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Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner and it most usually refers to observation of individuals or groups by government organizations. Find surveillance solutions here.

 

Amazon patents “surveillance-as-a-service” as critics express concerns with Ring footage sharing

Amazon has patented “Surveillance-as-a-Service” technology based on drones with photographic, video, infrared, thermal, night-vision, and audio capabilities, Smart Cities Dive…

 

OmniVision launches new sensor for edge facial biometrics with 4 MP resolution

OmniVision Technologies has announced the launch of a new 2.9 micron pixel image sensor with 4 megapixel (MP) resolution to…

 

IDEMIA launches new video analytics application

IDEMIA announced the launch of its video analytics application Augmented Vision which supports security officers in identifying persons of interest…

 

Digital rights declaration signed by Sydney could limit public facial recognition

Sydney has signed the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights declaration, ZDNet reports, which could have significant ramifications for the deployment…

 

Nassau adding facial recognition and LPR capabilities to CCTV program

Bahamian ICT solution provider Proficient Business Services has been selected to deploy a $5.9M expansion of the CCTV surveillance program…

 

NY Police Chief argues facial recognition improves safety without infringing rights

Policing has changed a significantly over the past few decades, and biometric facial recognition has become a highly valuable tool…

 

Investment in Chinese biometrics firms Megvii and SenseTime by U.S. institutions draws scrutiny

Several U.S. lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns about investment in Chinese facial recognition unicorns Megvii and SenseTime by…

 

Biometric facial recognition deployments and regulations both advance

Finnish Police and Customs have been granted permission to use automatic facial biometric technology, with the approval of a new…

 

Iveda brings biometrics and surveillance analytics to South Africa with AXIOM partnership

Cloud video surveillance company Iveda has partnered with AXIOM to bring its devices with built-in face recognition and other analytics…

 

Subsidized Ring doorbell cameras could give police public surveillance network

Police departments all around the U.S. are offering people free or discounted Ring doorbells, in some cases funded by taxpayers,…

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