Dutch eyewear chain Hans Anders halts sale of Meta glasses, citing privacy concerns By Reuters
Dutch eyewear retailer Hans Anders has stopped selling Meta's smart glasses, citing concerns about privacy. The chain made the decision proactively, without being directed by regulators.
Why this matters: A retailer pulling a product over privacy concerns is not a common move, and it matters that this one did not wait for a regulator to force the issue. Meta's smart glasses can record video and audio without most bystanders knowing. That is the core problem. The person wearing them knows. Everyone else does not. When a company decides that risk is too much to sell around, it puts quiet pressure on others in the supply chain to ask the same question.
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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