Austria’s First GDPR Fine Is For Video Surveillance
Should EU businesses be concerned if police see a business' surveillance cameras filming public areas? This is what happened with Austria’s first...
Should EU businesses be concerned if police see a business' surveillance cameras filming public areas? This is what happened with Austria’s first...
The arrival of the GDPR on May 25, 2018, brought fears the law would spark a massive increase in privacy complaints about security camera use....
Sublethal is a South African company that manufactures a remotely-controlled, camera-enabled gun called the Boomslang, which is Afrikaans for tree...
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has denied IPVM's complaint against IFSEC for misuse of facial recognition. Each Exhibitor...
By John Honovich - almost 6 years ago
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The UK’s data protection agency has closed its investigation into Infinova-owned Swann Security UK, the ICO confirmed to IPVM, deciding to take “no...
The French government has notified a high-profile Paris coding academy that it risks a fine of up to 1.5 million euros (about $1.7m) if it...
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Having your salespeople be aggressive and go after big accounts is a virtue, mostly. On occasions, it can cause problems. A new case involves...
In what French media describes as "the most damaging crisis yet for" French President Macron, a political scandal has revealed major gaps in the...
A new facial recognition controversy has arisen, with the ACLU cleverly using Amazon's Rekognition service to falsely match 28 Congresspeople to...
By John Honovich - about 6 years ago
Hikvision has won a Chinese government tender which requires that facial recognition cameras be set up at the entrance of every single mosque...
By Charles Rollet - about 6 years ago
Belgium has effectively banned the use of facial recognition and other biometrics-based video analytics in surveillance cameras for private,...
Electronic access control is common in businesses plus organizations are increasingly considering biometrics for access control. With GDPR coming...
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 - over 6 years ago
China is expanding its video surveillance network to achieve “100%” nationwide coverage by 2020, including facial recognition capabilities and a...
By IPVM Team - over 6 years ago
Many fear that facial surveillance will be used against people by governments, such as the vast facial surveillance apparatus being built in China...
By John Honovich - over 6 years ago
IP cameras, IP speakers, IP toasters... IP license plates? The next generation of license plates is making mainstream news, being called...
France’s national police forces bought 10,400 Hikvision body cameras earlier this year, in a high-profile deal that’s coming into effect as the...
The ACLU has caused a stir, with a new report Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology,...
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A new company, EarthNow, with backing from Bill Gates, Airbus and more, is claiming that: Users will be able to see places on Earth with a delay...
What's new with VMS software? In this report, we examine new features and releases for Spring 2018 to track different areas of potential...
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...
Privacy has historically been hotly debated in the surveillance industry, especially in public surveillance systems where cameras may be located in...
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