The European Parliament singled out Clearview AI in a resolution on artificial intelligence last week, declaring that the US company's database was...
By Conor Healy - almost 3 years ago
ADT sent video recordings of a woman from her DIY Blue by ADT system to a stranger across the country, prompting the victim to file a negligence...
By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago
Verkada has responded to Motorola/Avigilon's ITC complaint, denying that Verkada infringes on the 3 Avigilon patents and arguing that the patents...
By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago
A $364,429.09 NJ contract for 300+ cameras is being installed with no evidence that contractors have the required license or are paying workers...
By IPVM - almost 3 years ago
Former Dahua North America President Frank Zhang mismanaged the company, with "annual revenues crashed" and failed to get along with other company...
By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago
ADT, America's most well-known home security company, is being sued by the Signal Foundation, the makers of the increasingly widely-used chat...
By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 3 years ago
A Hikvision USA partner, Homeland Surveillance, who recently petitioned the FCC, uses a logo that distorts elements of regulated US government...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
The US International Trade Commission has commenced an investigation into Verkada, following a complaint from Motorola/Avigilon seeking a ban of US...
By Thang Vu - about 3 years ago
Turing Video, which recently hired dozens of employees away from Hikvision USA and expanded into VSaaS, is being sued by an end-user accusing the...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
Motorola sent a letter to customers "encouraging" them to "consult your legal advisor" over the legality of Avigilon Appearance Search. This...
By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago
Verkada has sued Motorola, warning that Motorola has "sought to effectively shut Verkada’s business down", with Motorola's ITC complaint against...
By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago
Xiongmai is facing a criminal smuggling charge in the PRC over alleged tax evasion with its founder and chairman Chen Jenshing charged as...
By Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago
Last month, Flock Safety received $150 million from mega VC firm A16Z and, at the same, installed 98 LPR cameras in a Florida county, free of...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
Vivint's new CEO emphasized 'a few bad apples' and that 'no company' is 'perfect' responding to questions about US government actions against his...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
Amidst bad press, ShotSpotter commissioned Edgeworth Analytics to review Northwestern Law School’s MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) report that...
By Donald Maye - about 3 years ago
China (PRC) sanctioned 7 US individuals and entities including Sophie Richardson, the China Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), who has reported...
By Conor Healy - about 3 years ago
A US security company was fined $9.85 million by the FTC in 2020 for calling consumers on the National Do Not Call Registry, demonstrating the FTC...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei, ZTE, AnyVision, and NTechLabs are among more than a dozen industry companies named in a recent report by US-based NGO...
By Robert Wren Gordon - about 3 years ago
Vice alleged gunshot detection provider ShotSpotter has altered evidence as directed by police. ShotSpotter disputes this and, in one of the cases,...
By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago
Avigilon has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging Verkada is violating 3 Avigilon patents, requesting the...
By Isabella Cheng and John Honovich - about 3 years ago
Jack Cabasso, Aventura's Managing Director, is back in the surveillance business despite being indicted for fraud. Now, the DoJ has moved to put...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
Two Florida integrator techs were arrested for allegedly accessing and watching a customer's video feed. The techs have pled not guilty. In...
By IPVM - about 3 years ago
Fast-growing startup Wyze is suing China tech giant Xiaomi, a legal dispute that involves Amazon and robot vacuums. In this report, IPVM...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
20 months after the US government issued criminal charges against Aventura, for "having conspired with PRC [China] manufacturers" primarily...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
ADT apologized and fired an employee whose error resulted in a home being flooded, causing alleged damages of ~$1.6 million. However, ADT is now...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
