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{{~~InfoboxCompany~~

{{CompanyCargo

| ~~Name~~ = ~~Hikvision~~

|Description=

~~| Type = Public; partly state-owned~~

|Founded=2001

| Founded = 2001

|Industry=Security

| Industry = Security

|Logo=Hikvision_logo.svg

| ~~Official~~ Website = https://www.hikvision.com/en/

|ParentCompany=

~~| Logo = Hikvision_logo.svg~~

|Type=Public, partial state-ownership

}}'''[[wikipedia:Hikvision|Hikvision]]''' is a video surveillance company providing products and services to over 180 countries and regions, which was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-22 |title=About Hikvision |url=https://www.hikvision.com/en/about-us/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Hikvision}}</ref>

|Website=https://www.hikvision.com/en/

}}

'''[[wikipedia:Hikvision|Hikvision]]''' is a video surveillance company providing products and services to over 180 countries and regions, which was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-22 |title=About Hikvision |url=https://www.hikvision.com/en/about-us/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Hikvision |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251217034130/https://www.hikvision.com/en/about-us/ |archive-date=17 Dec 2025}}</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==

{{Ph-C-CIS}}'''Privacy'''

Similarly to [[Flock license plate readers|Flock]], they are in use world wide and likely feed directly into the Chinese government's surveillance infrastructure and could conceivably be used to find dissidents world-wide.

Products from the semi-state-owned company are also used to monitor Uyghur and Palestinian women.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Schwarzbeck |first=Martin |date=2025-02-09 |title=Manufacturer of Hamburg's AI surveillance cameras is known for human rights violations |url=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/hikvision-hersteller-der-hamburger-ki-ueberwachungskameras-ist-fuer-menschenrechtsverletzungen-bekannt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260326005810/https://netzpolitik.org/2025/hikvision-hersteller-der-hamburger-ki-ueberwachungskameras-ist-fuer-menschenrechtsverletzungen-bekannt/ |archive-date=2026-03-26 |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=[[netzpolitik.org]]}}</ref>

Hikvision used to advertise automatic recognition of praying, members of the Uyghur minority, and ramadan fasting among its selling points.<ref name=":0" />

==Incidents==

===Removal of functionalities on some PTZ cameras===

===Removal of functionalities on some PTZ cameras (''2022'')===

In 2022 Hikvision removed functionalities on some PTZ cameras (eg. DS-2DE4A425IW-DE(S6)) with a firmware update. In this instance the auto tracking, which was described as a feature in the user manual, was removed without prior notice with the firmware version V5.7.3SP2.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-22 |title=UD22754B-B_Network-Speed-Dome_User-Manual |url=https://assets.hikvision.com/prd/public/all/doc/m000045332/UD22754B-B_Network-Speed-Dome_User-Manual_E7%2C-5.6.10-11%2C-5.7.0_PDF1-TEST_en-US_20221221.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251021191726/https://assets.hikvision.com/prd/public/all/doc/m000045332/UD22754B-B_Network-Speed-Dome_User-Manual_E7%2C-5.6.10-11%2C-5.7.0_PDF1-TEST_en-US_20221221.PDF |archive-date=2025-10-21 |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=assets.hikvision.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=PTZ/Network Camera Firmware Version: V5.7.3SP2 Release Note |url=https://www.hikvisioneurope.com/uk/portal/portal/Product%20Firmware/Hikvision/03%20Front%20Ends/Speed%20Dome%20%28PTZ%29/E7%20Platform%28DS-2DE4xxxIW%28S6%29%2CDS-2DE7xxxIW%28S6%29%29/V5.7.3/PTZ%20Camera%205.7.3SP2%20Release%20Note%20--E7.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130223841/https://www.hikvisioneurope.com/uk/portal/portal/Product%20Firmware/Hikvision/03%20Front%20Ends/Speed%20Dome%20(PTZ)/E7%20Platform(DS-2DE4xxxIW(S6)%2CDS-2DE7xxxIW(S6))/V5.7.3/PTZ%20Camera%205.7.3SP2%20Release%20Note%20--E7.pdf |archive-date=2025-01-30 |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=www.hikvisioneurope.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=Hikvision PTZ firmware update removes auto-tracking deliberately, why? |url=https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/hikvision-ptz-firmware-update-removes-auto-tracking-deliberately-why.65348/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108125015/https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/hikvision-ptz-firmware-update-removes-auto-tracking-deliberately-why.65348/ |archive-date=2024-01-08 |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=ipcamtalk}}</ref> Some users have reported that the functionality was added back only in the newer hardware revision of that camera, the old version was then marked as discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=DO NOT UPDATE DS-2DE4A425IW-DE |url=https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/do-not-update-ds-2de4a425iw-de.62371/page-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250804194824/https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/do-not-update-ds-2de4a425iw-de.62371/page-5 |archive-date=2025-08-04 |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=ipcamtalk}}</ref>

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==See also==

~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~

[[Flock license plate readers|Flock]]

==References==

[[Category:Hikvision]]

