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Surveillance Use Policies

This site contains all the Surveillance Use Policies (SUP) that require approval by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

The Surveillance Technology Ordinance defines a SUP as a policy for the use of higher-risk or medium-risk surveillance technology, vetted through the County Executive and the County Counsel, or their designees. With respect to higher-risk surveillance technology, the SUP shall at a minimum contain language covering the following ten (10) sections: 

1. Purpose6. Data Retention
2. Authorized Use, Deployment Location7. Public Access
3. Data Collection8. Third-Party Data Sharing
4. Data Access9. Training
5. Data Protection10. Oversight