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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
UK government moves against Chinese-made security cameras in public sector
The 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… |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Biometrics stocks wrap: AuthID revenue steady, ForgeRock, Intellicheck, HikVision, SuperCom upRevenues for authID.ai held steady at $500,000 for the third quarter of its fiscal 2021, and $1.7 million for the first… |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Regulators try to take more teeth from the maw of Chinese CCTV vendorsThe U.S. and UK pressure campaigns to enforce ethical principles on Chinese facial recognition players have taken some new turns… |
| Sep 15, 2021 | UK panel sketches the reach of ethnicity recognition systems across ChinaThe scale of systems behind China’s alleged persecution of minorities — chiefly Uyghurs — continue to beggar the imagination. The… |
| Aug 19, 2021 | UK Biometrics Commissioner: Hikvision in social control surveillance joint enterprise with Chinese StateHikvision is contracted for 21 years for joint enterprises with the Chinese State on social control projects in Xinjiang Autonomous… |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Hikvision launches computer vision platform to centralize physical security operationsHikvision has announced the availability of HikCentral Professional, a software that facilitates the remote monitoring of diverse, integrated physical security… |
| Aug 9, 2021 | UK Biometrics Commissioner wades into Foreign Affairs’ ban of Hikvision productsThe UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson has responded to a letter published by Chinese camera manufacturer… |