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 {{Stub}}
-{{InfoboxCompany
+{{CompanyCargo
-| Name = Hikvision
+|Description=
-| Type = Public; partly state-owned
+|Founded=2001
-| Founded = 2001
+|Industry=Security
-| Industry = Security
+|Logo=Hikvision_logo.svg
-| Official Website = https://www.hikvision.com/en/
+|ParentCompany=
-| Logo = Hikvision_logo.svg
+|Type=Public, partial state-ownership
-}}'''[[wikipedia:Hikvision|Hikvision]]''' is a video surveillance company providing products and services to over 180 countries and regions, which was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-22 |title=About Hikvision |url=https://www.hikvision.com/en/about-us/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Hikvision}}</ref>
+|Website=https://www.hikvision.com/en/
+}}
+'''[[wikipedia:Hikvision|Hikvision]]''' is a video surveillance company providing products and services to over 180 countries and regions, which was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-22 |title=About Hikvision |url=https://www.hikvision.com/en/about-us/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Hikvision |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251217034130/https://www.hikvision.com/en/about-us/ |archive-date=17 Dec 2025}}</ref>
 ==Consumer impact summary==
-{{Ph-C-CIS}}
+{{Ph-C-CIS}}'''Privacy'''
+Similarly to [[Flock license plate readers|Flock]], they are in use world wide and likely feed directly into the Chinese government's surveillance infrastructure and could conceivably be used to find dissidents world-wide.
+Products from the semi-state-owned company are also used to monitor Uyghur and Palestinian women.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Schwarzbeck |first=Martin |date=2025-02-09 |title=Manufacturer of Hamburg's AI surveillance cameras is known for human rights violations |url=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/hikvision-hersteller-der-hamburger-ki-ueberwachungskameras-ist-fuer-menschenrechtsverletzungen-bekannt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260326005810/https://netzpolitik.org/2025/hikvision-hersteller-der-hamburger-ki-ueberwachungskameras-ist-fuer-menschenrechtsverletzungen-bekannt/ |archive-date=2026-03-26 |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=[[netzpolitik.org]]}}</ref>
+Hikvision used to advertise automatic recognition of praying, members of the Uyghur minority, and ramadan fasting among its selling points.<ref name=":0" />
 ==Incidents==
-===Removal of functionalities on some PTZ cameras===
+===Removal of functionalities on some PTZ cameras (''2022'')===
 In 2022 Hikvision removed functionalities on some PTZ cameras (eg. DS-2DE4A425IW-DE(S6)) with a firmware update. In this instance the auto tracking, which was described as a feature in the user manual, was removed without prior notice with the firmware version V5.7.3SP2.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-22 |title=UD22754B-B_Network-Speed-Dome_User-Manual |url=https://assets.hikvision.com/prd/public/all/doc/m000045332/UD22754B-B_Network-Speed-Dome_User-Manual_E7%2C-5.6.10-11%2C-5.7.0_PDF1-TEST_en-US_20221221.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251021191726/https://assets.hikvision.com/prd/public/all/doc/m000045332/UD22754B-B_Network-Speed-Dome_User-Manual_E7%2C-5.6.10-11%2C-5.7.0_PDF1-TEST_en-US_20221221.PDF |archive-date=2025-10-21 |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=assets.hikvision.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=PTZ/Network Camera Firmware Version: V5.7.3SP2 Release Note |url=https://www.hikvisioneurope.com/uk/portal/portal/Product%20Firmware/Hikvision/03%20Front%20Ends/Speed%20Dome%20%28PTZ%29/E7%20Platform%28DS-2DE4xxxIW%28S6%29%2CDS-2DE7xxxIW%28S6%29%29/V5.7.3/PTZ%20Camera%205.7.3SP2%20Release%20Note%20--E7.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130223841/https://www.hikvisioneurope.com/uk/portal/portal/Product%20Firmware/Hikvision/03%20Front%20Ends/Speed%20Dome%20(PTZ)/E7%20Platform(DS-2DE4xxxIW(S6)%2CDS-2DE7xxxIW(S6))/V5.7.3/PTZ%20Camera%205.7.3SP2%20Release%20Note%20--E7.pdf |archive-date=2025-01-30 |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=www.hikvisioneurope.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=Hikvision PTZ firmware update removes auto-tracking deliberately, why? |url=https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/hikvision-ptz-firmware-update-removes-auto-tracking-deliberately-why.65348/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108125015/https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/hikvision-ptz-firmware-update-removes-auto-tracking-deliberately-why.65348/ |archive-date=2024-01-08 |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=ipcamtalk}}</ref> Some users have reported that the functionality was added back only in the newer hardware revision of that camera, the old version was then marked as discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=DO NOT UPDATE DS-2DE4A425IW-DE |url=https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/do-not-update-ds-2de4a425iw-de.62371/page-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250804194824/https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/do-not-update-ds-2de4a425iw-de.62371/page-5 |archive-date=2025-08-04 |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=ipcamtalk}}</ref>
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 ==See also==
-{{Ph-C-SA}}
+[[Flock license plate readers|Flock]]
 ==References==
 <references />
 [[Category:Hikvision]]