West Ham Online

XKhammer wrote: ↑29 Jul 2025, 18:31

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025, 19:15

yngwies Cat" wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025, 14:45 Got this e mail, first time seen it?

Guessing it's legit and not Nigerian ?

West Ham United FC has requested that you complete an identity check. As part of this process, you will need to present your ID document and may be required to take a selfie for verification purposes.

I suspect that the data horse has long bolted for many to actually care about handing all/any of their personal data over.

Have the club actually said why they need such data?

They already know who's banned, so such people won't be able to even enter the stadium, let alone sit in a seat that doesn't belong to them - unless Sullivan's bought his customer management system from Cheapo Charlies.

It could be something more sinister to try and combat no-shows/empty seats. I seem to recall a discussion a while back that the club reserve the right to cancel your season ticket and sell the seat (again) should you not be in your seat for a certain number of games. If that's the case all season ticket holders should be concerned.

4/5 years ago I was working on facial recognition systems for the security of remote mobile phone sites/masts.

It was shit-hot then, even without AI doing the scanning.

A feed from all the CCTV cameras dotted about the ground into the facial recognition database will flag up no-shows very quickly and your season ticket could well be cancelled without a single human intervention.

I'd seriously consider pushing back on this without confirmation of why they need the data.

Bore off zzzzzzz you don't even go or even live in the UK...waffle bullshit scaremongering bullshit as if West Ham will use facial recognition...sad old bitter and twisted cսnt who has nothing positive to say about club 

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025, 19:15

yngwies Cat" wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025, 14:45 Got this e mail, first time seen it?

Guessing it's legit and not Nigerian ?

West Ham United FC has requested that you complete an identity check. As part of this process, you will need to present your ID document and may be required to take a selfie for verification purposes.

I suspect that the data horse has long bolted for many to actually care about handing all/any of their personal data over.

Have the club actually said why they need such data?

They already know who's banned, so such people won't be able to even enter the stadium, let alone sit in a seat that doesn't belong to them - unless Sullivan's bought his customer management system from Cheapo Charlies.

It could be something more sinister to try and combat no-shows/empty seats. I seem to recall a discussion a while back that the club reserve the right to cancel your season ticket and sell the seat (again) should you not be in your seat for a certain number of games. If that's the case all season ticket holders should be concerned.

4/5 years ago I was working on facial recognition systems for the security of remote mobile phone sites/masts.

It was shit-hot then, even without AI doing the scanning.

A feed from all the CCTV cameras dotted about the ground into the facial recognition database will flag up no-shows very quickly and your season ticket could well be cancelled without a single human intervention.

I'd seriously consider pushing back on this without confirmation of why they need the data.

yngwies Cat" wrote: ↑24 Jul 2025, 14:45 Got this e mail, first time seen it?

Guessing it's legit and not Nigerian ?

West Ham United FC has requested that you complete an identity check. As part of this process, you will need to present your ID document and may be required to take a selfie for verification purposes.