“We wanted the residents of the city to see these things and go, ‘Oh, that’s the thing that gives me data about the city. So it becomes ‘Me watching the city,’ versus ‘The city watching me.’”
--Charlie Catlett, founding director of the Urban Center for Computation and Data
The Array of Things project and its researchers value privacy, transparency, and openness. We have worked with the city of Chicago, its public, and legal experts to create governance and privacy policies that reflect these principles.
Public input is critical to the success of the AoT project. We made online public commenting available and held public gatherings at Chicago Public Library locations when policy drafts were ready for review. Residents are encouraged to come out and ask questions about the project & the policies themselves.
We want the community--ourselves included--to feel comfortable with what we're doing. We've taken many steps to try and ensure that.