BRIC ISE Shared Space participants, sources, privacy violations, etc.
| Submitted | Sept. 22, 2014 |
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From: Evan Anderson
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:
- Number of individuals authorized by the PM-ISE to access the BRIC's ISE Shared Space who are not employed by the BRIC or a contractor.
- Number and list of non-fusion center agencies authorized to access the BRIC's ISE Shared Space .
- Number and list of source agencies who have submitted information BRIC's ISE Shared Space .
- Number of times information posted to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space had to be corrected or removed because it was erroneous or deficient, or because the source agency did not have authority to gather or share the information.
- Any documents relating to any instances where source agencies were determined to have used prohibited means to acquire information, or to have lacked the authority to acquire the original SAR information or submit it to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number and list of agencies who have violated the BRIC's privacy policy.
- Records of all complaints received by the BRIC and requests for corrections and the resulting action, if any.
- Breakdown of number of suspicious incident reports, suspicious activity reports, and field interview reports in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number and list of all public agencies and private contractors providing SAR and ISE-SAR information technology or related services to the BRIC.
- Breakdown of the number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space acquired via intelligence information or email, phone, internet or incident report submission.
- Number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space acquired from cellphone tower dumps, cell site simulators (commonly known as "Stringrays"), and surveillance cameras.
- List of external agencies that access the BRIC's ISE Shared Space or share information with the BRIC.
- Number of persons within the BRIC or in other governmental agencies who are authorized to have access to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number of complaints made to the Privacy Officer of the BRIC.
- Number of times the BRIC has notified individuals that their personal information was or is reasonably believed to have been breached or obtained by an unauthorized person.
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a participating agency, or an authorized user have been found to be in noncompliance with the Privacy, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protection Policy in regards to the gathering, collection, use, retention, destruction, sharing, classification, or disclosure of information.
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a contractor, a participating agency, or an authorized user have been suspended, sanctioned, or otherwise disciplined.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,
Evan Anderson
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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 22, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
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From: Evan Anderson
This request has yet to be acknowledged in any way and is overdue. Please acknowledge receipt of this request.
From: Media Relations
October 10, 2014
Evan Anderson
Muckrock
Dear Evan Anderson:
Pursuant to G. L. c. 66, § 10 (b), this correspondence is to confirm
receipt of your request for documents that are potentially in the
possession, custody or control of the Boston Police Department.
Specifically, you have requested:
- Number of individuals authorized by the PM-ISE to access the BRIC's ISE
Shared Space who are not employed by the BRIC or a contractor.
- Number and list of non-fusion center agencies authorized to access the
BRIC's ISE Shared Space .
- Number and list of source agencies who have submitted information BRIC's
ISE Shared Space .
- Number of times information posted to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space had to
be corrected or removed because it was erroneous or deficient, or because
the source agency did not have authority to gather or share the information.
- Any documents relating to any instances where source agencies were
determined to have used prohibited means to acquire information, or to have
lacked the authority to acquire the original SAR information or submit it
to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number and list of agencies who have violated the BRIC's privacy policy.
- Records of all complaints received by the BRIC and requests for
corrections and the resulting action, if any.
- Breakdown of number of suspicious incident reports, suspicious activity
reports, and field interview reports in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number and list of all public agencies and private contractors providing
SAR and ISE-SAR information technology or related services to the BRIC.
- Breakdown of the number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space
acquired via intelligence information or email, phone, internet or incident
report submission.
- Number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space acquired from
cellphone tower dumps, cell site simulators (commonly known as
"Stringrays"), and surveillance cameras.
- List of external agencies that access the BRIC's ISE Shared Space or
share information with the BRIC.
- Number of persons within the BRIC or in other governmental agencies who
are authorized to have access to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number of complaints made to the Privacy Officer of the BRIC.
- Number of times the BRIC has notified individuals that their personal
information was or is reasonably believed to have been breached or obtained
by an unauthorized person.
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a participating agency, or an authorized
user have been found to be in noncompliance with the Privacy, Civil Rights
and Civil Liberties Protection Policy in regards to the gathering,
collection, use, retention, destruction, sharing, classification, or
disclosure of information.
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a contractor, a participating agency, or
an authorized user have been suspended, sanctioned, or otherwise
disciplined.
We will contact you as soon as possible with our findings, and will send
you a cost estimate for your requested materials if fulfilling the request
is expected to exceed $10.00, per 950 C.M.R. 32.06(1); 950 C.M.R. 32.03;
M.G.L. c 66 § 10(a).
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received, and it may take longer than ten days to be fulfilled. If your
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accordingly.
Thank you,
Office of Media Relations
Boston Police Department
617-343-3520
www.bpdnews.com
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I
hereby request the following records:
- Number of individuals authorized by the PM-ISE to access the BRIC's ISE
Shared Space who are not employed by the BRIC or a contractor.
- Number and list of non-fusion center agencies authorized to access the
BRIC's ISE Shared Space .
- Number and list of source agencies who have submitted information BRIC's
ISE Shared Space .
- Number of times information posted to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space had to
be corrected or removed because it was erroneous or deficient, or because
the source agency did not have authority to gather or share the information.
- Any documents relating to any instances where source agencies were
determined to have used prohibited means to acquire information, or to have
lacked the authority to acquire the original SAR information or submit it
to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number and list of agencies who have violated the BRIC's privacy policy.
