British surveillance camera monitor asks British government to clarify Hikvision position

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The independent monitor overseeing the British government’s use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras has asked ministers to clarify their positions on buying surveillance cameras from China’s Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology.

Fraser Sampson, Britain’s commissioner for biometrics and surveillance cameras, said he has written to the Cabinet Office, as well as the minister for local governments in Britain, to understand whether they will continue to buy equipment from state-backed Hikvision.