Cobwebs Contracts and Use Records (San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office)
| Tracking # |
STK-CV-UWM-2024-16425 174018-5846696 |
| Multi Request | Cobwebs Contracts and Use Records |
| Submitted | Oct. 2, 2024 |
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From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is submitting this request for records under the California Public Records Act.
The requested records are those, for the period between January 1, 2020 and the date on which this request is processed, describing and relating to the relationship between this agency and Cobwebs Technologies (and/or its parent company, PenLink; for reference, see https://www.penlink.com/press-release/cobwebs-technologies-joins-penlink-to-expand-its-digital-investigative-platform/) and any relationships between any representative of either entity.
Responsive records include, but are not limited to, documents concerning or mentioning Cobwebs and any representative thereof, including all documentation regarding its Tangles platform and any other service or software provided by or created by Cobwebs. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
CONTRACT AND AGREEMENTS
• All contracts, memorandums of understanding, and any other written agreements between this agency and Fog Data Science, including all associated amendments, exhibits, and supplemental and supporting documentation.
FINANCIAL MATERIALS
• All financial documents or records of financial transactions, exchanges or obligations related to the relationship between the aforementioned entities. Responsive materials include all invoices, bills, receipts, check stubs, or any other records, including those possessed in an electronic format. This also includes any Requests for Proposal and bidding materials provided by Cobwebs and any other entities responding to the same Request for Proposal or equivalent procurement request.
DOCUMENTATION OF USE
• Any logs of use and other data obtained from the Cobwebs platform. Should query logs exist for any other platform, service, or software created and/or provided by Cobwebs, these materials are also responsive to this request.
• Any audits and reports of audits of use of Cobwebs platforms
We ask that these materials be provided on a rolling basis; as your office collects and reviews records, we would appreciate it if your office would provide those materials to us incrementally. If possible, please provide any responsive contractual and financial materials within the statutorily-mandated public record law timeframe. We would prefer communications to be provided next. Please contact us for further discussion regarding the search and release of these materials.
This request is not being made for commercial purposes. Please assess fees appropriately in accordance with a public records request being made in the public interest.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform us of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I request that all records be disclosed in their native, digital format and transmitted to us electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or by CD-ROM if not.
If you need any more information in order to process the request, or cannot process a portion of the request for any reason, please respond to the email address on this request or “beryl@eff.org”. Further discussion may be conducted via email. Please let us know if a phone call will be necessary or desirable; such contact information will be provided upon request.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Sincerely,
{NAME}
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello —
I'm writing to confirm that your office has received the CPRA request copied below. Please let me know if I can provide any clarification.
Best wishes,
Beryl
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To Whom It May Concern:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is submitting this request for records under the California Public Records Act.
The requested records are those, for the period between January 1, 2020 and the date on which this request is processed, describing and relating to the relationship between this agency and Cobwebs Technologies (and/or its parent company, PenLink; for reference, see https://www.penlink.com/press-release/cobwebs-technologies-joins-penlink-to-expand-its-digital-investigative-platform/) and any relationships between any representative of either entity.
Responsive records include, but are not limited to, documents concerning or mentioning Cobwebs and any representative thereof, including all documentation regarding its Tangles platform and any other service or software provided by or created by Cobwebs. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
CONTRACT AND AGREEMENTS
• All contracts, memorandums of understanding, and any other written agreements between this agency and Fog Data Science, including all associated amendments, exhibits, and supplemental and supporting documentation.
FINANCIAL MATERIALS
• All financial documents or records of financial transactions, exchanges or obligations related to the relationship between the aforementioned entities. Responsive materials include all invoices, bills, receipts, check stubs, or any other records, including those possessed in an electronic format. This also includes any Requests for Proposal and bidding materials provided by Cobwebs and any other entities responding to the same Request for Proposal or equivalent procurement request.
DOCUMENTATION OF USE
• Any logs of use and other data obtained from the Cobwebs platform. Should query logs exist for any other platform, service, or software created and/or provided by Cobwebs, these materials are also responsive to this request.
• Any audits and reports of audits of use of Cobwebs platforms
We ask that these materials be provided on a rolling basis; as your office collects and reviews records, we would appreciate it if your office would provide those materials to us incrementally. If possible, please provide any responsive contractual and financial materials within the statutorily-mandated public record law timeframe. We would prefer communications to be provided next. Please contact us for further discussion regarding the search and release of these materials.
This request is not being made for commercial purposes. Please assess fees appropriately in accordance with a public records request being made in the public interest.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform us of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I request that all records be disclosed in their native, digital format and transmitted to us electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or by CD-ROM if not.
If you need any more information in order to process the request, or cannot process a portion of the request for any reason, please respond to the email address on this request or “beryl@eff.org”. Further discussion may be conducted via email. Please let us know if a phone call will be necessary or desirable; such contact information will be provided upon request.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Sincerely,
Beryl
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sjso-public-records-request_Cobwebs.pdf
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 3, 2024. 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: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Attached please find correspondence concerning your CPRA request.
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Ext. Response 101424
From: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Good Afternoon,
There is a possibility that you have already received a response. Have you check your junk/spam folder? Sometimes due to the attachments some of the emails tend to be sent there. If it is not in there, I will send out a notification.
