Motorola Solutions replies to allegations of lacking sufficient measures to prevent abuse of its surveillance products

Motorola Solutions' response:

"Motorola Solutions provides technology to customers in more than 100 countries around the world, including governments, businesses and non-governmental organizations. As a well-respected and responsible corporate citizen, our global activities are conducted in accordance with U.S., local, country and other applicable laws, as well as our own code of business conduct. Our company has a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that address human rights that are designed to ensure that our operations worldwide are conducted with the highest standards of integrity."

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Unbridled surveillance of US public housing residents raises human rights concerns

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Motorola Solutions replies to allegations of lacking sufficient measures to prevent abuse of its surveillance products

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29 Aug 2023

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Company Response

On 17 August 2023, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Motorola Solutions to address allegations that the company has not taken sufficient measures to ensure that its products (from Avigilon and IndigoVision) are not improperly used to facilitate surveillance and discrimination of low-income citizens by public housing agencies in the United States.
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28 Aug 2023

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Company Response

On 17 August 2023, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Panasonic to address allegations that the company has not taken sufficient measures to ensure that its products are not improperly used to facilitate surveillance and discrimination of low-income citizens by public housing agencies in the United States.
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28 Aug 2023

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Company Response

On 17 August 2023, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited AXIS Communications to address allegations that the company has not taken sufficient measures to ensure that its products are not improperly used to facilitate surveillance and discrimination of low-income citizens by public housing agencies in the United States.
Verkada did not respond to allegations of lacking sufficient measures to prevent abuse of its surveillance products

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28 Aug 2023

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Company Response

On 17 August 2023, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Verkada to address allegations that the company has not taken sufficient measures to ensure that its products are not improperly used to facilitate surveillance and discrimination of low-income citizens by public housing agencies in the United States.
Homeland Safety Systems did not respond to allegations of lacking sufficient measures to prevent abuse of its surveillance products

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28 Aug 2023

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Company Response

On 17 August 2023, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Homeland Safety Systems to address allegations that the company has not taken sufficient measures to ensure that its products are not improperly used to facilitate surveillance and discrimination of low-income citizens by public housing agencies in the United States.
USA: Surveillance cameras disproportionately pointed at low income public housing residents

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16 May 2023

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A Washington Post investigation found that surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents, sometimes for minor rule violations. Public housing residents — who are nearly three times more likely to be Black than other Steubenville residents, census records show — are about 25 times more likely to have their daily lives observed by government-controlled cameras.

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