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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.[1]

Hikvision
Basic information
Founded 2001
Legal Structure Public, partial state-ownership
Industry Security
Also known as
Official website https://www.hikvision.com/en/

Consumer impact summary

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Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy
  • Business Model
  • Market Control

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Privacy

Similarly to 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.[2]

Hikvision used to advertise automatic recognition of praying, members of the Uyghur minority, and ramadan fasting among its selling points.[2]

Incidents

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Removal of functionalities on some PTZ cameras (2022)

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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.[3][4][5] 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.[6]

Products

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This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.

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See also

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Flock

References

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  1. ↑ "About Hikvision". Hikvision. 2025-10-22. Archived from the original on 17 Dec 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schwarzbeck, Martin (2025-02-09). "Manufacturer of Hamburg's AI surveillance cameras is known for human rights violations". netzpolitik.org. Archived from the original on 2026-03-26. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  3. ↑ "UD22754B-B_Network-Speed-Dome_User-Manual" (PDF). assets.hikvision.com. 2021-12-22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-10-21. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  4. ↑ "PTZ/Network Camera Firmware Version: V5.7.3SP2 Release Note" (PDF). www.hikvisioneurope.com. 2022-03-23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Hikvision PTZ firmware update removes auto-tracking deliberately, why?". ipcamtalk. 2022-08-29. Archived from the original on 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  6. ↑ "DO NOT UPDATE DS-2DE4A425IW-DE". ipcamtalk. 2022-03-23. Archived from the original on 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
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