Privacy masks

Your system administrator can blur or cover areas in the field of view of a camera to protect private or public areas. For example, if a camera overlooks the windows of a private residence. In XProtect Smart Client, the areas with privacy masks are then covered in live, playback, and exports.

In this example, five windows in an adjacent building are covered by privacy masks.

If your system administrator has defined a privacy mask as liftable, you can lift the privacy mask temporarily in XProtect Smart Client if you have the required user permission to do so.

In this example, there are two types of privacy masks. The solid gray area is covered permanently, while the blurred area is a privacy mask you can lift.

When you export video, you can add additional privacy masks to the exported video.