IDIS Dynamic Privacy Masking Delivers Enhanced Anonymization and Privacy Tools

Provided free of charge, IDIS privacy software enhances the ability of end-users to obscure protected or non-relevant parties in a quick and efficient manner when utilizing or turning over surveillance footage

IDIS has announced the launch of its IDIS Dynamic Privacy Masking (IDPM) solution, a quick and efficient privacy tool, provided free of charge to its users. Continuing the company’s tradition of delivering specific solutions responsive to market conditions and concerns, IDPM offers a quick and efficient solution to the previously labor-intensive, and at time prohibitively expensive, problem of obscuring or “de-identifying” persons in surveillance footage who are incidental, irrelevant, or protected by law when footage is to be reviewed by, shared with, or provided to a third party (such as for evidence in a legal proceeding). [View video here or below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE4YKFANyAk]

Laws and regulations governing privacy throughout North America increasingly allow for various types and levels of access to surveillance footage, and last year, the European Union’s GDPR provisions granted rights to any person captured by video surveillance camera to access a copy of their personal recorded data. Video surveillance is further regularly reviewed in law enforcement, legal and court proceedings; as part of campus investigations and disciplinary actions; or released to the media and public by public and private entities alike to confirm or explain events. This increases the need—and, at times, legal requirement—to ethically protect the identities of unrelated or protected individuals (such as minors) featured in the recorded video. Meeting these requirements, especially for small to medium businesses, can be cumbersome and involve additional expense, unbudgeted and/or better utilized elsewhere.

Solving this problem, IDPM’s anonymization and obscuring features are now available from the IDIS Partners Portal as a direct download without cost. Using the software, authorized system users can blur sensitives areas and dynamically de-identify faces, vehicles, etc. Notably, IDPM does this automatically for the duration of the clip, even as the object or person moves around the scene. Users can then quickly save masked video as clips or project files via the IDIS Clip Player which, crucially, preserves the integrity of the footage. Importantly, masking can be easily removed later by the authorized user, should that become necessary in the course of an investigation or proceeding. Users also have options to set passwords and expiration dates, and to control who can access and play video files.

The integrity of recorded video is assured throughout this process with IDIS Chained Fingerprint technology, which extracts distinctive features of recorded video data to create fingerprints for each frame and then embeds each fingerprint into the data of the next frame, connecting each frame together with the next like a blockchain.

Featured

New Products

  • ResponderLink

    ResponderLink

    Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and a global leader in gunshot detection solutions, has introduced ResponderLink, a groundbreaking new 911 notification service for gunshot events. ResponderLink completes the circle from detection to 911 notification to first responder awareness, giving law enforcement enhanced situational intelligence they urgently need to save lives. Integrating SDS’s proven gunshot detection system with Noonlight’s SendPolice platform, ResponderLink is the first solution to automatically deliver real-time gunshot detection data to 911 call centers and first responders. When shots are detected, the 911 dispatching center, also known as the Public Safety Answering Point or PSAP, is contacted based on the gunfire location, enabling faster initiation of life-saving emergency protocols.

  • Camden CM-221 Series Switches

    Camden CM-221 Series Switches

    Camden Door Controls is pleased to announce that, in response to soaring customer demand, it has expanded its range of ValueWave™ no-touch switches to include a narrow (slimline) version with manual override. This override button is designed to provide additional assurance that the request to exit switch will open a door, even if the no-touch sensor fails to operate. This new slimline switch also features a heavy gauge stainless steel faceplate, a red/green illuminated light ring, and is IP65 rated, making it ideal for indoor or outdoor use as part of an automatic door or access control system. ValueWave™ no-touch switches are designed for easy installation and trouble-free service in high traffic applications. In addition to this narrow version, the CM-221 & CM-222 Series switches are available in a range of other models with single and double gang heavy-gauge stainless steel faceplates and include illuminated light rings.

  • QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC)

    QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC)

    The latest Qualcomm® Vision Intelligence Platform offers next-generation smart camera IoT solutions to improve safety and security across enterprises, cities and spaces. The Vision Intelligence Platform was expanded in March 2022 with the introduction of the QCS7230 System-on-Chip (SoC), which delivers superior artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing at the edge.