Austin PD Social Media Surveillance
| Tracking # |
OR2016-08913A |
| Submitted | Jan. 28, 2016 |
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From: Aaron Cantú
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request a copy of all records or portions thereof pertaining to, or containing the following:
1. All records regarding the purchase of, acquisition of, installation of, subscription to, payment for, or agreements concerning software designed to access information from social media services;
2. All records that contain any information about the functioning of software designed to access information from social media services that is used or has been used by the Austin Police Department;
3. All records regarding correspondence about or with a company that offers software designed to access information from social media services, including but not limited to all correspondence about or with the companies Brightplaent, Geofeedia, Intrado Inc, LifeRaft, Magnet Forensics, Media Sonar, Signal Corporation, and ZeroFOX;
4. All records regarding the policies that govern access to or use of software designed to access information from social media services;
5. All training materials and all records used to instruct members of your agency in the proper use of software designed to access information from social media services or of the information such software is capable of accessing;
6. All records regarding the sharing with entities outside the Austin Police Department of information obtained from or obtained by using software designed to access information from social media services;
7. All records referencing social media profiles, comments, posts, messages, or events accessed or retained from social media services through use of software designed o access information from social media services.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public through the public information service MuckRock.com, 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 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Aaron Cantú
From: APD PIO
Mr. Cantú,
We have received your request. We have some questions about the requests
Is there a specific date range you are looking for? With the parameters of the requests, we are potentially talking about thousands of records that would have to be accumulated, evaluated and many of which we would request an Attorney General’s decision.
Some of the requests below are duplicative, and at least one of them (#2), we are not clear what is being requested. Operating manual?
Thanks,
Iván Ramos #5186
Senior Police Officer
Austin Police Department
Public Information Office
(512) 974-5017 (office)
(512) 974-6670 (fax)
From: Aaron Cantú
Hi Mr. Ramos,
For a date range, let's say January 1 2015 to February 4 2016.
As for request 2: I am referring to documents that describe how software designed to access information from social media services functions. So, yes, an operating manual would likely fit those requirements.
Thank you.
From: Austin Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Austin Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 28, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: APD PIO
Mr. Cantú,
My apologies. It’s my understanding that there has been some information that has been sent to you about from our purchasing dept. We are still working on providing you the requested information. However, there is some information that is not releasable and that information was sent to the attorney general’s office for ruling in withholding. I’m trying to get the rest of the information that is able to be released
Best,
Iván Ramos #5186
Senior Police Officer
Austin Police Department
Public Information Office
(512) 974-5017 (office)
(512) 974-6670 (fax)
From: Trevino, Kristin
Good morning,
The responsive City of Austin Purchasing documents for your request are attached. This is for the following request:
"1. All records regarding the purchase of, acquisition of, installation of, subscription to, payment for, or agreements concerning software designed to access information from social media services;
2. All records that contain any information about the functioning of software designed to access information from social media services that is used or has been used by the Austin Police Department;
3. All records regarding correspondence about or with a company that offers software designed to access information from social media services, including but not limited to all correspondence about or with the companies Brightplaent, Geofeedia, Intrado Inc, LifeRaft, Magnet Forensics, Media Sonar, Signal Corporation, and ZeroFOX;
4. All records regarding the policies that govern access to or use of software designed to access information from social media services;
5. All training materials and all records used to instruct members of your agency in the proper use of software designed to access information from social media services or of the information such software is capable of accessing;
6. All records regarding the sharing with entities outside the Austin Police Department of information obtained from or obtained by using software designed to access information from social media services;
7. All records referencing social media profiles, comments, posts, messages, or events accessed or retained from social media services through use of software designed o access information from social media services."
Thank you for contacting the City of Austin.
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Kristin Treviño |Customer Solutions Coordinator| 512-974-1344
City of Austin Law Department |301 W. 2nd St, Austin TX 78701
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From: APD PIO
Mr. Cantú,
Attached is the responsive information. I couldn’t get the one email into PDF for some reason.
Respectfully,
Ofc Ramos
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From: APD PIO
One more I just received
Ofc Ramos
From: Aaron Cantú
Thank you.
best,
Aaron Cantú
From: Aaron Cantú
Hi Officer Ramos,
I noticed in the APD contract with Geofeedia, it is stipulated that the data includes "up to 200,000 items per month." What exactly are these "items"?
Thank you,
Aaron
From: Austin Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Austin Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: Austin Police Department
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 28, 2016. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #606825.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: APD PIO
Aaron,
Attached are the rest of the requested information that was released by the Attorney General’s decision to release this information.
Respectfully,
Iván Ramos #5186
Senior Police Officer
Austin Police Department
Public Information Office
(512) 974-5017 (office)
From: Austin Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
From: Austin Police Department
The request has been rejected, with the agency stating that the information or document(s) requested are exempt from disclosure.
From: Austin Police Department
The request has been rejected by the agency.
From: Austin Police Department
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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