With Christmas around the corner, shoppers are out in force, but so are shoplifters. Stores are seeing an increase in theft and dealing with a surge in violence towards staff. Some chains are deploying facial recognition technology to catch repeat offenders. Facewatch is facing a growing backlash from civil liberty campaigners but retailers argue they have no choice. Sky correspondent Gurpreet Narwan went to test it out and investigate what this all means for our privacy. #shoplifting #facialrecognition #technology #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales