Geolocation data providers (Office of the Attorney General - Maine)
Multi Request | Geolocation data providers |
Submitted | July 7, 2021 |
Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) seeks records describing the relationship between your agency and third-party providers of geolocation data. In particular, we seek records related to:
• the location data provider Gravy Analytics and its subsidiary Venntel
• Babel Street’s service Locate X.
For the purposes of this request, the term “geolocation data” refers to GPS data acquired from cell phone apps, connected vehicles, or other connected devices, or from third-party aggregators of such data, which pertains to the location of individual persons or devices, whether identified or de-identified.
We request the following records for the period between January 1, 2015 and the present:
- All contracts or written agreements between Office of the Attorney General - Maine, or consultants thereof, and Gravy Analytics, Venntel, or Babel Street;
- All presentations, marketing materials, or proposals by contractors, subcontractors, or consultants working with Office of the Attorney General - Maine relating to the use of geolocation data from Gravy Analytics, Venntel, or Babel Street;
- All technical documentation, guides, presentations, or policies describing access to, storage of, or use of geolocation data acquired from Gravy Analytics, Venntel, or Babel Street;
- All privacy policies, memoranda of understanding, data-sharing agreements, or terms of use applying to geolocation data acquired from Gravy Analytics, Venntel, or Babel Street;
- All written communications, emails, and attachments between Office of the Attorney General - Maine and Gravy Analytics, Venntel, or Babel Street;
- All written communications, emails, and attachments between Office of the Attorney General - Maine and INRIX.
If your office or agency contracts with a company not named here for geolocation data, provision of the alternate organization and equivalent responsive materials would be greatly appreciated.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public. This request is being made in the public interest and 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.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
Investigative Researcher, Electronic Frontier Foundation
beryl.lipton@eff.org
From: Office of the Attorney General - Maine
Dear Beryl,
Please consider this email an acknowledgment of your Freedom of Access Act request, attached below. The public access officer for the Attorney General’s Office is Jonathan Bolton. I copied him on this response. You may communicate with him directly concerning your request.
Brenda
Brenda L. Kielty
Assistant Attorney General
Public Access Ombudsman
6 State House Station | Augusta, ME 04333
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From: Beryl Lipton
Hello —
Thank you for your acknowledgement of this request. I appreciate it and will look forward to hearing from your office again soon.
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Maine Freedom of Access Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 7, 2021. 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: Office of the Attorney General - Maine
Thank you for your email. I referred your request to our criminal division. I will pass along this email to them. Someone from that division should be in touch soon concerning your request.
Jonathan R. Bolton | Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Maine Attorney General
6 State House Station | Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 626-8551 (Phone) | (207) 287-3145 (Fax)
jonathan.bolton@maine.gov<mailto:jonathan.bolton@maine.gov> | www.maine.gov/ag<http://www.maine.gov/ag>
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From: Office of the Attorney General - Maine
Good afternoon,
As described below, I have been assigned to process your data request on behalf of Maine's Office of Attorney General.
Before I process the request, I must seek clarification regarding the following sentence in your request:
"If your office or agency contracts with a company not named here for geolocation data, provision of the alternate organization and equivalent responsive materials would be greatly appreciated."
Please clarify whether or not you intend this sentence to be a records request pursuant to Maine's FOAA.
Thank you,
[cid:image002.jpg@01D782F2.8925C790]William Savage, AAG
Office of the Attorney General
6 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(207)626-8804
From: Office of the Attorney General - Maine
To the Attention of: Beryl Lipton
Good afternoon,
Pursuant to our telephone conversation yesterday, it is my understanding that at this time you are specifically seeking the name of any geolocation data provider utilized by the Office of the Attorney General, as well as any marketing materials used by the provider.
The only provider name responsive to your request is:
Tracking Products, Inc.
http://www.trackingproducts.com/tpicontact.php
The Office of the Attorney General does not possess any marketing materials with respect to Tracking Products, Inc.
Thank you,
[cid:image003.jpg@01D799AC.C93E7FE0]William Savage, AAG
Director, Healthcare Crimes Unit
Office of the Attorney General
6 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(207)626-8804