By: Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker Retail giants Home Depot and Best Buy have pulled the Chinese video surveillance technology makers Lorex and Ezviz from their stores over links to human rights abuses. In a statement to TechCrunch, Home Depot said it’s “committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical sourcing and weContinue Reading

Rising traffic congestions and accidents due to lack of proper traffic management need to be addressed with smart solutions like Video Mangement Software with integrated video analytics that can effectively aid traffic management. As more vehicles hit the roads every day, traffic congestion becomes a major issue in many citiesContinue Reading

Why does my security camera flicker at night? In this post we will try to answer that question. We will also give you some tips and useful information for the correct operation of your security cameras. Some reasons to know why my security camera blinks at night are: Light sourcesContinue Reading

CCTV cameras are a common and cost-effective feature of modern security systems. But a CCTV camera’s security guarantees are only as good as the camera’s reliability and the quality of the footage that it produces. Picture quality is one of the essential requirements that the Home Office lists in the UK policeContinue Reading

In the beginning there was analogue Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) where computer analytics did not exist, and it was up to those monitoring the pictures to spot as much as they could humanly do so – quite a tall order when you only had one or two operators watching banks of cameraContinue Reading

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, customers’ rapidly changing work and home environments present new demands for surveillance systems. Once viewed as a way to monitor street conditions, or for managers to monitor factories to spot faulty equipment, video surveillance is now a powerful tool to support thinly staffedContinue Reading

OverviewOf the fifty-one jurisdictions surveyed, only Vermont has no statutory provision governing the recording of oral conversations. All of the jurisdictions in some respect control the visual recording of persons and/or places in specified circumstances. The surveyed jurisdictions include the fifty states and the District of Columbia. This survey doesContinue Reading