Police (274)

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UK/US Media Report on Facial Recognition Problems

The BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, and 60 Minutes recently cited the lack of legislative framework and gender/racial bias as among the problems...

By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 3 years ago

Hikvision and China's Military

Hikvision has partnered with the PRC's military, earning top PLA supplier status, collaborating on PLA research, and more, an IPVM investigation...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago

NtechLab Facial Recognition / Analytics Provider Profile

NtechLab is best known for their 100k+ camera face recognition deployment in Moscow and now discontinued Clearview AI-like FindFace app that...

By Zach Segal - almost 3 years ago

Motorola Wins French Police Body Cams After Hikvision Complaints

Motorola has won a $17.5 million contract for 30,000 French police body cameras, replacing the police's ~10,000 Hikvision cameras that came under...

By Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago

ACLU & EFF Sues San Francisco Over Video Surveillance

San Francisco admits it asked and received a link for remote, real-time access but denies it ever clicked the link. However, an SFPD email suggests...

By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago

EU AI Proposal Impact on Video Surveillance Examined

The EU has released a proposal for how it plans to regulate AI, directly impacting certain video surveillance technologies but exempting many...

By Zach Segal - about 3 years ago

Dahua Holds Xi Jinping Study Session, Then Hides

Just last month, Dahua employees held a meeting to "thoroughly study and implement" Secretary-General Xi Jinping's latest speech in order to...

By Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago

Dahua Operates China Police Surveillance

Inside the PRC (China), Dahua directly operates police video surveillance, significantly different from its Western common perception as a low-cost...

By Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago

Dahua Rigs $24 Million Bid, Alleges Brazilian Official, Dahua Denies

A Brazilian State Deputy alleges that Dahua, in cahoots with local authorities, rigged a ~$24 million USD bid in its favor, in doing so violating...

By Robert Wren Gordon - about 3 years ago

Dahua and Hikvision Co-Author Racial And Ethnic PRC Police Standards

Hikvision and Dahua helped write Chinese police video surveillance standards which include tracking people's skin color - such as "black", "yellow"...

By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago

Video Surveillance Storage Retention Laws Examined

Although surveillance video retention is often constricted by storage costs, written laws do sometimes dictate a minimum or maximum period video...

By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago

Genetec Valcri Criminal Investigation Software

In 2019, Genetec quietly acquired Valcri from a UK University. Recently, Wired wrote about Valcri in an investigation about "spying eyes...

By Zach Segal - about 3 years ago

CCTV Researcher Eric Piza Interviewed

Few academic researchers study video surveillance / CCTV. One of the most notable is John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New...

By Robert Wren Gordon and Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago

Dahua Responds, Caught Lying

Dahua has responded to IPVM and the LA Times investigation into Dahua's "Uyghur Warnings". Dahua has been caught lying repeatedly about its human...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago

Dahua Offers Race Recognition - "Black", "White", "Yellow"

Dahua offers race recognition, verified by Dahua's own software client, SDK, technical documentation, and public bids, IPVM has found. Dahua...

By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago

Dahua Provides "Uyghur Warnings" To China Police

Dahua provides "real-time Uyghur Warnings" to China police, as Dahua's own technical documents reveal, discovered by IPVM. This video explains what...

By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago