Nine of the settlements would be completely new, according to the watchdog. They include Mount Ebal, just to the south of Homesh and near the city of Nablus, and Beit Horon North, west of Ramallah, where it said construction had already begun in recent days.
"Are there even any rules informing customers before they enter? How on earth can the average person understand the extent of the tracking?"Are children even kept out of the dataset? Who can access this data? Is it shared with police? Is my data being sold? We need answers to these questions!"
Heather, 30, from Nottingham says the tech makes her feel uncomfortable and punishes shoppers who are honest and use the self-scan as intended."Yes, you have cameras following you everywhere in the store, but this is simply too invasive," she told the BBC."If stores are so paranoid about shoppers stealing goods, then they should go back to staffed tills instead of wasting money on this invasive technology."
The move marks the latest attempt by retailers to try to stem the rise in shoplifting.at its Gateshead store, which prompted a similarly mixed response from shoppers earlier this year.
"Am I at border control or Tesco?" asked one Reddit user.
Last week Greggs announced that it willHungary and Slovakia are also still receiving Russian pipeline gas via Turkey.
Despite the West's efforts, in 2024 Russian revenues from fossil fuels fell by a mere 5% compared with 2023, along with a similar 6% drop in the volumes of exports,. Last year also saw a 6% increase in Russian revenues from crude oil exports, and a 9% year-on-year increase in revenues from pipeline gas.
Russian estimates say gas exports to Europein 2024, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports reaching record levels. Currently, half of Russia's LNG exports go the EU, CREA says.