Palantir documents, University of California (University of California, Berkeley Police Department)
| Multi Request | Palantir documents, University of California |
| Submitted | March 14, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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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:
Media reports state that the police departments around the country have made use of Palantir's software (https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/). Therefore, I am requesting the following records related to the above program:
* Any software and algorithms developed for the implementation of the program. I'm particularly interested in any algorithms that have a public policy outcome, such as providing guidance on a policy or an assessment of an individual. More generally, I would like any software that was developed by or with, given to, used by, purchased or licensed to this agency for implementation of the above referenced program. This would include original source code, any compiled binaries (also known as executables), spreadsheets, program scripts, and other digital materials used to calculate any data in the above program. It would also include the input training data for machine learning algorithms. Collectively, these responsive materials will be referred to as "the software" in the following paragraphs.
* All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of "the software." This includes any notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of the software, any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how the software works, and any other document that has been used to help explain the use of "the software" to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries. This also includes any description of input and output data fields that will aid in understanding the type of information that is submitted to the software, and that is produced by the software.
* 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, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements that reference "the software" or otherwise guide it use or the relationship between this agency and the provider or developer of the software.
* A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention the use of the Software, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
* A copy of any validation studies conducted with respect to the program or with respect to any software or algorithms used in connection with the program, and a copy of any records pertaining to inquiries for the need of validation studies, or discussion of potential or actual validation studies. By “validation study,” I mean any study designed to assess how accurate the program is in predicting what it is supposed to predict, or to assess whether the program may err in the direction of either under- or overestimating likelihoods or predicted outcomes, or may produce any results that are biased or unexpected in any way.
* For the aspects of the software that require an input, for example, to compute a value, we request a copy of the five most recent sets of data that were used for input, as well as the five most recent outputs of the software, in whatever their native format is. If these inputs or outputs include exempt information, we ask that you exempt only that information which is specifically exempted from law, and provide the other material.
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: University of California, Berkeley Police Department
Thank you for contacting UC Berkeley PD Records Unit. Please note that when requesting Police Records please allow up to 10 working days to process and authorize. Please fill out the PDF file on our site with a copy of your ID.
https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/services/records-request (https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/services/records-request)
There is a non-refundable $10 fee for copies of police reports (checks should be made payable to “U.C. Regents”). Fee will be waived if requester is listed as Victim or is an agent of the University and requires the report for administrative purposes. You will be notified when your report is ready for pickup. In order to receive the report, you must be a party involved in the report, or a legal representative of an involved party, as attested to by signature made at time of pickup.
For PRA request please go to the link below.
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Release of reports is governed by California Public Records Act (Government Code Section 6250-6260) as well as by department policy. Report information will not be released unless the requester establishes both “right to know” and “need to know.” Note that you might not need the report. Insurance companies, et. al., usually only need the case number. If they want the report, they will need to order it themselves.
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From: University of California, Berkeley Police Department
Hello,
You have submitted your request to the wrong department. Please refer to
this web page (
https://chancellor.berkeley.edu/services/public-records/requesters) for
information regarding PRA requests for UC Berkeley campus.
Thank you,
UCPD Records
*UC Berkeley Police Department Records Unit*
*1 Sproul Hall*
*Berkeley, CA 94720-1199*
*Mon - Fri: 8am - 5pm*
*Tel: (510) 642-6760*
*Fax: (510) 643-4655*
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Media reports state that the police departments around the country have made use of Palantir's software (https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/). Therefore, I am requesting the following records related to the above program:
* Any software and algorithms developed for the implementation of the program. I'm particularly interested in any algorithms that have a public policy outcome, such as providing guidance on a policy or an assessment of an individual. More generally, I would like any software that was developed by or with, given to, used by, purchased or licensed to this agency for implementation of the above referenced program. This would include original source code, any compiled binaries (also known as executables), spreadsheets, program scripts, and other digital materials used to calculate any data in the above program. It would also include the input training data for machine learning algorithms. Collectively, these responsive materials will be referred to as "the software" in the following paragraphs.
* All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of "the software." This includes any notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of the software, any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how the software works, and any other document that has been used to help explain the use of "the software" to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries. This also includes any description of input and output data fields that will aid in understanding the type of information that is submitted to the software, and that is produced by the software.
