SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM / CAPABILITY

CBP biometric facial comparison at O’Hare

U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses face-comparison technology at Chicago O’Hare, including Enhanced Passenger Processing for returning U.S. citizens.

CONFIRMED IL DEPLOYMENT
RUNG
government
GOVERNMENT LEVEL
federal-national
STATUS
CONFIRMED
OPERATOR
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

HOW YOU ENCOUNTER IT

Where the surveillance relationship begins

Returning to the United States through an applicable CBP inspection process at Chicago O’Hare.

DATA

What it can collect or process

  • Facial image
  • Traveler identity
  • Travel/inspection context

DATA FLOW

What happens to the information

  1. 1Photo captured during processing
  2. 2Biometric comparison against government-held identity/travel records
  3. 3Result presented to CBP processing systems and officers

RELATED ENTITIES

Operators, vendors, programs, and platforms

U.S. Customs and Border Protectionagency

SOURCES

Receipts