Tag: shoplifting
  • Jan 17, 2024 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

LAPD Plans to Build a Real-Time Crime Center

We’ve previously warned that the rise of internet-connected doorbell cameras could give local police forces a powerful new surveillance tool. A follow-up article looked at the increasing number of partnerships between US police departments and Amazon’s Ring network. There’s was a 2021 story by the Los Angeles Times that reveals how close the relationship between … Continue reading “LAPD Plans to Build a Real-Time Crime Center”

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  • 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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  • Mar 27, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

AI-based predictive policing systems widely used in US and UK, despite concerns about privacy, and flaws in the approach

Back in 2017, Privacy News Online wrote about a massive police system being built in China that would allow “predictive policing” – the ability to spot criminals before they even commit a crime. As we warned then, China often turns out to provide an early glimpse of what will later happen in the West, and … Continue reading “AI-based predictive policing systems widely used in US and UK, despite concerns about privacy, and flaws in the approach”

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