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A settlement with state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is expected to be signed Friday, said Macy's spokeswoman Carol Sanger. That agreement will make sure security personnel follow store policy that bars using race or ethnicity in detaining suspected shoplifters. Spitzer spokesman Brad Maione declined comment.

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A new survey by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner has revealed areas of concern around data security and accountability.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Macy's has agreed to make sure its security officers adhere to store policy and don't use racial or ethnic profiling in combatting shoplifting, the retail chain confirmed Thursday.

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Hundreds of high-tech police drones are flying thousands of missions across the UK, but a new survey by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner has revealed areas of concern around data security and accountability.

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Macy's has agreed to adopt several measures including appointing a worker to investigate complaints and to train and supervise security personnel, train security officers and sales people on how to avoid any profiling, and hire an outside auditor to perform unannounced reviews, the source said.

Among those detained as suspected shoplifters, three-quarters were black or Hispanic, the source said on condition of anonymity. Although store policy allowed handcuffing only after a suspect was determined to be dangerous, all detainees were cuffed. In the upstate store, blacks and Hispanics were three to five times more likely to be handcuffed than suspected shoplifters who were white, the source said.

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Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson wrote to all police forces in England and Wales asking for details about how they operate their drone fleets. Responses were received from 36 (77%) of the 47 police forces. Three of the 36 said they did not operate drones.

Our survey showed that practice among police forces in England and Wales is patchy at best, and that there is a clear need for coherent consistent guidance to be provided.

The survey results have prompted Professor Sampson to call urgently for police to be given guidance in key areas including the security and handling of data gathered on drone missions, and arrangements for external scrutiny of the propriety and ethics of drone deployments.

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There is no doubt that drones can be a useful tool in police efforts to detect and deter crime. Modern drones are small, stealthy and highly capable information gathering tools that can reach places that officers and other equipment cannot.

"Macy's has reached an agreement with (Spitzer) that is the result of a cooperative and constructive effort to reinforce and, where necessary, improve implementation of the company's security procedures to ensure that all customers are treated equally and that all employees abide by the spirit and letter of our policies," the store's parent, Federated Department Stores of Cincinnati, stated Thursday.

Guidance needs to be made available to forces on the procurement and deployment of surveillance technology from companies whose trading history and engagement with accountability frameworks has raised significant concern and the attendant risks.

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The use of drones in policing will only expand in the years to come so now is the time to put some sensible practical guidance in place. I have made a series of recommendations. It is not rocket science, but if implemented they should at least put drone usage by police forces in England and Wales on a firmer footing.

But like any potentially intrusive technology that can be used to watch and collect information about people, there must be consistent good practice, sensible controls, and ethical oversight in relation to how they are used.

Guidance is needed on how to mitigate UAV-specific security risks, such as hacking and the use of counter-UAV technology.

Police forces in the UK routinely use drones equipped with high-definition cameras, night vision or thermal imaging capability. Some record sound as well as images.

Under a tentative agreement, Macy's would pay the $600,000 for the state's costs of examining complaints from black and Hispanic customers who said they were more often detained and questioned, searched and handcuffed than white customers, according to a law enforcement official familiar with Spitzer's investigation.