- Records of all complaints received by the BRIC and requests for
corrections and the resulting action, if any.
- Breakdown of number of suspicious incident reports, suspicious activity
reports, and field interview reports in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number and list of all public agencies and private contractors providing
SAR and ISE-SAR information technology or related services to the BRIC.
- Breakdown of the number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space
acquired via intelligence information or email, phone, internet or incident
report submission.
- Number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space acquired from
cellphone tower dumps, cell site simulators (commonly known as
"Stringrays"), and surveillance cameras.
- List of external agencies that access the BRIC's ISE Shared Space or
share information with the BRIC.
- Number of persons within the BRIC or in other governmental agencies who
are authorized to have access to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
- Number of complaints made to the Privacy Officer of the BRIC.
- Number of times the BRIC has notified individuals that their personal
information was or is reasonably believed to have been breached or obtained
by an unauthorized person.
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a participating agency, or an authorized
user have been found to be in noncompliance with the Privacy, Civil Rights
and Civil Liberties Protection Policy in regards to the gathering,
collection, use, retention, destruction, sharing, classification, or
disclosure of information.
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a contractor, a participating agency, or
an authorized user have been suspended, sanctioned, or otherwise
disciplined.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this
request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the
recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The
requested documents will be made available to the general public free of
charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed
by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of
news gathering and not for commercial usage.
I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for
screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read
print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for
example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,
Evan Anderson
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From: Media Relations
Evan,
Please see below responsive to your request. Please be advised that this
request isn't so much a request for documents as it is for answers to
specific questions. Additionally there has been a change in the technology
so most of the questions are inaccurate. We will consider this request
closed.
Lt McCarthy
*The NSI Shared Space transitioned to eguardian. The information collected
is the same, the difference is that the FBI hosts and administers the
database, and the data is shred nationally. The following are responses to
your questions.*
- Number of individuals authorized by the PM-ISE to access the BRIC's ISE
Shared Space who are not employed by the BRIC or a contractor.
* BRIC's ISE does not exist. We use the eguardian system (see above)*
- Number and list of non-fusion center agencies authorized to access the
BRIC's ISE Shared Space .
* N/A*
- Number and list of source agencies who have submitted information BRIC's
ISE Shared Space .
* Partner agencies within the Metro Boston area submit tips and leads
to the BRIC that appear to have a nexus to terrorism. Trained and
experienced BRIC personnel review this information, and if the tip/lead
meets the criteria of an "ISE SAR", the BRIC will facilitate sharing this
information by submitting to eguardian.*
* From Jan 1- December 2014: Boston Police= 37, Private Sector=5,
Area College/University PD= 5, UASI (Brookline, Cambridge, Everett, Quincy,
Somerville) = 6, Boston Housing Authority=1, FBI=1, Dept. of Correction=1,
United States Coast Guard=1 *
- Number of times information posted to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space had to
be corrected or removed because it was erroneous or deficient, or because
the source agency did not have authority to gather or share the information.
*None/N/A*
- Any documents relating to any instances where source agencies were
determined to have used prohibited means to acquire information, or to have
lacked the authority to acquire the original SAR information or submit it
to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
*None Responsive*
- Number and list of agencies who have violated the BRIC's privacy policy.
*None*
- Records of all complaints received by the BRIC and requests for
corrections and the resulting action, if any.
*None*
- Breakdown of number of suspicious incident reports, suspicious activity
reports, and field interview reports in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
*N/A Suggest reaching out to FBI who keeps eguardian data*
- Number and list of all public agencies and private contractors providing
SAR and ISE-SAR information technology or related services to the BRIC.
*N/A= FBI administers IT support for eguardian*
- Breakdown of the number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space
acquired via intelligence information or email, phone, internet or incident
report submission.
* From Jan 1 - Dec 2014 (FYI **Partner agencies within the
Metro Boston area submit tips and leads to the BRIC that appear to have a
nexus to terrorism. Trained and experienced BRIC personnel review this
information, and if the tip/lead meets the criteria of an "ISE SAR", the
BRIC will facilitate sharing this information by submitting to eguardian.)*
* Intel Info = 1, email =20, internet = 0, Incident
reports=36, phone =0*
- Number of tips and leads in the BRIC's ISE Shared Space acquired from
cellphone tower dumps, cell site simulators (commonly known as
"Stringrays"), and surveillance cameras.
*None*
- List of external agencies that access the BRIC's ISE Shared Space or
share information with the BRIC.
*None *
- Number of persons within the BRIC or in other governmental agencies who
are authorized to have access to the BRIC's ISE Shared Space.
*None*
- Number of complaints made to the Privacy Officer of the BRIC.
* None*
- Number of times the BRIC has notified individuals that their personal
information was or is reasonably believed to have been breached or obtained
by an unauthorized person.
*None*
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a participating agency, or an authorized
user have been found to be in noncompliance with the Privacy, Civil Rights
and Civil Liberties Protection Policy in regards to the gathering,
collection, use, retention, destruction, sharing, classification, or
disclosure of information.
* None*
- Number of times BRIC personnel, a contractor, a participating agency, or
an authorized user have been suspended, sanctioned, or otherwise
disciplined.
*None*
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