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Smart, secure, and private surveillance with AXIS Live Privacy Shield

24 Jul 2025 - 12:07

Are you looking for a way to monitor activities indoors or outdoors while staying compliant with GDPR and privacy laws? Meet AXIS Live Privacy Shield - an edge-based, AI-powered application that dynamically masks moving and still objects like people, license plates, or backgrounds in real time.

What is AXIS Live Privacy Shield?

AXIS Live Privacy Shield is an intelligent video analytics application designed to protect privacy in live video streams without losing awareness in the monitored area. It applies dynamic masking to people and moving objects directly in the live video stream, but you have full control over the level of masking - whether you need to blur entire human bodies, faces, license plates, or a combination of these. You can also define areas to exclude from masking, ensuring your operational needs are always met.

Key Features

• AI-Based Dynamic Masking: Instantly blurs people and moving objects in real time while keeping the surrounding environment visible.
• Flexible and Cost-Effective: Free to download, easy to install, and scalable for all your needs.
• Edge-Based Processing: Runs directly on Axis cameras with AXIS OS 10.12 or higher, reducing server load and network bandwidth usage.

Watch a short video from the Axis OPEN conference, where we demonstrated how our graphic overlay widget displays real-time air quality data from the new AXIS D6210 sensor — all while ensuring visitor privacy through effective masking.

How to set it up?

1. Position your camera correctly

• Make sure it’s leveled with the horizon.

• Ensure good contrast in your scene.

• People should occupy at least 16% of the image height for effective human detection.

2. Choose masking method

• AI-based method determines what a human form (either body or face) is in the scene.

• Motion based method masks all pixel changes (moving objects).

3. Define view areas

• Set where the masking is applied and where it isn’t.

• Adjust the masking sensitivity. Higher sensitivity detects and masks smaller or subtler movements/objects.

4. Adjust mask appearance

• Define mask type, which can be either colorless or colored blur.

• Adjust the masking sensitivity. Higher sensitivity detects and masks smaller or subtler movements/objects.

Why Privacy Matters in Live Video?

In any public or semi-public environment, surveillance balances operational needs with individual privacy. AXIS Live Privacy Shield makes it possible to stream and record video for security or operational awareness while protecting people’s identities.

Whether you’re managing a retail shop, logistics warehouses or healthcare facilities, AXIS Live Privacy Shield enables responsible and privacy-conscious video monitoring everywhere.

If you’d like to see how AXIS Live Privacy Shield can elevate your video surveillance, we’ll gladly show you how to integrate this technology into your video systems. 

Get Started Today

Ready to take your secure livestreaming to the next level? Our team is here to assist you in choosing the right camera and setting up your system for optimal performance. Contact us today!

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