The City’s surveillance technologies policy passed on February 1 and directs BPS’s Smart City PDX program to create a citywide inventory of surveillance technologies and implement privacy impact assessments in procurement.
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The City of Portland Surveillance technologies Policy has been submitted to the City revision process. You can download the proposed policy and additional materials in this blog post.
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This blog post includes access to the surveillance technologies policy September 15, 2022 draft and the public invitation to the City Council work session on surveillance technologies and risks and impacts assessments on September 27, 2022.
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This is the public invitation for the participatory policy making process that the City of Portland’s Smart City PDX program and the Office of Equity and Human Rights are organizing. The goal of these events is the development of a draft of the City’s surveillance technologies policy.
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The Smart City PDX team and the Office of Equity and Human Rights coordinated a Portland City Council work session on surveillance technologies. The work session included how the cities of Seattle and Oakland manage surveillance technologies. Community members shared some impacts and recommendations on how the City can protect residents’ and visitors’ digital rights.
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This report is in compliance with the ordinance ban on use of face recognition technologies by City bureaus. None of the City bureaus reporting back to Smart City PDX use face recognition technologies as of April 16, 2021.
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The City of Portland is centering impacted community voices in the development of the City’s comprehensive surveillance policy using participatory policy making. Twenty three community members from a diverse set of local organizations provided City staff with input and feedback towards a more equitable public engagement in a community discussion held in June of 2021. This blog post summarizes some key takeaways from this event.
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