Q&A
NYPD drone data retention policies
1:46:43
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Council Member Chi Osse inquires about the NYPD's data retention policies for drone footage. Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber explains the department's practices regarding data storage and deletion.
- The baseline retention period for drone footage is 30 days
- After 30 days, the data is deleted by being overwritten
- Footage may be kept longer if needed for a case or other reasons
- Data is not saved in a cloud or third-party application
Chi Osse
1:46:43
In terms of data and how it's collected, when data that is collected through a drone, how long is is is that data kept for?
1:46:54
The baseline is thirty days.
1:46:56
Thirty days of that?
Michael Gerber
1:46:57
And again, if it's if whether for a case or otherwise, it could be obviously that can be taken and sort of extended.
1:47:03
Sometimes it has to be kept for much longer.
1:47:05
But the baseline is thirty days.
1:47:07
And Council Member, just to go back to just one second for your question earlier, when you asked about general surveillance, and that is codified in department policy, that we will not use drones for general surveillance of
Yusef Salaam
1:47:16
that sort.
Chi Osse
1:47:17
Okay.
1:47:17
Thank you for that information.
1:47:19
So if the data is determined to not be needed, it's destroyed, or what happens with that data?
1:47:26
After thirty days, it's deleted.
1:47:28
It's not
Michael Gerber
1:47:31
right.
1:47:31
So it's written over.
1:47:33
In other words, you know, it's like a was it first in, out sort of thing.
1:47:38
But after thirty days, it should be just it'll be manually overwritten.