Hans Anders, one of the largest eyewear chains in the Netherlands, has suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium, removing them from stores and its website. The chain said it will reassess whether and how to sell the camera-equipped glasses after greater clarity emerges from the public and political debate. The glasses had limited sales and were stocked only in those two markets among Nexeye's roughly 776 locations across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Sweden. The move comes after the Dutch Data Protection Authority warned that recordings showing identifiable people generally cannot be shared or published without their consent, while consumer group Consumentenbond threatened legal action and the Dutch lower house called for a ban. Offlimits urged Meta and EssilorLuxottica to withdraw the glasses until covert recording can be made technically impossible. Meta says a front-facing light blinks during recording and cannot be disabled, and that the camera is disabled if the light is covered or tampered with. The company has also disabled cameras on thousands of altered pairs, banned accounts and threatened legal action against services offering modifications. The backlash includes use restrictions by British pub chain Wetherspoon and a U.S. lawsuit alleging that human annotators viewed footage recorded without subjects' knowledge. The glasses, developed by Meta and EssilorLuxottica, start at 419 euros and also support phone calls and audio streaming.