It’s simple, really. Open your space, with your face. Well, at least that’s the dream of these two companies; innDex, an emerging leader in construction site digitisation and automation; and Touchbyte, a pioneer in facial recognition technology.

Paragon, one of the UK’s largest independent building and project management consultancies, has agreed a strategic partnership with proptech connectivity expert NODE.

At the end of last week, the European Court of Justice struck down the US Privacy Shield, which let companies transfer data to the US, and although it focused on EU-US data transfers, the ruling is already causing widespread aftershocks for international personal data transfers from within the wider European Economic Area.

The security startup specialising in modern mobile access control, closed a Series C funding round led by Greycroft, with Okta Ventures, LPC Ventures, Allegion Ventures and Sentre, including follow-on from existing investors.

For property managers the lockdown has shone a light on the way we use technology as never before and raised the importance of cleaning up data sharing, according to a report by the Institute of Residential Property Management.

Synectics has secured a competitive contract to provide integrated surveillance solutions for several prestigious sites across London.

Access control companies are not new and there are many attempting to weave into the built environment, proving a challenge to owners and managers when it comes to choosing the right one.

Landlords and tenants will ditch open plan in a return to cellular and invest in responsive systems that know when you have entered the building, writes Brandon Cook.

Motorway congestion costs time and money, but Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and BAM Nuttall’s joint venture, called bmJV, has created smart CCTV to clear roads more quickly and allow faster response times when accidents happen.