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ORWELL INDEX

Who runs a private camera registry in Williamson County?

What we do not know

Williamson County Sheriff

  • How many registrations are active, and how many have been taken in each year.
  • Whether the program has a written policy or standard operating procedure.
  • Whether it has ever been reported to the Commissioners Court.

What private camera registries are

A list, kept by a police department, of privately owned security cameras and where they are. Officers use it to ask owners for footage. Some registries also let an agency request footage through the camera vendor’s app.

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 Williamson County and how public comment works there.

How to show up in Williamson 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 ↗