SanctuaryGuard: Save Every Congregant From Secret Surveillance

Over 200 US churches are reported to use airport-grade facial recognition that scans congregants and creates unique digital profiles matched to membership databases and watch-lists, often without informing parishioners. A Boulder-based company called Gloo has partnered with 100,000+ churches to aggregate social media activity, health records and other personal data to identify and target vulnerable people for 'targeted ministry.' The former Intel CEO is backing this faith-tech expansion, claiming the religious data market could be worth $1 trillion and promoting 'spiritually safe' AI chatbots, while operating in a legal gray area because many states lack biometric surveillance rules for religious spaces. The linked investigation documents how churches are combining biometric surveillance, third-party data aggregation and AI to monitor, profile and monetize congregants, raising major consent, privacy and ethical concerns.