Tag: cctv
  • Jan 11, 2024 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

US FTC Order Sets Minimum Privacy Requirements for Biometric Surveillance in Commercial Settings

Over the last couple of years, it has become increasingly common for customers to be watched, tracked, and analyzed in stores. A key element of this surveillance is AI-based facial recognition. Companies say that the facial recognition software helps prevent shoplifting by recognizing people who have allegedly stolen goods before, even though it recently emerged … Continue reading “US FTC Order Sets Minimum Privacy Requirements for Biometric Surveillance in Commercial Settings”

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  • Dec 21, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Studies, Surveillance,

Body Cameras Impact Privacy – And It’s Only Getting Worse

Constant surveillance from CCTV cameras, which often use AI software to identify people, is common across the world. While problematic, mounted cameras are at fixed locations, which you can avoid to a certain extent. A new frontier in privacy harm is being opened up by body-worn cameras, which are far more difficult to dodge. In … Continue reading “Body Cameras Impact Privacy – And It’s Only Getting Worse”

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  • Dec 15, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Announcements, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Surveillance,

What’s in the New EU Artificial Intelligence Act, and What Will It Mean for Global Privacy?

The EU has reached a political agreement on its groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Act, which was first proposed back in 2021. All the main elements have been agreed, but some of the technical details still need to be filled in over the next few weeks. There’s no final text yet, but press releases from the European … Continue reading “What’s in the New EU Artificial Intelligence Act, and What Will It Mean for Global Privacy?”

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  • Oct 3, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Surveillance,

Burgeoning Mass Surveillance in the US by Police, Immigration, Customs, and Military

A couple of weeks ago, the PIA blog had a long and detailed post about Fog Reveal. Long story short, Fog Reveal provides law enforcement with easy and often warrantless access to the precise geolocation of hundreds of millions of US citizens. Significantly, it is able to do that using standard advertising identifiers employed by … Continue reading “Burgeoning Mass Surveillance in the US by Police, Immigration, Customs, and Military”

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  • Mar 24, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Surprisingly, the UK Has a Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: He’s Rather Good

CCTV surveillance has been covered many times on PIA blog. Most of the stories are depressing tales of increased surveillance and loss of privacy. One of the worst offenders in the CCTV camera stakes is the UK. An estimate from 2020 put the number of cameras there at over 5 million, while London enjoyed the … Continue reading “Surprisingly, the UK Has a Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: He’s Rather Good”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: March 12, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of March 12th, 2021 China’s Sharp Eyes CCTV surveillance program redefines the Neighborhood Watch China has over 200 million CCTV cameras across the country, but there just aren’t that many police officers to keep an eye on all of them. The Sharp Eyes Project is a government program to … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: March 12, 2021”

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  • Mar 4, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

China’s Sharp Eyes CCTV surveillance program redefines the Neighborhood Watch

A Chinese government program known as the Sharp Eyes Project is the latest example of China’s technological surveillance infrastructure. There are over 200 million public and private CCTV cameras in China. The name of the Sharp Eyes Project comes from a Mao Zedong quote from the Cultural Revolution which highlighted that “the people have sharp eyes.” Back … Continue reading “China’s Sharp Eyes CCTV surveillance program redefines the Neighborhood Watch”

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  • Dec 15, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Should we worry about the possibility of police surveillance using autonomous drones with added AI ? Too late: it’s already here

A couple of weeks ago, Privacy News Online wrote about France’s controversial Global Security Law. One striking element was the authorization of drones for routine police surveillance. These particular “eyes in the sky” have been discussed a number of times on this blog. But a recent article in the New York Times shows that we … Continue reading “Should we worry about the possibility of police surveillance using autonomous drones with added AI ? Too late: it’s already here”

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  • Dec 1, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

France rocked again by demonstrations against the new “Global Security Law”, which includes mass surveillance by police drones

For the second time in a week, demonstrations took place across France against a new “Global Security Law”. The proposed legislation would bring in wide-ranging police surveillance in France, but the main concern of demonstrators is Article 24, which is designed to penalize the “malicious” dissemination of images of French police officers: Pending legislation in … Continue reading “France rocked again by demonstrations against the new “Global Security Law”, which includes mass surveillance by police drones”

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