Limiting video surveillance collection to authorized uses

A surveillance system for limiting video surveillance to authorized uses, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory comprising a local storage;
• and
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• receiving a video footage of an area under surveillance from a security camera;
• analyzing the video footage to detect a plurality of events in the video footage;
• generating a video collection comprising a copy of a plurality of portions of the video footage based on applying a watchlist indicating an approved event of interest to the analyzed video footage, wherein each copied portion is detected to include the approved event;
• encrypting the video footage using a first key to restrict a first user from accessing other portions of the video footage that do not include the approved event;
• and
• providing the first user access to the video collection,
• wherein the watchlist comprises an indication of the approved event and a plurality of associated parameters for video surveillance, the plurality of parameters including a location approved for surveilling the event, and the one or more programs include instructions for:
• determining which video segments of the video footage meets the plurality of parameters and includes the approved event, wherein the plurality of copied portions of the video footage comprises the determined video segments, and
• determining that the video footage is associated with the approved location before generating the video collection, wherein determining that the video footage is associated with the approved location comprises analyzing the video footage to identify one or more features that uniquely identifies the location or determining that metadata of the received video footage indicates the location, and
• wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:
• transmitting the first key to an authorization system that controls access to a plurality of encrypted video footages,
• receiving a notification from the authorization system indicating that the first key was received and securely stored by the authorization system, and
• irrecoverably deleting the first key from the surveillance system.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programs for targeted video surveillance processing, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method that comprises:

• receiving a video footage of an area under surveillance from a security camera;
• analyzing the video footage to detect a plurality of events in the video footage;
• generating a video collection comprising a copy of a plurality of portions of the video footage based on applying a watchlist indicating an approved event of interest to the analyzed video footage, wherein each copied portion is detected to include the approved event;
• encrypting the video footage using a first key to restrict a first user from accessing other portions of the video footage that do not include the approved event;
• and
• providing the first user access to the video collection
• wherein the watchlist comprises an indication of the approved event and a plurality of associated parameters for video surveillance, the plurality of parameters including a location approved for surveilling the event, and the method comprises:
• determining which video segments of the video footage meets the plurality of parameters and includes the approved event, wherein the plurality of copied portions of the video footage comprises the determined video segments, and
• determining that the video footage is associated with the approved location before generating the video collection, wherein determining that the video footage is associated with the approved location comprises analyzing the video footage to identify one or more features that uniquely identifies the location or determining that metadata of the received video footage indicates the location, and
• wherein the method comprises:
• transmitting the first key to an authorization system that controls access to a plurality of encrypted video footages,
• receiving a notification from the authorization system indicating that the first key was received and securely stored by the authorization system, and
• irrecoverably deleting the first key from the surveillance system.