Who uses facial recognition in Webb County?
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- Agency
- Webb County Sheriff's Office
- Vendor
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- Devices
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| System | Agency | Vendor | Status | Devices |
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| The Sheriff's facial recognition program | Webb County Sheriff's Office | — | Reported | — |
What we do not know
Webb County Sheriff
- What the program is, what software it runs and who supplied it.
- What it was paid for with, and whether the Commissioners Court ever approved the money.
- Which image databases it can search, and whose faces are in them.
- Whether it is still operating, and under what policy.
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 Webb County and how public comment works there.
How to show up in Webb 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 ↗