Indian River Shores Ring
| Submitted | Sept. 30, 2019 |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
Public reports state that this police department has partnered with Ring, Amazon’s home security company. (https://blog.ring.com/2019/08/28/working-together-for-safer-neighborhoods-introducing-the-neighbors-active-law-enforcement-map/) These partnerships involve an exchange: Law enforcement gets access to Ring’s “Law Enforcement Neighborhoods Portal.” The Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal is a way that police can request Ring camera footage from people that use Neighbors, Ring has a "neighborhood watch" app.
Therefore, I hereby request the following records:
1) 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 Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any notes taken 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 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, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the police department 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.
Please try to include any other miscellaneous documents that facilitate this police department's relationship with Ring that don't neatly fall neatly into the above categories.
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 business days.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 30, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Indian River Shores Public Safety Department
Indian River Shores has received your request and are working on it.
Charlene Hall, Records/Finance/Human Resources
Indian River Shores Public Safety
6001 A1A
Indian River Shores, FL 32963
P (772) 231-2451 x222
F (772) 231-2444
IMPORTANT WARNING: This message is intended for the use of the person or entity to whom it is addressed and it may contain information that is privileged and confidential, the disclosure of which is governed by applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify us immediately and destroy the related message. Also, under Florida law, e-mails and written communications received or sent by the Town of Indian River Shores are public record, including names, addresses and e-mail addresses. They are generally subject to view by anyone requesting disclosure and will be released in response to a public records request. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Indian River Shores Public Safety Department
Here are all documents that Indian River Shores Public Safety Department has on the Ring Program. Due to the size of the file I am sending it in 2 separate emails.
Please let me know if you need anything else.
Charlene Hall, Records/Finance/Human Resources
Indian River Shores Public Safety
6001 A1A
Indian River Shores, FL 32963
P (772) 231-2451 x222
F (772) 231-2444
IMPORTANT WARNING: This message is intended for the use of the person or entity to whom it is addressed and it may contain information that is privileged and confidential, the disclosure of which is governed by applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify us immediately and destroy the related message. Also, under Florida law, e-mails and written communications received or sent by the Town of Indian River Shores are public record, including names, addresses and e-mail addresses. They are generally subject to view by anyone requesting disclosure and will be released in response to a public records request. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
From: Indian River Shores Public Safety Department
Here is the second email
Charlene Hall, Records/Finance/Human Resources
Indian River Shores Public Safety
6001 A1A
Indian River Shores, FL 32963
P (772) 231-2451 x222
F (772) 231-2444
IMPORTANT WARNING: This message is intended for the use of the person or entity to whom it is addressed and it may contain information that is privileged and confidential, the disclosure of which is governed by applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify us immediately and destroy the related message. Also, under Florida law, e-mails and written communications received or sent by the Town of Indian River Shores are public record, including names, addresses and e-mail addresses. They are generally subject to view by anyone requesting disclosure and will be released in response to a public records request. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
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