DC Metropolitan Police, Clearview
| Tracking # |
2020-FOIA-02352 |
| Submitted | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 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 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Caroline Haskins, Request Number 2020-FOIA-02352 has been assigned to the request you submitted in relation to: Request description: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 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 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins In all future correspondence regarding this request, please reference request number 2020-FOIA-02352. Regards,
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From: Metropolitan Police Department
DearMs./Mrs. Haskins, This office is inreceipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Your FOIA request numberis 2020-FOIA-02352 and your assigned FOIA request has been assigned to Robert Eckert. If you have anyquestions regarding your request, please contact the assigned FOIA Specialistat (202) 727-3721. For ease of reference, we ask that you have your FOIARequest Number available when you contact our office. Regards, LatrinaCrumlin StaffAssistant MetropolitanPolice Department 300Indiana Avenue, Rm 4153 Washington,DC 20001
From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Caroline Haskins, The status for your request is below. Please log into https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx and go to Request Status. If you have any questions regarding the status of your request, please contact the agency's FOIA office that you had submitted your FOIA request to. You can communicate directly with the FOIA office by clicking on Inbox, search the request number, and then click Compose Message. OR, visit to see a list DC Government FOIA Office’s/officer’s contact information and have your Request ID ready. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Contact FOIA Office Request status: In Process Request ID: 2020-FOIA-02352 Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 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 20 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Caroline Haskins Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act 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: Metropolitan Police Department
Caroline Haskins
MuckRock News DEPT MR 84877
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Re: FOIA Request No.: 2020-FOIA-02352
Dear Ms. Haskins:
This is in response to the above-referenced Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for 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."”
A search located no records responsive to your request, except for two (2) e-mail messages that originated from outside of MPD. You may wish to submit a FOIA request to the District of Columbia's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) at the District of Columbia's FOIA portal/web page: https://foia-dc.govpalMain.aspx<https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx>. You may also contact HSEMA at:
Whitney Bowen, Program Analyst
District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA)
2720 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, S.E., 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20032
hsema.foia@dc.gov<mailto:hsema.foia@dc.gov>
(202) 481-3188
Fax: (202) 715-7288.
You may also wish to contact the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATFE), U.S. Department of Justice, at:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Information Privacy and Governance (IPG) Division, Room 4E, 301
99 New York Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20226
Phone: 202-648-8740
Email: foiamail@atf.gov<mailto:foiamail@atf.gov>
Please know that, under D.C. Official Code § 2-537 and 1 DCMR § 412, you have the right to appeal this letter to the Mayor or to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. If you elect to appeal to the Mayor, your appeal must be in writing and contain “Freedom of Information Act Appeal” or “FOIA Appeal” in the subject line of the letter as well on the outside of the envelope. The appeal must include (1) a copy of the original request; (2) a copy of any written denial; (3) a statement of the circumstances, reasons, and/or arguments advanced in support of disclosure; and (4) a daytime telephone number, an e-mail and/or U.S. mailing address at which you can be reached.
The appeal must be mailed to: The Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Appeal, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 407, Washington, D.C. 20004. Electronic versions of the same information can instead be e-mailed to The Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel at foia.appeals@dc.gov<mailto:foia.appeals@dc.gov> .Further, a copy of all appeal materials must be forwarded to the Freedom of Information Officer of the involved agency, or to the agency head of that agency, if there is no designated Freedom of Information Officer there. Failure to follow these administrative steps will result in delay in the processing and commencement of a response to your appeal to the Mayor.
Sincerely,
Bob Eckert
FOIA Specialist
Metropolitan Police Department
Freedom of Information Act Office
Robert.eckert@dc.gov<mailto:Robert.eckert@dc.gov>
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From: Metropolitan Police Department
This is an automated message from the DC Government FOIA system. Dear Caroline Haskins, The status for your request is below. Please log into https://foia-dc.gov/palMain.aspx and go to Request Status. If you have any questions regarding the status of your request, please contact the agency's FOIA office that you had submitted your FOIA request to. You can communicate directly with the FOIA office by clicking on Inbox, search the request number, and then click Compose Message. OR, visit to see a list DC Government FOIA Office’s/officer’s contact information and have your Request ID ready. (https://dc.gov/node/818962) Contact FOIA Office Request status: Closed Request ID: 2020-FOIA-02352 Description: To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 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 20 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Caroline Haskins Regards,
DC Government FOIA Portal
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