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Hikvision is a leading provider of artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and other emerging technologies, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of video surveillance products and solutions.
Hikvision Biometrics News
Are Hikvision, Dahua security flaws aiding Russia?
A nongovernmental organization being described as an investigative collective is adding to the warnings about the security of some Chinese…
| May 22, 2023 | Scottish commissioner urges police to review risks of biometric surveillanceAn “immediately review the rights and risks of (police) biometric-enabled surveillance architecture,” says the Scottish biometrics commissioner. The commissioner, Brian… |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Facewatch to stop using Hikvision amid controversy over UK retail biometricsRetailers across the UK are increasingly turning to facial recognition technology to combat shoplifting amid a rise in thefts and… |
| Feb 22, 2023 | Chinese biometric surveillance camera vendors in West take cases to the media and courtsTo date, the reaction in China to mounting government actions toward its biometric surveillance industry has been comparatively muted. Here… |
| Feb 13, 2023 | UK government response to Biometrics Commissioner sidesteps tough questionsThe UK government says that it will carefully consider any recommendations on the use of biometric shared by INTERPOL and… |
| Feb 10, 2023 | No ISC West for Hikvision, Dahua in wake of ethics violationsThe Security Industry Association will not allow surveillance camera and facial recognition providers Dahua and Hikvision exhibit at the upcoming… |
| Nov 25, 2022 | UK government moves against Chinese-made security cameras in public sectorThe UK Government Security Group has instructed government departments to stop deploying security cameras provided by Chinese companies subject to… |
| Sep 21, 2022 | Biometric access control options grow with new partnership, launches and integrationsBiometrics are being built into an ever-increasing range of access control solutions, with the latest crop covering fingerprint, face and… |
| Aug 9, 2022 | Hikvision security camera deployments come under scrutiny in New ZealandThe use of Hikvision security cameras is being reviewed by some organizations in New Zealand, following the UK recently rolling… |
| Aug 5, 2022 | ‘Digital asbestos’: UK government departments are rolling back on contracts with HikvisionCampaigners are increasing the pressure for the UK government to take action on Chinese state-affiliated surveillance equipment suppliers such as… |
| Jul 12, 2022 | Myanmar expands facial recognition-ready surveillance ‘safe cities’Myanmar is creating five more ‘safe city’ surveillance schemes across the country using technology from the Chinese firms Dahua, Huawei… |
| Jun 15, 2022 | ‘Hope’ in the UK that Chinese surveillance cameras will be ripped out of public networksThe China biometric surveillance story gets grimmer with every investigation, report and news story. Angst is growing among some in… |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Call to ban Chinese biometric camera suppliers from UK gets a parliamentary audienceA UK parliamentary event was held Wednesday by Big Brother Watch on the official launch of a report into the… |
| Jun 1, 2022 | China’s biometric cameras still a source of concern and irritation in US, UKThe focus on alleged human rights abuses in China perpetrated using facial recognition systems has not softened for some. IPVM,… |
| May 9, 2022 | Hikvision surveillance tech under scrutiny again as new US sanctions rumoredThe U.S. plans to impose tough sanctions on Hikvision, in further reaction to allegations of the Chinese biometric surveillance company’s… |
| Apr 14, 2022 | A UK regulator and former Chinese prisoner speak out on autocratic biometric surveillanceDays after the United Kingdom’s biometrics surveillance regulator asked a Chinese camera maker to publicly clarify its participation in the… |
| Feb 28, 2022 | UK biometrics commissioner warns license plate recognition could erode public trust in surveillanceDevelopments in license plate recognition and the technology’s spread could undermine the public’s trust in the system and surveillance more… |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Biometric surveillance vendors adopt the app store modelApp stores for edge surveillance cameras are growing with biometrics and computer vision products benign and otherwise. This is significant… |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Sampson talks ethics with Facewatch as biometric privacy concerns resurfaceUK grocer Southern Co-op has expanded its use of live facial recognition (LFR) to 35 of its stores, The Daily… |
| Jan 11, 2022 | It sounds like the US has Hikvision’s attentionIn a surprising move, a Chinese maker of video and biometric surveillance systems and under sanction by the U.S. government… |