* 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, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements that reference "the software" or otherwise guide it use or the relationship between this agency and the provider or developer of the software.
* A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention the use of the Software, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
* A copy of any validation studies conducted with respect to the program or with respect to any software or algorithms used in connection with the program, and a copy of any records pertaining to inquiries for the need of validation studies, or discussion of potential or actual validation studies. By “validation study,” I mean any study designed to assess how accurate the program is in predicting what it is supposed to predict, or to assess whether the program may err in the direction of either under- or overestimating likelihoods or predicted outcomes, or may produce any results that are biased or unexpected in any way.
* For the aspects of the software that require an input, for example, to compute a value, we request a copy of the five most recent sets of data that were used for input, as well as the five most recent outputs of the software, in whatever their native format is. If these inputs or outputs include exempt information, we ask that you exempt only that information which is specifically exempted from law, and provide the other material.
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: University of California, Berkeley Police Department
Dear Ms. Haskins:
*For ease of processing, please avoid sending duplicate requests. *
This is to acknowledge and respond to your California Public Records Act
(CPRA) request below. The University regularly responds to focused and
effective requests that reasonably describe identifiable records relating
to the conduct of the public’s business. Government Code sections 6252(e),
6253.1(a).
Your records request, as currently drafted is extremely broad, and
compliance with the request would be unduly burdensome pursuant to
Government Code section 6255. Your request would entail collection and
review of a voluminous number of documents. Please also be aware that
identification and collection of potentially responsive records is only the
first step in the CPRA response process. The collected records must be
reviewed to ensure that they are in fact responsive to your request and to
assess whether they are subject to redaction to protect privacy rights and
consistent with applicable legal privileges and exemptions.
Because we would like to furnish you with a set of information that could
satisfy your needs, we would encourage you to consider narrowing the scope
or nature of the request. Although we cannot compile records in response
to your request as drafted, we would be happy to consider a request that is
more narrowly tailored in terms of time frame and subject matter, including
whose records (for example, the name of person or department) you may be
seeking.
We will regard this records request as closed. Please let us know how we
can assist you in focusing your request.
Regards,
Liane Wong
Public Records Coordinator
************************************
Public Records Office
University of California, Berkeley
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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Palantir documents,
University of California (University of California, Berkeley Police
Department)
To: <pra@berkeley.edu>
University of California, Berkeley Police Department
PRA Office
MC #1199
1 Sproul Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1199
March 17, 2019
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the
following records:
Media reports state that the police departments around the country have
made use of Palantir's software (
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/). Therefore,
I am requesting the following records related to the above program:
* Any software and algorithms developed for the implementation of the
program. I'm particularly interested in any algorithms that have a public
policy outcome, such as providing guidance on a policy or an assessment of
an individual. More generally, I would like any software that was developed
by or with, given to, used by, purchased or licensed to this agency for
implementation of the above referenced program. This would include original
source code, any compiled binaries (also known as executables),
spreadsheets, program scripts, and other digital materials used to
calculate any data in the above program. It would also include the input
training data for machine learning algorithms. Collectively, these
responsive materials will be referred to as "the software" in the following
paragraphs.
* All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials
(including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks,
and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of "the software." This
includes any notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of the
software, any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of
how the software works, and any other document that has been used to help
explain the use of "the software" to any party, including internal
documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries. This
also includes any description of input and output data fields that will aid
in understanding the type of information that is submitted to the software,
and that is produced by the software.
* 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, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal,
Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or
informal agreements that reference "the software" or otherwise guide it use
or the relationship between this agency and the provider or developer of
the software.
* A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and
grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual
reports that mention the use of the Software, as well as audit records,
including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse
reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
* A copy of any validation studies conducted with respect to the program or
with respect to any software or algorithms used in connection with the
program, and a copy of any records pertaining to inquiries for the need of
validation studies, or discussion of potential or actual validation
studies. By “validation study,” I mean any study designed to assess how
accurate the program is in predicting what it is supposed to predict, or to
assess whether the program may err in the direction of either under- or
overestimating likelihoods or predicted outcomes, or may produce any
results that are biased or unexpected in any way.
* For the aspects of the software that require an input, for example, to
compute a value, we request a copy of the five most recent sets of data
that were used for input, as well as the five most recent outputs of the
software, in whatever their native format is. If these inputs or outputs
include exempt information, we ask that you exempt only that information
which is specifically exempted from law, and provide the other material.
