Scotsman: "Movements of shoppers tracked by ‘1984’ phone technology"

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"IT IS the stuff which George Orwell warned of, in his bestselling book '1984'.

"For unsuspecting shoppers who enter a shopping centre are now often tracked on a screen by retail staff – using their mobile phone signals to locate their path through the shops.

"... Hammerson managing director of UK retail, Lawrence Hutchings, insisted the data captured was 'completely anonymous'." 

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[Regarding Brent Cross, Hammerson would appear to only receive historical, anonymous reports, with no 'screens'.]