A number of the public records requests we have filed around facial recognition technology deal with the relationships between Massachusetts government entities and private tech companies. Such companies include:
- Clearview AI
- Lan-Tel Communications
- DataWorks
- MorphoTrust
- IBM
- Briefcam
- COPLINK
Clearview AI
A dystopian face recognition tool that drew ire in 2019 for using images that are illicitly scraped from social media platforms as its training data. After learning that Clearview markets aggressively to law enforcement agencies, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed public records requests with every police department in the state to learn about their interactions with Clearview.
See all 340+ requests sent to Massachusetts police departments about Clearview AI here.
Lan-Tel Communications
An IT, communications, and security company that provides surveillance cameras and video analytics technology.
| Date | Agency/Organization | Page |
| July 2019 | City of Boston | Lantel at the Boston Office of Emergency Management |
| October 2019 | Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHSS) | Lantel at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services |
| October 2019 | Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) | Lantel at the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security |
| October 2019 | Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance (EOAF) | Lantel at the Executive Office for Administration and Finance |
| October 2019 | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) | Lantel at the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) |
| October 2019 | Massachusetts State Police (MSP | Lantel at the Massachusetts State Police |
DataWorks
A procurement and inventory management system that has previously sold facial recognition technology to police departments in Chicago and Detroit.
| Date | Agency/Organization | Page |
| August 2019 | Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) | DataWorks at the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security |
MorphoTrust (now IDEMIA)
A company that provides identity tracking and facial recognition software to many government agencies, including TSA.
| Date | Agency/Organization | Page |
| May 2019 | Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHSS) | Morpho at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services |
IBM
A national technology company that develops facial recognition technologies.
| Date | Agency/Organization | Page |
| February 2020 | Springfield Police Department | IBM at the Springfield Police Department |
Briefcam
A company that provides video analytics software, including face recognition.
| Date | Agency/Organization | Page |
| August 2019 | City of Boston | Briefcam at the City of Boston (2019) |
| May 2020 | City of Boston | Briefcam at the City of Boston (2020) |
COPLINK
A crime analytics platform developed by Forensic Logic that facilitates data sharing across agencies.
| Date | Agency/Organization | Page |
| 2019-2020 | Massachusetts State Police | COPLINK Facematch at the Massachusetts State Police |