Applications for the Privacy Protection and Technology Advisory Commission is now open through Sept. 15. In 2017, the City of Chula Vista adopted a Smart City Strategic Action Plan with the key goal to become a more open and transparent city. The city has set on objective to maximize the use of data and analytics to improve services and increase public access to city information, and includes ensuring that technology, including public data and information collected is stored, managed, and utilized in a secure, transparent, and safe way, according to a city press release.
The City adopted the Privacy Protection and Technology Transparency policy in November 2022. As part of the policy’s implementation, the City is establishing an advisory commission responsible for carrying out for carrying out a brad range of advisory duties including reviewing and advising on City technology use policies, various City reports, acquisition of Surveillance Technology, procurement standards for agreements involving sensitive or surveillance technology, and facilitating public discussion of important issues related to privacy and City technology. The City Council approved an ordinance to establish the privacy advisory commission in July 2023. The Commission will consist of seven voting members and one ex officio member to be appointed.
Commission members should have expertise and background in at least one of the following categories:
• Information Technology & Data Security: Experience and/or expertise in cyber security and sensitive public information management and protection.
• Privacy Protection: Experience and/or academic or legal background related to individual privacy protection, open government principles and structures, and/or government transparency.
• Public Safety: Experience and/or expertise in federal, state, or local government public safety functions and operations.
Interested applicants can visit the webpage for more details and to apply at https://bit.ly/3OOde2m.
