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Facial Recognition Technologies

Andrew Chen made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

The request was successful.

From: Andrew Chen

Dear New Zealand Police,

I would like to request copies of any briefings, reports, or other papers provided to Ministers about the use of facial recognition technologies, including but not limited to Clearview AI, NEC's NeoFace, and HP's facial recognition/fingerprinting technology, since 19 October 2017.

Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen

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New Zealand Police

Dear Mr Chen
 
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below, received by NZ Police on 1 October 2020.
 
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.
 
Kind regards
Fiona
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

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To: "OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police"
<[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: "Andrew Chen" <[FYI request #13898 email]>
Date: 01/10/2020 04:34PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Facial Recognition
Technologies

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Dear New Zealand Police,
I would like to request copies of any briefings, reports, or other papers
provided to Ministers about the use of facial recognition technologies,
including but not limited to Clearview AI, NEC's NeoFace, and HP's facial
recognition/fingerprinting technology, since 19 October 2017.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen
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From: Andrew Chen

Dear New Zealand Police,
A response to this request was due on 30 October 2020, which has now long passed by two weeks. Could you please provide an update on the current status of this request?

Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen

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New Zealand Police

Good afternoon Mr Chen,
 
I have emailed the work group for an update and will get back to you as
soon as I have a response from them.
 
Kind regards,
 
Penni
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

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To: "OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police"
<[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: "Andrew Chen" <[FYI request #13898 email]>
Date: 17/11/2020 11:49AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA Request Acknowledgement IR-01-20-29688: Facial
Recognition Technologies

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Dear New Zealand Police,
A response to this request was due on 30 October 2020, which has now long
passed by two weeks. Could you please provide an update on the current
status of this request?
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen

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New Zealand Police

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Good morning Andrew.

 

 

I am writing in response to your query of 17 November regarding the status
of your OIA asking for “copies of any briefings, reports, or other papers
provided to Ministers about the use of facial recognition technologies,
including but not limited to Clearview AI, NEC's NeoFace, and HP's facial
recognition/fingerprinting technology, since 19 October 2017.” 

 

Upon investigation, we have now established that the request was assigned
to another user and has sat in a queue.  It has now been re-assigned, and
I will action it as soon as possible. 

 

I apologise for the delay in responding to your request.

 

 

Regards   

 

 

Greg Dalziel

Detective Senior Sergeant
Officer in Charge | Cybercrime Unit  |  High Tech Crime Group

Police National Headquarters, Wellington 6011

 

P  +64 [phone number redacted]

M  +64 [phone number redacted]

E  [1][email address]

 

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New Zealand Police

Good morning Mr Chen,
 
Your file is nearly completed and will then be sent for Executive review.
We will make it a priority and try and release it to you as quickly as
possible.
 
Thank you for your patience in this matter.
Kind regards,
 
Penni
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
-----"Andrew Chen" <[FYI request #13898 email]> wrote:
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To: "OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police"
<[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: "Andrew Chen" <[FYI request #13898 email]>
Date: 17/11/2020 11:49AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA Request Acknowledgement IR-01-20-29688: Facial
Recognition Technologies

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not
click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know
the content is safe.

Dear New Zealand Police,
A response to this request was due on 30 October 2020, which has now long
passed by two weeks. Could you please provide an update on the current
status of this request?
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen

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New Zealand Police

Attachment Chen Andrew IR 01 20 29688 final response with supporting documentation redacted.pdf
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Kia ora Andrew

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 1 October 2020.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.

Kind regards,

Sarah

PNHQ

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are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
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From: Andrew Chen

Dear New Zealand Police,
Thank you for your response. I would now like to also raise a fresh OIA request for:
copies of any briefings, reports, or other papers about the use of facial recognition technologies,
including but not limited to Clearview AI, NEC's NeoFace, and HP's facial
recognition/fingerprinting technology, since 19 October 2017.

Please note that this request does not specify "to Ministers" and I would expect it to include any internal Police briefings, reports, or papers, pending any assessment under the OIA rules.

Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen

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New Zealand Police

Dear Mr Chen,

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request (OIA)
received by New Zealand Police as below on 8 December 2020.
Please note, as per section 2 of the Act, the three weeks between 25
December and 15 January in the following year do not count as working
days. You can expect a response to your request on or before 27 January
2021.

 
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.
 
