Ring promo, Alhambra
| Tracking # |
PR19-227 |
| Submitted | Aug. 12, 2019 |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Reporting shows that your city government has entered a Promotional Discount Agreements with Ring, Amazon's home security camera company. (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3ag37/us-cities-are-helping-people-buy-amazon-surveillance-cameras-using-taxpayer-money) These agreements direct city funds toward providing a discount on Ring products, such as doorbell cameras.
Therefore, I hereby request the following records related to the Ring Promotional Discount Agreement:
1) All calendar invitations, instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other documents that mention Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any minutes/notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app work, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use, marketing, or promotion of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Promotional Discount Agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the city and Ring.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Ring or the Neighbors app, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Ring or the Neighbors app.
5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com).
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
From: Alhambra City Clerk
Hello Ms. Haskins,
Thank you for submitting your request, which has been assigned as reference number PR 19-227. I have routed your request to the appropriate departments and will update you on that status of your request within 10 days.
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Linda Thai | Clerical Assistant II
City Clerk’s Office
111 S. First St. | Alhambra, CA 91801
T: (626) 570-5090 | F: (626) 576-8568
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From: Caroline Haskins
Great, thanks for your help!
From: Alhambra City Clerk
This letter is in response to your public records request received by the City Clerk’s Office on August 12, 2019.
We are presently processing your request but will need additional time to respond as we are consulting with other departments of the City in regards to your request. Accordingly, we will need to extend the period for making an initial determination on your request for an additional 14 days from the date of this letter as permitted under Government Code section 6253(c).
Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions regarding your public records request.
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Linda Thai | Clerical Assistant II
City Clerk’s Office
111 S. First St. | Alhambra, CA 91801
T: (626) 570-5090 | F: (626) 576-8568
www.cityofalhambra.org<http://www.cityofalhambra.org/>
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From: Caroline Haskins
That's fine, thank you!
From: Alhambra City Clerk
Good Afternoon,
This email is in response to your August 12, 2019 public records request via email (please see attached).
From: Caroline Haskins
Hi, thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
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