelves etc while i waited. IE the customer was not their priority.

the self service tills change that dynamic. I agree with the last poster that it is a very valid point. if i have a couple of items in a basket self service work well, maybe even better as there are many open tills. But if i have a larger quantity of messages self service becomes a chore for me, and a labour/cost saving for the shop at my expense.

Some stores in UK are removing self service areas, they don't or shouldn't replace manned checkouts. At night my local Tesco is 100% self service and it makes me think twice about dropping around for anything non urgent.

Noticed the new self serve checkouts in Penneys recently. You have to scan your receipt at the area exit so you can open the barrier. They, like many other retailers are cutting down on staff. People who don't have cards can still use cash.

I notice that some Aldi stores at some times have a security guard, previously they did not - same with Lidl but I think in Lidl the security guard is permanent.

In Tesco - all stores - they are now ensuring that you can not go out via the 'in route' and you have to pass through a till or self scan till before you leave.

They are putting security tags now on cuts of meat and anything that is easily 'lifted'.

I thoroughly detest self service check outs. Another cost cutting exercise and removal of human interaction.

Once upon a time, it WAS somebody else's job to take YOUR shopping from the shelves.

First supermarket in my local town opened 50 years ago this year. It closed maybe 20 years ago, but that's neither here nor there for the purposes of this particular post..

Prior to the supermarket opening, whenever you went grocery shopping in any shop in the town, you simply handed in your shopping list to somebody at the front counter, and they went and got all the items for you. You never got any further than the front counter yourself.

My mother recalls how when the supermarket first opened, some people thought it incredibly handy to now be able to just go and look after yourself. However, others gave out about it: "Why do I now have to go and do their job? And now they won't need as many staff on the counter, so that's not good either."

Essentially, the same arguments that people use now about self-service checkouts.

More recently - but still probably 30 years ago - supermarkets generally had a second staff member at each till, to bag the items that people were buying. Then they started to do away with that, and again, people thought: "What? So now I have to do this myself every time?"

The fact that I have to explain this to you shows how over time, the new and "bad" processes become accepted and thought of as normal. It might - just might - be the case in another few decades that self-service will have become so ubiquitous that young people then will be asked "would you believe there was a time when somebody used to be employed to do the scanning for you?"

ATMs are the banks version of self service and have been around for decades. How many people complain about self service in shops yet use the ATM even when the bank is open where a human will serve you. I know plenty.

Was in an amazing shop in Vilnius last year, no self scanning, just used sensors, cameras, etc. to 'see' what you were picking up, then as you walked to the exit, there was your total on a screen, one tap, gone. Couldn't even imagine the level of tech to make it happen. Fascinating.

Thank Christ it's not just me who thinks the same!!

You're explaining nothing only the fact that you are old and have a good memory which is not in the least relevant to the post you quoted.

Live in Ireland myself, the North has Sainsbury's.

Security tags on large e6 Comfort laundry bottles in Dealz 😯

We're worlds apart if you think in a decade queues will be a thing of the past.

Some American stores have cameras at all checkout s so if you move an item and don't scan it an alarm go,s off .if you go inside a shop they have a right to record you as long as it's only used for security purposes

Self service check outs taking jobs is a myth. I know over a supermarket who have over 20 extra staff since getting self service check outs.

That's as it should be really. I haven't seen the self-service check outs in Aldi myself.

Alas, I haven't been near an Aldi since they got rid of click and collect. 😥

Sorry I meant to say at Aldi and Lidl in ROI, don't shop in Tesco at all.

They've only started introducing them this year in some stores, they're brilliant to have, in and out in 2 mins if you just need a couple of things instead of standing behind a trolley hoping they'll let you go ahead of them.

Is that because of cameras? 🙄

OP, every supermarket has security camera throughout the store. What's any different with Aldi having them at the checkout?