Ensuring Privacy in EHS: How Surveily's Computer Vision Platform is Built with Privacy by Design Principles

Privacy design frameworks like Privacy by Design (PbD) ensure privacy protection. Surveily incorporates encryption, access controls, and adheres to PbD principles. While challenges exist in designing AI-based systems, organizations using privacy design frameworks demonstrate a commitment to privacy.
Wojciech Tubek
CEO @ Surveily
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Computer vision is a rapidly growing field with immense potential to solve problems in various industries, such as healthcare, automotive, and manufacturing. One area where computer vision has been gaining momentum is in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) management, where it can be used to enhance workplace safety and mitigate risks.

Surveily is a computer vision platform that uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze video feeds and provide real-time insights into EHS hazards. By leveraging computer vision, Surveily can monitor and detect potential hazards in the workplace, such as slip and fall risks, unsafe work practices, and even detect if workers are wearing proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

To address these concerns, privacy design frameworks are being used to build computer vision systems that protect the privacy of individuals and organizations. One such framework is Privacy by Design (PbD), which was initially proposed by Ann Cavoukian in 1995 and formalized by a joint team of data commissioners. The framework is based on the active embedding of privacy and centers around seven principles, including proactive not reactive, privacy as the default setting, privacy embedded into design, full functionality, end-to-end security, visibility and transparency, and respect for user privacy.

However, with any technology that involves the collection and processing of data, there are ethical concerns around privacy that must be addressed. To address these concerns, privacy design frameworks such as Privacy by Design (PbD) are being used to build computer vision systems that protect the privacy of individuals and organizations.

The PbD framework is based on seven principles, including proactive not reactive, privacy as the default setting, privacy embedded into design, full functionality, end-to-end security, visibility and transparency, and respect for user privacy. These principles are designed to ensure that privacy is not an afterthought but is instead built into the design of the system from the ground up.

Surveily has been built with these principles in mind, and as a result, it has robust privacy and security measures in place. For example, Surveily uses encryption to protect all data in transit and at rest, and it also has strict access controls to ensure that only authorized personnel can access the system.

While the principles of PbD are relevant and still hold importance, the complexity of AI-based systems that produce large quantities of data that can, in some cases, be personally sensitive by nature makes it difficult to define how these systems should be designed. Nevertheless, organizations that are using privacy design frameworks, such as PbD, can assure their customers that they take privacy concerns seriously and are actively working to ensure their systems are designed with privacy in mind.

In conclusion, Surveily is an innovative computer vision platform that has the potential to revolutionize EHS management. By leveraging the power of computer vision, Surveily can help organizations enhance workplace safety and mitigate risks. However, privacy concerns must be addressed, and the use of privacy design frameworks, such as PbD, can help organizations build computer vision systems that protect the privacy of individuals and organizations.