Geolocation data providers (Office of the Attorney General - Washington)
| Multi Request | Geolocation data providers |
| Submitted | July 7, 2021 |
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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 - Washington, 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 - Washington 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 - Washington and Gravy Analytics, Venntel, or Babel Street;
- All written communications, emails, and attachments between Office of the Attorney General - Washington 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Washington Public Records 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 - Washington
Dear Beryl Lipton,
Thank you for your below public records request; it has been assigned the above file number and we ask that you please reference that number on any future correspondence regarding this request.
We are searching our records to determine the location, nature, and amount of records, if any, that may be responsive to your request. If responsive records are found, I estimate I can make available an installment of records on or before August 9, 2021. If records are ready prior to that time, I will notify you. If this time assessment requires adjustment, I will also advise you of that.
Please contact me at the below email address or at Office of the Attorney General, Public Records & Constituent Services, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, if you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance to you.
Sincerely,
Emily Kok
Public Records Officer
Washington State Office of the Attorney General
(360) 586-2741
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Washington Public Records 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 - Washington
Dear Beryl Lipton,
We are searching our records to determine the location, nature, and amount of records, if any, that may be responsive to your request. If responsive records are found, I estimate I can make available an installment of records on or before August 9, 2021. If records are ready prior to that time, I will notify you. If this time assessment requires adjustment, I will also advise you of that.
Please contact me at the below email address or at Office of the Attorney General, Public Records & Constituent Services, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, if you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance to you.
Sincerely,
Emily Kok
Public Records Officer
Washington State Office of the Attorney General
(360) 586-2741
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From: Office of the Attorney General - Washington
Dear Beryl Lipton,
We are continuing to review records for responsive documents. Please give us until August 31, 2021, to complete our review. If any records are found to be responsive prior to that time, I will notify you. If this time assessment needs adjustment, I will notify you of that as well.
Sincerely,
Emily Kok
Public Records Officer
Washington State Office of the Attorney General
(360) 586-2741
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 7, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Aug. 9, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Office of the Attorney General - Washington
Beryl Lipton –
This email is to conclude your public records request for the following:
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 - Washington, 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 - Washington 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 – Washington and Gravy Analytics, Venntel, or Babel Street;
- All written communications, emails, and attachments between Office of the Attorney General – Washington 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.
Attached to this email is a 34-page (BL-00001 – BL-00034) document of records located in response to your request. We did not withhold or redact any information in these records. We are sending these to you free of charge and will now consider this request closed.
Please contact me at the above email address or Attorney General’s Office, PO Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, should you have questions. Thank you.
La Dona Jensen
Director of Public Records
& Constituent Services
ladona.jensen@atg.wa.gov<mailto:ladona.jensen@atg.wa.gov>
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