This year, concerns about surveillance and privacy were front-and-center. "Did you forget even our residential buildings require facial recognition?" Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they would open a probe into Ovopark, a Chinese company that supplied cameras to Kohler. Regulators in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai all said they would investigate companies accused of misusing facial recognition data, too. "Our regulation is lacking behind in the facial recognition industry."

Source: CNN March 19, 2021 08:26 UTC