AI can help make business parks safer, but is it legal?

By: Omroep Flevoland

In many business parks, premises and roads are already monitored by cameras but viewing these images is often a time-consuming task. That is why AI; artificial intelligence, may soon be used. Whether that is just allowed and what to take into account was discussed with businesses and several municipalities on Thursday 25 January by Stichting Beveiliging Bedrijventerreinen Flevoland (SBBF).

Kasper van Kekem from the company VAIBS gave a presentation on the possibilities of AI in security. “”There are many possibilities. You also see that in healthcare or retail but thus also in security. From facial recognition to number plate recognition, but can you deploy it? That is also being discussed here.””

Suspicious behaviour

Through smart data, the cameras can be deployed on a task, such as recognising suspicious behaviour. The cameras can also pass on information to business owners, municipalities and emergency services. The aim is not to replace security guards, but to deploy them in a different way.

Van Kekem: “”It is now hugely fuelled by the scarcity in the labour market. There are only a limited number of security guards available and they cannot be everywhere at once. This technology can support them.””

Through smart data, the cameras can be deployed on a task, such as recognising suspicious behaviour. The cameras can also pass on information to business owners, municipalities and emergency services. The aim is not to replace security guards, but to deploy them in a different way.

Van Kekem: “”It is now hugely fuelled by the scarcity in the labour market. There are only a limited number of security guards available and they cannot be everywhere at once. This technology can support them.””

No ChatGPT

The artificial intelligence used with these cameras is different from, say, ChatGPT. “”That is very textual and fed from other sources. With us, it’s more about images, patterns and behaviours or, for example, vehicles.””

SBBF thinks it is important for commercial parties, but also municipalities, for example, to think consciously about how to deploy this. Harry de Jong: “”That ‘dumb’ camera is actually made intelligent and can recognise faces, for example. But then it is important, who manages that software and who can get hold of the data?””

It is also important that it is clear why the smart cameras are there, who can see the images and how long the data and images are stored. Companies should make clear agreements on this with the municipality and security guards. “”The AVG applies, the privacy act applies. You have to very clearly guarantee the privacy of people walking on that industrial estate.””

*Source: https://www.omroepflevoland.nl/nieuws/365222/ai-kan-helpen-om-bedrijventerreinen-veiliger-te-maken-maar-mag-dat-ook#