Ring promo, Arcadia

Caroline Haskins filed this request with the Arcadia City Clerk of Arcadia, CA.
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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: Arcadia City Clerk

Hello Ms. Haskins,

In response to your Public Records request Act attached, received by this office on October 3, 2019, I have been informed that the City of Arcadia's Police Department has responded to this request as they are the department in charge for the Ring program. Attached are copies of the records that have been provided that respond to this request.

The City's standard copying cost is no charge for the first 25 pages, then 10 cents per page thereafter. Since the records you requested were provided electronically, there is no charge for this request.

Thank you,
[COLOR Peacock logo small no words]<http://www.arcadiaca.gov/>Rachelle Arellano
Records/Legal Technician| City Clerk | City of Arcadia
240 W. Huntington Drive | Arcadia, CA 91006
(626) 574-5453 | rarellano@arcadiaca.gov<mailto:rarellano@arcadiaca.gov>

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