Safe Public Data & Civil Liberties Framework (EO 003)

The problem

As the city collects more data to serve you better, residents reasonably ask: who sees it, how long is it kept, and what protects my rights? A city that wants your trust has to earn it with rules, not just promises.

The plan

Executive Order 003 initiates a Safe Public Data & Civil Liberties Framework: clear rules for how the city collects, stores, shares, and deletes resident data — with civil-liberties protections built in from the start.

Durable rules pass through legal review with council, labor, and records dependencies addressed openly.

How you’ll know it’s working

• Framework and legal review initiated Day One
• Data collection and retention rules published
• Civil-liberties protections documented

From the Blueprint

• Establishes baseline prohibitions on mass surveillance and on monetizing or selling resident data.
• Any automated decision technology — facial recognition, predictive policing, plate readers with retention — needs an Algorithmic Impact Assessment first.
• Each assessment requires public notice, a community hearing, a disparate-impact analysis, and City Council approval.
• A Public Data Rights Register lists every system processing resident data, its legal authority, and its safeguards.
• The framework is issued as an Executive Order and sent to Council for codifying ordinance so it endures.

Tampa will never be a city where a resident’s movements are monitored without their knowledge and consent.