Tag: General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
Alcatraz raises $50 million to replace badges with facial authentication
April 3, 2026SSN Staff
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Alcatraz, a developer of facial authentication technology for physical access control, has raised $50 million in Series B funding as it looks to expand adoption across data centers, airports and other high-security environments.
The round was led by BlackPeak Capital, Cogito Capital and Taiwania Capital, with participation from existing investors including Almaz Capital, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ray Stata and others. The funding brings...
Milestone Systems announces AI, analytics built for security operations
March 20, 2026SSN Staff
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Milestone Systems has announced new artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics solutions, enabling security teams to deploy generative AI with confidence. These include AI Search, Video Summarization, and Video Anonymization.
While generative AI is transforming other industries, many security operators still rely on manual processes for footage review, incident documentation, and video anonymization.
The stakes in security are high. Missed alarms or false positives...
Lack of awareness, changing requirements lead to compliance concerns
May 12, 2025Ken Showers
YARMOUTH, Maine — While respondents say they are confident their organizations are staying on top of compliance, they have reservations about maintaining that pace in the current environment, according to a recent SSN News Poll.
Most respondents believe their organizations are compliant with current security regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 and others, with half voting that they are fully confident and the other half somewhat confident. Their concern lays more with their ability...
Acre introduces SPCevo and SPC Connect 4.0
October 24, 2023SSN Staff
LAS VEGAS – Acre security has announced its latest hardware and software solutions, SPCevo and SPC Connect 4.0, which will be prominently featured at the SECTECH Security Event in Sweden.
The company said that SPCevo represents the next evolution in acre security’s intrusion detection line of controllers, offering improved performance, higher powered power supplies, and auxiliary power distribution. In addition, existing SPC controllers can be easily migrated to the new SPCevo series.
Described...
Lumeo unveils flexible redaction analytic for privacy and compliance
December 1, 2022SSN Staff
OAKLAND—Lumeo, a designer of computer vision solutions, has announced a flexible analytic that conditionally blurs objects such as faces, license plates and more to ensure that surveillance systems adhere to privacy and conform to legal requirements.
According to Lumeo, maintaining personal privacy is a pressing concern for all entities employing a surveillance system. In the past decade more governments around the world are enacting new privacy laws which hold businesses accountable for...
Are you ready for GDPR?
May 2, 2018Pierre Bourgeix
Much has been written about the EU GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, which was adopted on April 27, 2016 and becomes enforceable on May 25. Yet given the unique challenges involved, surprisingly little has been devoted to the process of ensuring compliance for the operation of video surveillance, access control and other physical security systems. The concern for most in the physical security industry is how will it affect them and is this something that they should be concerned about...