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ORWELL INDEX

Who uses facial recognition in Placer County?

What we do not know

Roseville Police

  • The vendor, the contract and the cost.
  • The number of searches run and the number that led to an identification.
  • The council item, if any, that approved the system.

What facial recognition is

Software that measures a face in an image and searches for a match in a database of known faces. It can be run on live camera feeds or on recorded footage after the fact.

How they work, why agencies buy them, and every county we have documented →

What you can do

Civic action

Show up

This technology is bought and renewed by boards, councils and committees that meet in public. We have not yet confirmed where each of them meets in Placer County.

Go to the Placer County hub →

Personal protection

Protect yourself

Practical steps to shrink your personal data trail. Our guides publish at launch; until then, EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the best starting point.

Surveillance Self-Defense ↗