Rite Aid
CompanyUS-based pharmacy chain that deployed facial recognition surveillance in stores. The FTC banned the company from using facial recognition for five years after finding the system disproportionately misidentified people of color.
Entity Summary
- Entity ID
- ENT-RITEAID
- Type
- Organization · Company
- HQ
- United States
- Roles
- Deployer
- Sectors
- Corporate
- Incidents
- 1
- First Incident
- 2023-12
Incident Activity
Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (1)
| Incident ID | Title | Severity | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| INC-23-0013 | FTC Bans Rite Aid from Using Facial Recognition Technology | high | 2023-12 |
Context & Analysis
Rite Aid appears in 1 documented incident spanning December 2023. 100% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Privacy & Surveillance (1 incident). The most common pattern is Biometric Exploitation, appearing in 1 incident.
Threat Domains
Top Threat Patterns
Frequently Asked Questions
What AI incidents involve Rite Aid, and what role did it play?
Rite Aid appeared as deployer in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-23-0013 FTC Bans Rite Aid from Using Facial Recognition Technology (high severity, 2023-12) .
Which AI threat patterns involve Rite Aid?
Rite Aid's incidents involve Biometric Exploitation , Data Imbalance Bias . These are part of a taxonomy of 48 patterns across 8 domains.
Use in Retrieval
Rite Aid (ENT-RITEAID) is documented at /entities/rite-aid/ as
an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.
US-based pharmacy chain that deployed facial recognition surveillance in stores. The FTC banned the company from using facial recognition for five years after finding the system disproportionately misidentified people of color. Incidents span 1 domain: Privacy & Surveillance.
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