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ORWELL INDEX

California

Santa Clara County

Source baseline

Local records research not complete

This page currently reports two source datasets for Santa Clara County. We have not completed the county's public records, meeting, policy, contract, or local news research. Entries below are source leads, not independent findings by Orwell Index.

OSM points
1370
EFF Atlas entries
45
Agencies named by EFF
21
Orwell Index findings
Not researched

Community map snapshot

Captured 21 Aug 2026 from OpenStreetMap. Points are community-reported and have not been assigned to an agency by Orwell Index.

Agency technology extract

Captured 21 Aug 2026 from the EFF Atlas of Surveillance (CC-BY). EFF entries can be incomplete or outdated, so they remain attributed to that dataset.

Technologies named in the EFF extract

  • 14 Automated License Plate Readers
  • 13 Body-worn Cameras
  • 6 Camera Registry
  • 6 Drones
  • 3 Predictive Policing
  • 1 Cell-site Simulator
  • 1 Face Recognition
  • 1 Third-party Investigative Platforms
View all 45 EFF Atlas entries

  • Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · San Jose

  • Morgan Hill Police Department

    Predictive Policing · Vendor listed by EFF: Geolitica · Morgan HIll

  • Campbell Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Campbell

  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection - San Jose International Airport

    Face Recognition · San Jose

  • Foothill De Anza Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Los Altos

  • Campbell Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Campbell

  • Gilroy Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Gilroy

  • Los Altos Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Los Altos

  • Milpitas Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Milpitas

  • Morgan Hill Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Morgan Hill

  • Palo Alto Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Palo Alto

  • San Jose Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · San Jose

  • Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · San Jose

  • Santa Clara Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department

    Camera Registry · Vendor listed by EFF: Motorola Solutions · San Jose

  • Palo Alto Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: WatchGuard · Palo Alto

  • West Valley-Mission Community College District Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Saratoga

  • Morgan Hill Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Morgan Hill

  • Mountain View Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Mountain View

  • Los Altos Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Los Altos

  • Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Los Gatos

  • Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Sunnyvale

  • Los Altos Police Department

    Camera Registry · Vendor listed by EFF: Motorola Solutions · Los Altos

  • Campbell Police Department

    Camera Registry · Vendor listed by EFF: Motorola Solutions · Campbell

  • San Jose Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: Autel Robotics, Brincs, DJI · San Jose

  • Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: DJI, Brinc · Sunnyvale

  • San Jose Police Department

    Cell-site Simulator · San Jose

  • Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department

    Predictive Policing · Vendor listed by EFF: Geolitica · Los Gatos

  • Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department

    Camera Registry · Los Gatos

  • San Jose Police Department

    Camera Registry · San Jose

  • Santa Clara Police Department

    Camera Registry · Santa Clara

  • Campbell Police Department

    Predictive Policing · Vendor listed by EFF: Geolitica · Campbell

  • San Jose State University Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · San Jose

  • San Jose Evergreen Community College District Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · San Jose

  • Milpitas Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Milpitas

  • San Jose Police Department

    Body-worn Cameras · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · San Jose

  • Santa Clara Police Department

    Drones · Santa Clara

  • Morgan Hill Police Department

    Third-party Investigative Platforms · Vendor listed by EFF: SoundThinking · Morgan Hill

  • Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department - Cupertino

    Automated License Plate Readers · Cupertino

  • Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department - Saratoga

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Saratoga

  • Sunnyvale Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Sunnyvale

  • Los Gatos Police Department

    Automated License Plate Readers · Vendor listed by EFF: Flock Safety · Los Gatos

  • Campbell Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: Axon · Campbell

  • Los Altos Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: Skydio · Los Altos

  • Gilroy Police Department

    Drones · Vendor listed by EFF: Brinc · Gilroy

Civic action

Treat these entries as questions for local agencies, not settled answers.

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Personal protection

Practical steps can reduce the personal data exposed to surveillance systems.

EFF Surveillance Self-Defense ↗

Map and trackers

Santa Clara County, California. Device data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), with community reporting via DeFlock. Open the full map →

Meetings, contracts, records

Local meetings, contracts, policies, and records have not been researched for this baseline.

How the inventory works →

What you can do

Civic action

Show up

Public comment is open to any resident, and you do not have to be an expert to use it. We have not yet confirmed where the bodies that decide for Santa Clara County meet. How the inventory works explains what we check and how to check it yourself.

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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 ↗

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