Clearview AI/Ring emails (Tacoma Police Department)

We received your request Reference number: T007037-021821 Date received: February 18, 2021 Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails received from the domains "@ring.com" and "@clearview.ai" and any sub-domains (such as "@mg.clearview.ai"), as well as any attachments and associated metadata.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Bridget Brululo

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02/26/2021
Bridget Brululo
MuckRock News DEPT MR 108346 411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA  02144
RE: PDR # T007037-021821
Dear Bridget Brululo,
The City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities has received your public records request dated 2/18/2021, in which you requested the following information:
“To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails received from the domains "@ring.com" and "@clearview.ai" and any sub-domains (such as "@mg.clearview.ai"), as well as any attachments and associated metadata.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Bridget Brululo

Upload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://www.muckrock.com/

Preferred Method to Receive Records:
Electronic via Request Center”
After further view of your request, it appears the subject of your request is related to facial recognition technology.  Your request was forwarded to the Tacoma Police Department for review compilation of responsive records, similar to your firms three previous requests; T004258, T005183, and T006332. The Tacoma Police Department is the most reasonable city department to maintain such records. However, you believe there are any other City Departments, please advise at your earliest convenience. In addition, you have not indicated a timeframe in which you are seeking records of. Please provide date range at your earliest convenience.
You may provide a response by responding to this email.  Upon receipt of your clarification, we will begin processing your request. If no clarification is received within 30 days from this notification, we will conduct a search and provide any responsive records we locate. In order to implement appropriate measures to protect our customers and staff, you may experience a delay in service. This is due to city employees working remotely from home and not having the ability to perform their duties due to access to physical files, co-workers, or their work site. We will continue to process your request and produce responsive records as quickly as we can, however, we ask for your understanding that estimated delivery dates may be longer than usual. With that said, we are attempting to locate and assemble the materials requested and to determine whether any of the documents are exempt from disclosure and we anticipate that we should have responsive documents on or before March 31, 2021. If there are questions, or delays we will contact you accordingly.
In the meantime, if you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Lisa Anderson
Public Disclosure Analyst
Public Records Office
(253) 779-7002

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03/19/2021
Bridget Brululo
MuckRock News DEPT MR 108346 411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA  02144
RE: PDR # T007037-021821
Dear Bridget Brululo,
The City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities has received your public records request dated 2/18/2021, in which you requested the following information:
“To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails received from the domains "@ring.com" and "@clearview.ai" and any sub-domains (such as "@mg.clearview.ai"), as well as any attachments and associated metadata.

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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Bridget Brululo

Upload documents directly: https://https://www.muckrock.comhttps://www.muckrock.com/

Preferred Method to Receive Records:
Electronic via Request Center”
The City has made a diligent and good-faith effort to locaterecords that are responsive to the above request. No records have been located. This request is now closed.   Please contact me immediately if you believe that different or additional records should have been provided in response to your request.
Regards,
Lisa Anderson
Public Disclosure Analyst
Public Records Office
(253) 779-7002