Who uses facial recognition in Montgomery County?
- Approved Clearview AI
- Agency
- Montgomery County Information Technology
- Vendor
- Clearview AI
- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearview AI | Montgomery County Information Technology | Clearview AI | Approved | — |
What we do not know
Montgomery County IT
- What the Clearview AI service agreement covers, at what price and for how long.
- Whether it is still in force, and whether it has been renewed since 2021.
- Which county employees can run a search, and how many searches have been run.
- Whether the county or the Sheriff's Office has any written policy on facial recognition.
- Whether a Clearview match has ever supported an arrest or a warrant in Montgomery County, and whether the defendant was told.
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 confirmed where each of them meets in Montgomery County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Montgomery County →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 ↗