Shenandoah, Clearview
Submitted | Jan. 2, 2020 |
Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
I am hereby requesting the following records that relate to Clearview AI:
* Any contracts, purchase, orders, invoices, and receipts related to Clearview AI.
* 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 Clearview AI. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Clearview AI, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Clearview AI, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Clearview AI to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
* 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 Clearview AI.
* A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Clearview AI as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
* 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 "Clearview AI."
The requested documents will be made available to the general public in the process of reporting for BuzzFeed News, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. Therefore, I hereby request that all fees are waived in the processing of this request.
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,
Caroline Haskins
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Iowa Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 2, 2020. 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: Shenandoah Police Department
TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN,
IN REGARDS TO YOUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT RELATE TO CLEARVIEW AL. WE
ARE NEEDING MORE INFORMATION TO FULLFILL YOUR REQUEST. WE HAVE NEVER USED
YOUR SYSTEM NOR DO WE KNOW WHAT CLEARVIEW AL IS. IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT
YOUR NEEDING WE WILL GLADLY TRY AND SATIFY YOUR REQUEST.
THANK YOU,
Jena Bowers- Clerk
Shenandoah Police Department
400 W Sheridan Ave
Shenandoah, Ia 51601
(712) 246-3512
From: Caroline Haskins
Hi, thanks for the follow-up. Even if you do not use Clearview AI, it would be great to see any promotional materials that have been sent to this police department, through sources like Crimedex, that mention Clearview AI. Clearview AI is a facial recognition software.
From: Shenandoah Police Department
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION INVOLVING THIS COMPANY OR INVOLVING FACIAL
RECOGNITION SOFTWARE. WE ARE TOO SMALL OF A DEPARTMENT FOR THAT SERVICE
THANKS
Jena Bowers- Clerk
Shenandoah Police Department
400 W Sheridan Ave
Shenandoah, Ia 51601
(712) 246-3512
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From: Caroline Haskins
Thanks for your help!