Thank You,
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Janny Som
Office Assistant
San Joaquin County, Clerk of the Board
44 N. San Joaquin Street, Rm 627
Stockton, California 95202
Phone: (209) 468-2350
Email: jsom@sjgov.org
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From: Beryl Lipton
Hello —
I think my message for a follow up on October 14 went out just before I received your acknowledgement letter with the message that I could expect an additional response before the end of the month. Please let me know if I can provide any clarification in order to move forward processing of this request.
Thanks so much,
Beryl
From: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Greetings,
I am unable to click on the link provided until it is cleared by our IT department. This appears to be multiple requests in one email stream. What specifically are you following up on, subject matter. What date? I searched your email address and am not finding anything.
Please let me know, should you have any questions. Thank you.
Mary Southmayd
Office Secretary
San Joaquin County, Clerk of the Board
44 N. San Joaquin Street, Rm 627
Stockton, California 95202
Phone: (209) 468-2350
Email: msouthmayd@sjgov.org<mailto:msouthmayd@sjgov.org>
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From: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Please find attached correspondence concerning your CPRA request.
Sincerely,
Rachael Allgaier
Deputy County Counsel
Office of the County Counsel
County of San Joaquin
44 N. San Joaquin Street, Suite 679
Stockton, CA 95202
(209) 468-2980
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This communication contains legally privileged and confidential information sent solely for the use of the intended recipient, and the privilege is not waived by the receipt of this communication by an unintended and unauthorized recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you are not authorized to use it in any manner, and must either immediately destroy it or return it to the sender. Please notify the sender immediately by telephone at the Office of San Joaquin County Counsel (209) 468-2980 if you received this communication in error.
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello, Rachael —
Many thanks for your update. I look forward to receiving the responsive materials your office has identified. Please let me know if you have any questions for me.
Wishing you and your team well,
Beryl
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 3, 2024. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 8, 2024. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #174018-5846696.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Please find attached correspondence concerning your CPRA request.
Sincerely,
Rachael Allgaier
Deputy County Counsel
Office of the County Counsel
County of San Joaquin
44 N. San Joaquin Street, Suite 679
Stockton, CA 95202
(209) 468-2980
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This communication contains legally privileged and confidential information sent solely for the use of the intended recipient, and the privilege is not waived by the receipt of this communication by an unintended and unauthorized recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you are not authorized to use it in any manner, and must either immediately destroy it or return it to the sender. Please notify the sender immediately by telephone at the Office of San Joaquin County Counsel (209) 468-2980 if you received this communication in error.
From: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Ms. Lipton,
As previously referenced in my letter from November 8, 2024, Pen-Link Ltd. has filed a Verified Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief; Petition for Writ of Mandate (attached) with the San Joaquin County Superior Court. The County has not yet been served, but we have been notified that the Complaint was filed on November 22, 2024, and that a Case Management Conference has been set for August 20, 2025 at 8:45 a.m. in Dept. 10A of the San Joaquin County Superior Courthouse located at 180 E. Weber Ave., Stockton, CA 95202.
The court case number assigned to this matter is STK-CV-UWM-2024-16425.
Thank you,
Rachael Allgaier
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello, Ms. Allgaier —
Thank you for sending along these materials. I'm hoping you can provide additional clarification. Are there responsive materials available besides the redacted records your office sent on November 8, 2024? I don't believe there were exemptions cited for the redactions provided. Could you please provide the exemptions under which these materials are held or clarify whether all of the redactions are being withheld as trade secrets?
Thanks so much for your time and help.
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Good Afternoon,
At the outset, please be advised that the County objects to your request on the ground that the request does not reasonably describe “identifiable records” pursuant to Government Code Section 7922.530(a). The CPRA does not require that answers to specific questions be provided, nor that documents be compiled or created by the responding agency. Haynie v. Superior Court (2001) 26 Cal. 4th 1061.
In response to your questions below, please be advised that the County objects to your request pursuant to Government Code Section 7920.530(a), to the extent the CPRA does not require a local agency to create a record that does not exist at the time of the request. Haynie v. Superior Court, supra, 26 Cal.4th, at p. 1075; City of San Jose v. Superior Court (2017) 2 Cal.5th 608, 616-627; Sander v. Superior Court (2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 651. Further, the CPRA does not require that a local agency create a “privilege log” or list that identifies the specific records being withheld. Haynie v. Superior Court, supra, 26 Cal.4th, at p. 1075.
A list of objections and exemptions were provided to you with the County’s response to your request, please refer to the same as the basis for any redactions or withheld documents.
Regards,
Rachael Allgaier
Deputy County Counsel
Office of the County Counsel
County of San Joaquin
44 N. San Joaquin Street, Suite 679
Stockton, CA 95202
(209) 468-2980
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This communication contains legally privileged and confidential information sent solely for the use of the intended recipient, and the privilege is not waived by the receipt of this communication by an unintended and unauthorized recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you are not authorized to use it in any manner, and must either immediately destroy it or return it to the sender. Please notify the sender immediately by telephone at the Office of San Joaquin County Counsel (209) 468-2980 if you received this communication in error.
