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 a report that includes main public feedback and comments, as of May 10, 2022, shared through public events organized as part of the surveillance technologies policy development.
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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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Smart City PDX submits comments to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy RFI on use of biometric information in government.
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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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A co-design event organized last December 13, 2021 tried to be a space for open discussion and collaboration to understand how surveillance technologies impact Portlanders. This post is a general summary of the findings and comments. Detailed analysis and raw comments are also accessible to download.
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This blog post releases a series of videos from the participation of community advocates on digital justice discussing surveillance technologies impacts. Direct links to the videos are provided.
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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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The City of Portland leads the way on the topic of digital justice as a strategy to enhance human and civil rights of all Portlanders in the digital age. This is a draft definition and we are asking the public for feedback and suggestions for improvement.
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Model legislation prioritizes racial equity and data privacy, serves public need and builds trust for stewardship of public data.
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The City of Portland is proposing a ban on the use of Face Recognition Technologies by private entities in places of public accommodation. This post explains where this policy would be effective, exemptions to the policy, and how this proposal was drafted with help from Portland’s communities.
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An exercise in participatory policymaking brought voices from communities impacted by the private use of face recognition technologies. The Poly DiscoTech public meeting in March 2020 was attended by 14 community advocates to contribute to the policy that will regulate private use of facial recognition in Portland.
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The City of Portland is considering policies to regulate surveillance technologies in 2020. This post describes facial recognition and why city governments are considering regulation.
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Last November 5 and 6, 2018, City of Portland’s Office of Equity and Human Rights, Smart City PDX and the Mayor’s office organize a privacy and information protection community engagement session to review how the City of Portland can become a better data steward for the people of our city. Officials from the City of Seattle and Oakland joined the discussion and shared challenges that their cities are dealing with around information privacy.
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