Erie County Sheriff Social Media Surveillance

Robert Galbraith filed this request with the Erie County Sheriff's Office of Erie County, NY.

It is a clone of this request.

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From: Robert Galbraith

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York State Freedom of Information Law (1977 N.Y. Laws ch. 933), I hereby request the following records:

1. All records regarding the purchase of, acquisition of, installation of, subscription to, payment for, or agreements concerning software designed to access information from social media services;

2. All records that contain any information about the functioning of software designed to access information from social media services that is used or has been used by the Erie County Sheriff's Office;

3. All records regarding correspondence about or with a company that offers software designed to access information from social media services, including but not limited to all correspondence about or with the companies Brightplanet, Geofeedia, Intrado Inc, LifeRaft, Magnet Forensics, Media Sonar, Signal Corporation, and ZeroFOX;

4. All records regarding the policies that govern access to or use of software designed to access information from social media services;

5. All training materials and all records used to instruct members of your agency in the proper use of software designed to access information from social media services or of the information such software is capable of accessing;

6. All records regarding the sharing with entities outside the Buffalo Police Department of information obtained from or obtained by using software designed to access information from social media services;

7. All records referencing social media profiles, comments, posts, messages, or events accessed or retained from social media services through use of software deisnged to access information from social media services.

If you determine that some but not all of the information is exempt from disclosure and that you intend to withhold it, I ask that you redact it for the time being and make the rest available as requested. In any event, please provide a notification citing the legal authorities on which you rely if you determine that any or all of the information is exempt and will not be disclosed.

Because this request is on a matter of public concern and the materials requested will be made available to the public for non-commercial purposes, I request that any fees associated with providing requested records be waived. I also request that documents be provided in electronic format if at all possible. Doing so would eliminate the need to copy the materials and provides another basis for my requested fee waiver. If, however, such a waiver is denied, please inform me in advance if the cost will be greater than $50.

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,

Robert Galbraith

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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. 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: Muckrock Staff

To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. 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: Erie County Sheriff's Office

Dear Mr. Galbraith;

On behalf of Undersheriff Greenan, please be advised the Erie County Sheriff's Office is not in possession of any documentation to satisfy your FOIL request

If you should have any questions, you may contact Undersheriff Greenan at John.Greenan@erie.gov<mailto:John.Greenan@erie.gov> or myself at Karen.Weatherbee@erie.gov<mailto:Karen.Weatherbee@erie.gov>.

Respectfully,

Karen

Karen Weatherbee
Assistant to Undersheriff Greenan
Erie County Sheriff's Office
10 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14202
716-858-6168
716-858-7882 fax