France Political Scandal Reveals Video Surveillance Problems
In what French media describes as "the most damaging crisis yet for" French President Macron, a political scandal has revealed major gaps in the...
By Charles Rollet - over 5 years ago
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SimpliSafe Violating California, Florida, and Texas Licensing Laws
IPVM has verified that DIY security system provider SimpliSafe, founded in 2006 and acquired in June of 2018 at a billion dollar valuation, is...
By Dan Gelinas - almost 6 years ago
Nortek Sues SDS, Battle Over Unpaid Bill and Cancelled Lines
Nortek and SDS legal battle continues. As IPVM reported, SDS sued Nortek alleging bribery and antitrust violation. However, Wave fired back at SDS,...
By Dan Gelinas - almost 6 years ago
Axis / Avigilon Legal Battle Rises
In what is shaping up to be high-powered, will-not-back-down battle, Axis and Avigilon are squaring off in multiple legal contests. In 2017, IPVM...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
Struggling Ascent Hiding Under Brinks
The market cap of Brinks Home Security, Monitronics, MONI, Ascent Capital Group (whatever one calls them) is down 96% over the past 5 years as the...
By Dan Gelinas - almost 6 years ago
US Congress Passes Bill Banning Dahua and Hikvision
The bill banning US government use of Dahua and Hikvision products has been passed by both chambers of Congress (House vote [link no longer...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
Wave Retorts: SDS 'Desperate' And 'Defeated'
Distributor SDS has sued Nortek and distributor Wave Electronics alleging bribery, conspiracy, antitrust violations and violations of state laws...
By Dan Gelinas - almost 6 years ago
US SAFETY Act Examined Amid Vegas Shooting Lawsuit
Creating an international controversy, MGM Resorts has sued shooting victims, despite or perhaps because the Las Vegas gunman used the MGM-owned...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
Bribes Alleged, Nortek Sued For Antritrust Violation
A case of an unhappy distributor rival or did a manufacturer accept bribes? Nortek Security and Control has been sued by distributor Security...
By Dan Gelinas - almost 6 years ago
Hikvision Fights Ban - Claims 'Red Scare', Hires 14 Term Ex-Congressman, Lobbying Records
Hikvision is fighting back against the House Bill Ban of their products. Hikvision has hired one of the biggest lobbying firms, led by a 14 term...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
SIA Lobbyists Working On House Bill Ban of Dahua and Hikvision
While SIA is most known for ISC West, SIA maintains the industry's most significant lobbying organization to influence US government action. Last...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
GDPR For Access Control Guide
Electronic access control is common in businesses plus organizations are increasingly considering biometrics for access control. With GDPR coming...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
GDPR / ICO Complaint Filed Against IFSEC Show Facial Recognition
IPVM has filed a complaint against IFSEC’s parent company UBM based on our concern that the conference violates core GDPR principles on...
By IPVM Team - almost 6 years ago
Remove Dahua and Hikvision Gov Installs Required By US House Bill Ban
The final released US House Bill HR 5515 verifies that it not only prohibits the purchasing of Dahua and Hikvision products, it requires removing...
By John Honovich - almost 6 years ago
Panasonic Sells Security Camera Patents To Troll
In a highly atypical move, Panasonic has sold off nearly 100 security camera patents to one of the most well-known patent trolls. This comes just...
By John Honovich - almost 6 years ago
Amazon's "Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology" Says ACLU
The ACLU has caused a stir, with a new report Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology,...
By John Honovich - almost 6 years ago
Audio Usage In Video Surveillance Statistics 2018
Audio is more widely available and easier to use than ever, with many IP cameras building audio in and often making integration as simple as...
By Brian Rhodes - about 6 years ago
Axis Wins, Arecont Cancels Multi-Imager Patent
16 months after Arecont publicly threatened Axis [link no longer available] and 7 months after Axis took Arecont to patent 'court', Axis has won,...
By John Honovich - about 6 years ago
Chinese Police Wearing Facial Recognition Are Here
This is a very interesting and highly atypical usage of facial recognition that the Chinese government touted this week [link no longer...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago
The Interceptor Aims To Fix Vulnerability In Millions of Alarm Systems
Security executive Jeffery Zwirn claims a 'catastrophic' flaw exists in 'millions of alarm systems', and dealers could be liable if not fixed. His...
By Brian Rhodes - over 6 years ago
Chinese Government Attacks Western Reports
The Chinese government is angry at the BBC and WSJ's reporting on Chinese video surveillance (see BBC Features Dahua and WSJ Investigates China's...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago
Axis and Arecont Legal Conflict Over Multi-Imager Cameras
Arecont threatened Axis. Axis has responded by moving to invalidate an Arecont patent. It is an important contest. Multi-imagers are Arecont's...
By Brian Karas - almost 7 years ago
IP Camera Specification / RFP Guide 2017
RFPs are hard. Do them 'right' and it takes a lot of knowledge and time. Do them 'wrong' and you can be (a) unwittingly locked into a specific...
By IPVM Team - almost 7 years ago
Canon Sues Avigilon
Canon, owner of Axis and Milestone, has sued Avigilon for patent infringement in US court. This is a highly atypical move for Canon, pitting 3 of...
By IPVM - almost 7 years ago
Milestone Beats OnSSI In Court
The litigation between former partners Milestone and OnSSI has finished, confirmed by both parties. In April 2016, OnSSI sued Milestone and in...
By John Honovich - almost 7 years ago
