Meetings were publicly noticed on and open to the public, which enabled interested residents to attend. The working group includes appointed representatives and contributing members from the ACLU of Massachusetts, Student Immigrant Movement, the City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology, the Mayor’s Office, and the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics. Partnering with trusted, community-based organizations for ongoing listening sessions, event planning, and community-led engagement around City surveillance and data collection practices.Embedding an ethos of data privacy for City employees by offering clear and relevant training on privacy principles, beginning in the employee onboarding stage and proceeding through their tenure.Forming a first-of-its-kind Privacy Advisory Committee, which would serve as an expert body for City employees across departments to consult on privacy aspects of both day-to-day work and special projects.The working group’s recommendations include: Our recommendations will, if accepted and implemented, help to ensure Boston’s adoption and use of new technologies protect privacy, follow best practices, incorporate community input, and promote transparency.” “Since passing the surveillance oversight ordinance last year, the City’s working group has been identifying and addressing gaps in process, policy, and procedure to better serve Boston residents and communities. ![]() “Technological innovation has too often outpaced our basic rights, leaving local governments in the dust,” said Kade Crockford, Technology for Liberty program director at the ACLU of Massachusetts and working group member. Working group recommends first-ever Privacy Advisory CommitteeĪ City of Boston working group established by the 2021 surveillance technology oversight ordinance today released recommendations to increase transparency, accountability, and engagement regarding the City’s use of technology that can implicate personal privacy.
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