Ring Promo, Norman

Caroline Haskins filed this request with the City Clerk of Norman, OK.
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From: Caroline Haskins


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Law enforcement agencies around the country are entering into Promotional Discount Agreements with Ring, Amazon's home security camera company. (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3ag37/us-cities-are-helping-people-buy-amazon-surveillance-cameras-using-taxpayer-money) These agreements direct city funds toward providing a discount on Ring products, such as doorbell cameras.

Therefore, I hereby request the following records related to Ring and possible Promotional Discount Agreements:

1) All calendar invitations, instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other documents that mention Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any minutes/notes taking 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, marketing, or promotion 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, Promotional Discount Agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the city 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) between city government workers with Ring representatives.

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: City Clerk

Good morning, Ms. Caroline Haskins! Please find attached the email from the Norman Police Department with their response to your Open Records Request forwarded to you on August 23, 2019, and again on August 27, 2019. Please let myself or Captain Brent Barbour know if you do not receive this email and I will also be watching for a return of the email, otherwise this request is closed.
Respectfully,

Regina Oliphant
Administrative Technician IV
City of Norman
City Clerk’s Office
City of Norman Action Center
201 West Gray
Norman, OK 73069
(405) 366-5409
Action Center: (405) 366-5396
Fax: (405) 366-5389
Email: regina.oliphant@normanok.gov<mailto:regina.oliphant@normanok.gov>
action.center@normanok.gov<mailto:action.center@normanok.gov>
Website: www.normanok.gov<http://www.normanok.gov/>

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From: City Clerk

This record has been sent to you twice - the request has been closed

Brenda Hall, City Clerk
City of Norman
P.O. Box 370
Norman, OK 73070
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(405) 366-5405

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