Retail & Convenience
- Protect staff and customers from repeat offenders. Flag and track vehicles linked to theft. Generate evidence packs to support police and insurers.
Trusted Recognition Intelligence for Modern Operations
Real-Time Recognition Responsibly Deployed.
Watchlist Recognition provides privacy-conscious facial recognition and operational recognition workflows designed to help organisations improve operational awareness, staff safety, and trusted decision-making across Australia and New Zealand.
Built for modern business environments, the platform combines real-time facial recognition and automatic number plate recognition with trusted deployment principles and compliance-aware operational workflows.
About Us
About Watchlist
Watchlist Recognition is a New Zealand company specializing in trusted recognition intelligence and operational recognition workflows for modern business environments.
With extensive experience in facial recognition systems and automatic number plate recognition technologies, Watchlist combines operational intelligence with privacy-conscious deployment principles to help organisations improve visibility, staff confidence, and operational response capabilities.
As biometric technologies continue evolving across New Zealand and Australia, Watchlist Recognition is committed to supporting trusted deployment principles aligned with evolving privacy expectations, including consideration of the NZ Privacy Act 2020 and New Zealand biometric processing standards.
Our platform is designed around:
- Trusted recognition workflows
- Responsible deployment practices
- Privacy-conscious operational intelligence
- Real-time operational visibility
- Operational accountability
- Scalable multi-location operations
Why Choose Watchlist
Trusted Recognition Workflows for Modern Operations
Every day, repeat offenders and suspicious vehicles put staff and businesses at risk. Traditional CCTV only records what happened Watchlist provides real-time alerts, a trespass register, and incident reporting tools so you can act before incidents escalate.
Traditional Surveillance
Traditional CCTV systems only record incidents after they happen.
AI Surveillance
Watchlist Recognition helps organisations move towards real-time recognition intelligence through trusted.
Smart Deployment
deployment workflows, instant alerts, incident visibility, and privacy-conscious recognition capabilities.
Features
Smarter Features for Safer Businesses
Real-Time People Alerts
Detect known individuals the second they walk in.
Vehicle of Interest Detection
Tag suspicious vehicles and get notified when they return.
Trespass Register
Add trespassed individuals to your watchlist, get instant breach alerts, and capture evidence automatically ready for police action.
Incident Register
Log incidents centrally with photos, timestamps, and staff notes.
One-Click Reports
Provide police or insurers with complete incident packs in minutes.
Analytics & Insights
Spot repeat offenders, hotspot times, and high-risk sites.
Privacy & Control
Encrypted storage, role-based access, and retention settings you manage.
Benefits
What Your Business Gains
- Reduce theft and shrinkage.
- Improve staff safety and morale.
- Provide credible evidence to police and insurers.
- Enforce trespass bans with ease.
- Detect both people and vehicles of interest on one platform.
- Scale from single businesses to multi-location chains.
Industries We Serve
Industries We Serve
Fuel & Convenience
- Detect vehicles linked to drive-offs the moment they return. Alert staff about trespassed individuals entering the site. Provide insurers and police with incident logs and vehicle data.
Hospitality & Venues
- Enforce trespass bans for aggressive or antisocial patrons. Stop known troublemakers before they re-enter. Keep accurate, centralised incident records for compliance.
Healthcare & Community Services
- Protect frontline staff by monitoring flagged individuals. Track vehicles of interest in hospital or clinic car parks. Provide secure, evidence-based reports for escalation to authorities.
Logistics & Property
- Detect unauthorised vehicles entering restricted zones. Enforce trespass bans across multiple sites. Centralise intelligence for security teams managing warehouses or buildings.
Events & Expos
- Enhance safety at live events and expos. Detect banned individuals, control access to restricted areas, monitor vehicles, and log incidents with evidence — all from one platform.
Retail & Convenience
- Protect staff and customers from repeat offenders. Flag and track vehicles linked to theft. Generate evidence packs to support police and insurers.
Blogs & Insights
From the Watchlist Team
FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
It uses facial recognition and license plate recognition (LPR). Staff can tag persons or vehicles of interest, and Watchlist provides real-time alerts when they reappear.
CCTV records what happened. Watchlist is proactive: it alerts you in real time and logs incidents with evidence for fast action.
Very. Staff get simple alerts and can log incidents in just a few clicks. No technical knowledge needed.
Yes. Reports include photos, timestamps, notes, and license plate data — everything needed for credible evidence.
All data is encrypted, access is role-based, and you control retention policies. Watchlist is built with privacy and biometric compliance in mind.
Yes. From single businesses to large networks, Watchlist provides centralised monitoring and reporting.
Simply add a person to your trespass register. If they re-enter, Watchlist alerts you instantly and logs the breach with photos, timestamps, and notes — ready for police to act.
Watchlist is designed to align with NZ Privacy Commissioner’s upcoming biometric code (2025) and other global data protection frameworks. We ensure transparency, control, and secure handling of biometric data at all times.