Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2019
By: Su Meng-chuan and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Taichung public schools are using 1,599 security cameras made by China’s Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co almost five months after government restrictions were imposed on the use of its products, Taichung City Councilor Huang Shou-ta (黃守達) of the Democratic Progressive Party said yesterday.

In April, the Executive Yuan ordered government facilities and institutions to stop using imported technology products that could compromise cybersecurity, including cameras made by Hikvision, a company with close links to the Chinese government, Huang said.

After city residents expressed concern over data safety, he asked Taichung City Government agencies to provide lists of Chinese-made security cameras still in use, he said.

The Taichung police said that no Chinese cameras are used at major road intersections, while the city’s transportation and construction bureaus said they have replaced all Chinese cameras with locally made ones, he said.    [FULL  STORY]