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
Filed via MuckRock.com
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Upload documents directly:
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On March 15, 2019:
Hello,
You have submitted your request to the wrong department. Please refer to
this web page (
https://chancellor.berkeley.edu/services/public-records/requesters) for
information regarding PRA requests for UC Berkeley campus.
Thank you,
UCPD Records
*UC Berkeley Police Department Records Unit*
*1 Sproul Hall*
*Berkeley, CA 94720-1199*
*Mon - Fri: 8am - 5pm*
*Tel: (510) 642-6760*
*Fax: (510) 643-4655*
---
On March 15, 2019:
Thank you for contacting UC Berkeley PD Records Unit. Please note that when
requesting Police Records please allow up to 10 working days to process and
authorize. Please fill out the PDF file on our site with a copy of your ID.
https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/services/records-request (
https://ucpd.berkeley.edu/services/records-request)
There is a non-refundable $10 fee for copies of police reports (checks
should be made payable to “U.C. Regents”). Fee will be waived if requester
is listed as Victim or is an agent of the University and requires the
report for administrative purposes. You will be notified when your report
is ready for pickup. In order to receive the report, you must be a party
involved in the report, or a legal representative of an involved party, as
attested to by signature made at time of pickup.
For PRA request please go to the link below.
https://chancellor.berkeley.edu/services/public-records (
https://chancellor.berkeley.edu/services/public-records)
Release of reports is governed by California Public Records Act (Government
Code Section 6250-6260) as well as by department policy. Report
information will not be released unless the requester establishes both
“right to know” and “need to know.” Note that you might not need the
report. Insurance companies, et. al., usually only need the case number. If
they want the report, they will need to order it themselves.
--
UC Berkeley Police Department Records Unit 1 Sproul Hall Berkeley, CA
94720-1199 Mon - Fri: 8am - 5pm Tel: (510) 642-6760 Fax: (510) 643-4655
---
On March 14, 2019:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the
following records:
Media reports state that the police departments around the country have
made use of Palantir's software (
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/). Therefore,
I am requesting the following records related to the above program:
* Any software and algorithms developed for the implementation of the
program. I'm particularly interested in any algorithms that have a public
policy outcome, such as providing guidance on a policy or an assessment of
an individual. More generally, I would like any software that was developed
by or with, given to, used by, purchased or licensed to this agency for
implementation of the above referenced program. This would include original
source code, any compiled binaries (also known as executables),
spreadsheets, program scripts, and other digital materials used to
calculate any data in the above program. It would also include the input
training data for machine learning algorithms. Collectively, these
responsive materials will be referred to as "the software" in the following
paragraphs.
* All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials
(including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks,
and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of "the software." This
includes any notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of the
software, any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of
how the software works, and any other document that has been used to help
explain the use of "the software" to any party, including internal
documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries. This
also includes any description of input and output data fields that will aid
in understanding the type of information that is submitted to the software,
and that is produced by the software.
* 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, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal,
Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or
informal agreements that reference "the software" or otherwise guide it use
or the relationship between this agency and the provider or developer of
the software.
* A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and
grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual
reports that mention the use of the Software, as well as audit records,
including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse
reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
* A copy of any validation studies conducted with respect to the program or
with respect to any software or algorithms used in connection with the
program, and a copy of any records pertaining to inquiries for the need of
validation studies, or discussion of potential or actual validation
studies. By “validation study,” I mean any study designed to assess how
accurate the program is in predicting what it is supposed to predict, or to
assess whether the program may err in the direction of either under- or
overestimating likelihoods or predicted outcomes, or may produce any
results that are biased or unexpected in any way.
* For the aspects of the software that require an input, for example, to
compute a value, we request a copy of the five most recent sets of data
that were used for input, as well as the five most recent outputs of the
software, in whatever their native format is. If these inputs or outputs
include exempt information, we ask that you exempt only that information
which is specifically exempted from law, and provide the other material.
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
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly:
https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/university-california-berkeley-police-department-625/palantir-documents-university-of-california-university-of-california-berkeley-police-department-70552/?uuid-login=4e71cdc6-2afc-40a5-b85e-01861d9e2705&email=pra%40berkeley.edu#agency-reply
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the
above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 70552
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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