UK's Largest Retailer Tesco Bans Dahua and Hikvision
Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, has publicly banned Dahua and Hikvision cameras over human rights concerns and is working on replacing them.
This is "massive" for the UK sending a clear message to other businesses, dealers told IPVM, with the rights groups which pushed for the move pledging to pressure others.
This adds to Dahua and Hikvision's UK struggles with the UK government prohibiting their cameras in its sensitive sites in November 2022, joining a growing list of organizations banning Dahua and Hikvision.
In this post, IPVM examines this news and its impact.
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Hikvision & ***** ********
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***** ***** ********* ********** ******** "****-**** Uyghur ********":
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* ***** ***** / ******* ******** suite ** ****** *****.
** ******** **** * ***** ** person **** **** *** ***** ******* Hikvision.
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*********, **** ** ***** ********* ********* to ***** ********** ********** ******* ** *** ********* ***** in ******** ****.
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