2022/25071 - Dataminr

REQUEST

I'm writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to ask that you please disclose to me whether your force uses the company DATAMINR.

I'd like to know of any contract that you hold with this company, from 2019 to present, or, if not direct contracts, whether or not you use this company / have bought it through a third-party software broker.

I'd like to know, if the previous answer is yes, what events it has tracked for you, including any and all protest events, and who's tweets / which news events were targeted by it, including BLM, XR, Insulate Britain, Women's Marches, "antifa", anti-arms trade groups, trade unions, environmentalist groups, or LGBTQ+ rights campaigners.

I'd also like a copy of the contract, if relevant, and user service agreement for this work.

RESPONSE

We can confirm that Dataminr is not used by Gwent Police.