GoGuardian - Lists, Alerts

Dave Maass filed this request with the Kirbyville Consolidated Independent School District of Kirbyville, TX.
Due Jan. 2, 2023
Est. Completion None
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: Dave Maass

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records related to the school district's use of GoGuardian technology:

1) A list of all website names, URLs and keywords that are blacklisted/blocked by the district's GoGuardian web-filtering software.
2) A list of all website names, URLs and keywords that the district has manually whitelisted/allowed access to upon request through the GoGuardian web-filtering software.

Please note that items 1 and 2 are usually available through an Excel file called GoGuardian_Filters.xlsx. We have received this information from other schools in this format.

3) All alerts generated by GoGuardian software from January 1, 2020 through November 18, 2022. Please redact any identifying information. This includes the following types of alert documents, usually available as Excel files:
a. Beacon
b. Flagged activity
c. Smart alerts
d. Policy export

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Dave Maass
Director of Investigations
Electronic Frontier Foundation

From: Kirbyville Consolidated Independent School District

I am assuming this is some type of automated email. You should have
already received a response from John Janssen of Leon Alcala law firm
regarding our attorney general request to review your inquiry. Please let
me know if I am in error.

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Thanks,
*Stephen Edwards*
*Superintendent*
*Kirbyville CISD*

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Subject: RE: Texas Public Information Act Request: GoGuardian - Lists,
Alerts
To: <KCISD@kirbyvillecisd.org>

Kirbyville Consolidated Independent School District
Texas Public Information Act Office
206 E. Main St.
Kirbyville, TX 75956

January 17, 2023

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act
request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 19, 2022. 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.

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DEPT MR 138008
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PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
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and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
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On Dec. 16, 2022:
Subject: Texas Public Information Act Request: GoGuardian - Lists, Alerts
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the
following records related to the school district's use of GoGuardian
technology:

1) A list of all website names, URLs and keywords that are
blacklisted/blocked by the district's GoGuardian web-filtering software.
2) A list of all website names, URLs and keywords that the district has
manually whitelisted/allowed access to upon request through the GoGuardian
web-filtering software.

Please note that items 1 and 2 are usually available through an Excel file
called GoGuardian_Filters.xlsx. We have received this information from
other schools in this format.

3) All alerts generated by GoGuardian software from January 1, 2020 through
November 18, 2022. Please redact any identifying information. This includes
the following types of alert documents, usually available as Excel files:
a. Beacon
b. Flagged activity
c. Smart alerts
d. Policy export

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Dave Maass
Director of Investigations
Electronic Frontier Foundation

View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:
https://www.muckrock.com/

If prompted for a passcode, please enter:
••••••••

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 138008
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

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.

From: Dave Maass

I didn’t receive a response, but I will check to make sure it wasn’t misplaced.

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