A privacy-sensitive security system should be designed zone by zone, beginning with what the organization is permitted to see, hear, analyze, transmit, store, and access. A practical design can divide the facility into four privacy zones: high privacy, controlled privacy, transitional, and public or exterior. In healthcare, the HIPAA Security Rule requires reasonable and appropriate safeguards rather than prescribing one universal camera configuration. GenX Security Solutions

Security without video recording is possible in some high-risk, privacy-sensitive environments with the use of smart sensors, event metadata, audio analytics, privacy masking, panic devices, and permitted nearby cameras to identify where attention is needed without automatically creating conventional recorded footage of the protected space. At GenX Security Solutions, we specialize in designing and installing integrated privacy-sensitive security systems throughout South Caro

...what about security cameras in controversial places where privacy is a big concern, such as a bathroom? Is it ever OK?

Healthcare is the primary focus of our daily lives across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting a further spotlight on the...