Britain’s obsession with surveillance is reaching new heights. Several of the UK’s largest retailers have quietly installed facial recognition checkpoints on their doorways and inside their shops. It means that automated identity checks are taking place on our high streets without customers even being aware of it.

You won’t be informed if your photo is taken and added to a watchlist, and no police report is required

The cameras look like any other CCTV cameras, except they take a biometric scan of every customer’s face, like at a passport e-gate.