Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers
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Pub chain says turn off the cameras, reminds punters not to blare sound from phone vids either
Wetherspoons has stopped short of banning Meta-style smart glasses from its pubs, but told The Register that customers should switch off their cameras and refrain from filming.
"Like many hospitality companies, Wetherspoon has CCTV cameras for security reasons, but their use is strictly controlled by data legislation," a spokesperson said.
"Apart from that, the general code that applies in our pubs, and most pubs, is that you can't film customers or employees without their permission.
"Meta glasses seem to breach this code, and common sense, by enabling surreptitious surveillance, so our instinct is to say turn off the cameras. This is akin to our efforts to stop audible playing of videos in our pubs, which also invades people's space."
The Register asked whether customers who refused to stop recording would be...
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