Kind regards
Penni
Ministerial Services
PNHQ

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To: "OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police"
<[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: "Andrew Chen" <[FYI request #13898 email]>
Date: 08/12/2020 11:41AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA response IR-01-20-29688

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not
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Dear New Zealand Police,
Thank you for your response. I would now like to also raise a fresh OIA
request for:
copies of any briefings, reports, or other papers about the use of facial
recognition technologies,
including but not limited to Clearview AI, NEC's NeoFace, and HP's facial
recognition/fingerprinting technology, since 19 October 2017.
Please note that this request does not specify "to Ministers" and I would
expect it to include any internal Police briefings, reports, or papers,
pending any assessment under the OIA rules.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Chen

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From: VAN PEER, Tanja
New Zealand Police

Good morning Andrew,

 

I would like to clarify what documentation you are looking for to better
assist you. The request is still very broad and if we could discuss more
specifically what it is you are looking for, I can help narrow down your
OIA request.

 

Is there a number I could call you on please?

 

Kind Regards

 

Tanja

 

 

Tanja van Peer   
MSc (Hons) Forens, BSc, Dip FP

Manager: National Forensic Services | New Zealand Police
P   +64 [phone number redacted]   |   M   +64 [phone number redacted]   |   E  
[1][email address]

National Criminal Investigations Group, 180 Molesworth Street, Wellington
6011 [2]www.police.govt.nz

Safer Communities Together

 

 

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are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
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From: Andrew Chen

Kia ora,
As discussed on the phone today, I'm interested in discussions that Police have had around adopting the use of facial recognition technologies, in particular whether privacy and ethics considerations have been taken into account, so documents like Privacy Impact Assessments would be of particular relevance.

Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen

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From: COSTELLO, Penelope (Penny)
New Zealand Police

Hi Andrew,

 

I am in the process of addressing your Official Information Act request.

 

Could you please confirm whether you have withdrawn your request dated 8
December 2020 for:

 

“Copies of any briefings, reports or other papers about the use of facial
recognition technologies, including but not limited to Clearview AI, NEC’s
NeoFace, and HP’s facial recognition / fingerprinting technology since 19
October 2017.

 

Please note that this request does not specify “to Ministers” and I would
expect it to include any internal Police briefings, reports or papers,
pending any assessment under the OIA rules.”

And replaced it with the request below in your email dated 2 February
2021:

 

“Kia ora,

As discussed on the phone today, I'm interested in discussions that Police
have had around adopting the use of facial recognition technologies, in
particular whether privacy and ethics considerations have been taken into
account, so documents like Privacy Impact Assessments would be of
particular relevance.

 

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Chen”

 

I look forward to your response.

 

 

Regards,

 

Penny Costello

Coordinator: National Forensic Services | National Criminal
Investigations Group | New Zealand Police |

 

(+64 4 470 4778 | Extn: 41078 | Ê +64 4 498 7409

 

Delivery:  180 Molesworth St, Thorndon, Wellington | Postal: Police
National Headquarters, PO Box 3017, Wellington, 6140 | Email:
[1][email address]

 

 

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are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
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From: Andrew Chen

Dear COSTELLO, Penelope (Penny),
I had a phone call conversation with Tanja van Peer on 2 February 2021 to clarify and refine my request. It is not a withdrawal but an attempt to be more specific so that Police can provide the appropriate documents for my request.

Yours sincerely,
Andrew Chen

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New Zealand Police

Attachment Chen Andrew IR 01 20 37182 final response.pdf
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Kia ora Andrew

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 8 December 2020.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.

Kind regards, Michelle

Ministerial Services PNHQ

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WARNING

The information contained in this email message is intended for the
addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.

Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect
those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
error, please email or telephone the sender immediately

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From: Andrew Chen

Dear New Zealand Police,
Thank you very much for the response, it is helpful to understand these processes and systems better. Please also pass on a thank you to all people who have been involved in compiling the response to this OIA request.

Ngā mihi nui,
Andrew Chen

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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()

It's a real shame Police has chosen to release all this information in an inaccessible format. It looks like the response is 196 pages of images of text.

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Andrew Chen left an annotation ()

Also unfortunate because the letter itself contains hyperlinks that are not clickable. Thankfully I can find the referenced materials elsewhere, but the inaccessible format does make it a bit trickier to parse.

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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()

You could ask Police to provide an accessible copy, if necessary. I've had success with this approach before, though usually I've already asked for it in an accessible format in my original request, and it has sometimes required going to the Ombudsman.

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