Surveillance
Meanings and phrases
surveillance
- close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
n.
- an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms; Air Force ISR; AFISR
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance; FISA
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
- a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies; F.I.S.C.
n.
- surveillance by electronic means (e.g. television)
- However, no video or images from this supposed electronic surveillance has appeared.
- Yates's specialty was explosives, however he was also trained in electronic surveillance.
- Recent constitutional reforms have legalized various electronic surveillance techniques that threaten online privacy.
n.
- the ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the disease
n.
- a closed-circuit television system used to maintain close observation of a person or group
- The video surveillance system is used in the 2018 election.
- can be controlled and regulated with a remote surveillance system.
- They also stress the importance of an effective surveillance system.
E.g.
- The school utilizes 65 surveillance cameras.
- In January 2018, TRENDnet launched 4K UHD PoE surveillance cameras with covert IR LEDs.
- The renovation installed surveillance cameras for law enforcement to reduce crime activity.
E.g.
- The video surveillance system is used in the 2018 election.
- Police investigators traced the package to a courier company, but it had no office video surveillance of the package's customer.
- Sources discussed evidence with the media, including video surveillance that supported the charges of assault and the attempt to cover it up.
E.g.
- Artificial intelligence paired with facial recognition systems may be used for mass surveillance.
- Police in China have reportedly forced Uyghurs in Xinjiang to download the application as part of a mass surveillance campaign.
- The Social Credit System, now being piloted in a number of Chinese cities, is considered a form of mass surveillance which uses big data analysis technology.
E.g.
- Their meeting is monitored from a distance by police surveillance.
- Between 1980 and 1986, Sakharov was kept under Soviet police surveillance.
- Her house was therefore put under police surveillance while she had this job.
E.g.
- Compact surveillance radar emits microwaves from a transmitter and detects any reflected microwaves.
- The JY-9F three-dimensional low-altitude surveillance radar, is a new derivation of the JY-9 low-altitude radar.
- In 2015, Indian Prime Minister signed an agreement to set up eight Indian-controlled coastal surveillance radar stations.
E.g.
- A medical surveillance program must be established.
- It has been criticized for its alleged collaboration with the U.S. surveillance program PRISM.
- Having an effective surveillance program contributes to a government's ability to prevent cholera from spreading.