Surveillance News

• How Amazon keeps a close eye on employee activism to head off unions
  
  Amazon has managed to keep unions out of its ranks since the company's founding in 1994, partly by relying on surveillance tools to spot activity before it spreads.
  CNBC.  Saturday, 24 Oct 2020.
• The Future Of Work Now: AI-Driven Transaction Surveillance At DBS Bank
  
  DBS Bank in Singapore is effectively using AI and other tools to increase the productivity and effectiveness of anti-money laundering and fraud prevention.
  Forbes.  Friday, 23 Oct 2020.
• Hotel footage shows woman fleeing after 'drugging and robbing' man she met earlier at a casino
  
  Authorities in Florida released hotel surveillance footage as they continue to search for the female suspect who was last seen leaving the Comfort Suites in Dania Beach, Florida on September 11.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 23 Oct 2020.
• Surveillance video captures armed home invasion in Florida
  
  Two armed men were caught on surveillance video forcing their way into a Hialeah, Florida, home on Saturday night, holding people at gunpoint and shooting at the homeowner's wife.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020.
• VIDEO: Good Samaritans, officers jump into water after car crashes into Long Island canal
  
  Dramatic surveillance video shows a car careening into a Long Island canal and people jumping into the water to rescue the two elderly occupants who survived.
  Fox News.  Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020.
• East Midlands COVID surge as Nottingham records highest case rate in England
  
  There has been a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the East Midlands over the past two weeks, according to the latest weekly surveillance report from Public Health England (PHE).
  Sky News.  Friday, 16 Oct 2020.
• Lawmakers demand answers from Amazon over employee surveillance allegations
  
  Four Democratic senators sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
  ABC News.  Friday, 16 Oct 2020.
• Good Samaritan rushing in to help after car jumps curb, hitting 3, including child in Humboldt Park
  
  Surveillance cameras were rolling as a car jumped a curb, crashing into people on the sidewalk outside a church in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood Saturday.
  ABC News.  Sunday, 11 Oct 2020.
• A Florida mom walked into a Walmart. Then she vanished, surveillance video shows
  
  The mystery has deepened surrounding a Central Florida woman who has been missing since Sept. 25.
  Yahoo.  Friday, 9 Oct 2020.
• Science Applications Secures U.S. Navy Contract Worth $49.5M
  
  Science Applications (SAIC) will provide its support services to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces for upgradation and refurbishment of control, command, communications, intelligence and surveillance.
  Zacks.  Friday, 9 Oct 2020.
• The IRS is under investigation for buying Americans' smartphone location data from private surveillance companies
  
  Buying location data directly from private companies lets government agencies sidestep the need for a court-issued search warrant.
  Yahoo.  Tuesday, 6 Oct 2020.
• N.F.L. Adds New Covid-19 Protocols to Keep Season on Track
  
  The league introduced new measures, including video surveillance to monitor the wearing of masks while in team facilities or traveling, after postponing games because of an outbreak.
  New York Times.  Tuesday, 6 Oct 2020.
• H&M fined for breaking GDPR over employee surveillance
  
  Records were kept on several hundred employees, including on family issues and religion.
  BBC News.  Monday, 5 Oct 2020.
• Attack on actor Rick Moranis caught on camera in NYC
  
  Surveillance cameras captured the attack on the 67-year-old "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" and "Ghostbusters" actor.
  CBS News.  Friday, 2 Oct 2020.
• How controversial data firm Palantir hit $22bn
  
  The rise of the US tech company has been shadowed by concerns about privacy and surveillance.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 30 Sep 2020.

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