Shopper put on Facewatch watchlist after dispute over 39p of paracetamol

Exclusive: London woman complains to watchdog after she was added to database over Home Bargains alleged theft

A London woman has made a data complaint after discovering she had been put on a facial recognition camera watchlist at a Home Bargains store after a dispute over 39p worth of paracetamol.

She learned of her entry on a database of banned customers when a member of staff at the store in Grove Farm retail park, in Chadwell Heath, asked her to leave and directed her attention to a Facewatch sign.