MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Alcohol Gambling Enforcement Program Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Driver and Vehicle Services Homeland Security and Emergency Management Minnesota State Patrol Office of Communications Of?ce of Justice Programs Of?ce of Traffic Safety State Fire Marshal and Pipeline Safety BureaidCrimlml warm-an Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 1430 Maryland Avenue E., St. Paul, Minnesota 55106 Phone: 651/793-7000 FAX: 651/793-7001 651/282-6555 Internet: October 3, 2019 Mr. Jason Kelly Digital Strategist, Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 Dear Mr. Kelly: Please ?nd enclosed the responsive data to your September 18, 2019 request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in which you seek the following records under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act: Any manuals, memos, policies or other guidelines that Minnesota Department of Public Safety or any other relevant agency follows for using the FR system; I Enclosed. 2. Formal or informal policies or rules followed by Minnesota Department of Public Safety personnel for running facial recognition searches requested by external entities, including, but not limited to, federal, state or local law enforcement agencies; No responsive data. 3. Any notices provided by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety to external agencies about the ability to run or request facial recognition searches against the photo database. This request includes, but is not limited to instructions, request forms, and other materials issued to external agencies regarding requests to conduct a facial recognition search against the photo database; 0 Enclosed. 4. Agreements or memoranda of understanding (MOUs) signed with external entities permitting those agencies to run or request facial recognition searches against the photo database; and Enclosed. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Mr. Jason Kelly October 3, 2019 Page 2 5. Any records relating to the sharing of biometric information or FR technology with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) or National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (N LETS), including, but not limited to, RFPs, responses to RFPs, agreements, contracts, correspondence, reports and invoices. We request that Where available and appropriate, responsive records are provided electronically in their native format (such as a CSV or as textsearchable PDFs, and that the parent/child relationship between records is preserved.? 1- No responsive data. If you have questions or need anything ?thher, please contact me. Sincerely, 6W Judith M. Strobel Senior Legal Analyst Enclosures MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Of?ce of the Commissioner 445 Minnesota Street 0 Suite 1000 0 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Phone: 651.201.7160 0 Fax: 651.297.5728 0 TTY: 651.282.6555 Website: dps.mn.gov Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Bureau of Criminal Apprehension October 10, 2019 Mr. Jason Kelly Digital Strategist, Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 Driver and Vehicle Services Dear Mr. Kelly: Emergency Communication Networks Sigmgaggd Enclosed please find the information responsive to your September 18, 2019 request Emer em; under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act to the Department of Public Safety 9 Management (DPS). The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a division of DPS, has responded Minnesota to you separately. Your request followed by responses is listed below: State Patrol Office of Communications Office of Justice Programs Office of Pipeline Safety Office of Traffic Safety State Fire Marshal Any manuals, memos, policies or other guidelines that Minnesota Department of Public Safety or any other relevant agency follows for using the FR system; a Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) photo validation software is provided by the card vendor, IDEMIA. DVS uses the Photo Validation Server Manual provided by IDEMIA, which is enclosed. Trade secret information in the manual has been redacted by IDEMIA. Formal or informal policies or rules followed by Minnesota Department of Public Safety personnel for running facial recognition searches requested by external entities, including, but not limited to, federal, state or local law enforcement agencies; There is no information responsive to your request. DVS does not run facial recognition searches for external entities, including, but not limited to, federal, state or local law enforcement agencies. Any notices, memoranda, or other alerts provided bythe Minnesota Department of Public Safety to external agencies about the ability to run or request facial recognition searches against the photo database. This request includes, but is not limited to instructions, request forms, and other materials issued to external agencies regarding requests to conduct a facial recognition search against the photo database; 0 There is no information responsive to your request. EQUAL EMPLOYER October 10, 2019 Mr. Jason Kelly Page 2 4. Agreements or memoranda of understanding (IVIOUs) signed with external entities permitting those entities to run or request facial recognition searches against the photo database; it There is no information responsive to your request. 5. Any records relating to the sharing of biometric information or FR technology with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) or the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS), including, but not limited to, RFPs, responses to RFPs, agreements, contracts, correspondence, reports and invoices. - There is no information responsive to your request. DVS does not share biometric information or FR technology with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators or the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me directly. Since rely, War/140%. Cassandra O?Hern Deputy Commissioner Enclosure