Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR)

Every day, invisible systems make decisions about our cities, our data, and our lives. DTPR is a standard that clarifies how and why public technologies and AI collect and use data. At the heart of the DTPR standard is a taxonomy and design system that fosters trust through legibility, transparency, and accountability.

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Toronto

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Every day, invisible systems make decisions about our cities, our data, and our lives, without us ever seeing how. But if we can’t see them, _how can we trust them?_ In a world with more access to information than ever, people need clarity about how technologies are collecting and using data in physical and digital spaces. **Digital Trust for Places and Routines (DTPR)** is a standard that uses a structured taxonomy of visual icons, common language, and an expertise-driven methodology to quickly and clearly communicate how and why public technologies use AI and share data. DTPR aims to do for technology what nutrition labels do for food: provide a structured, accessible way to understand and navigate complexity. Governments and community organizations deploy the DTPR standard in a number of ways - from physical signage to digital channels for communication – which help visualize and convey how a digital system works. The end result is a better conversation between government, community organizations, and the public about digital transparency, legibility, accountability, and trust. The DTPR standard is open and informed by inputs from residents, public leaders, community advocates, data experts, and technologists gathered from deployments around the world. DTPR is stewarded by Helpful Places, a mission-driven company that provides expertise, tools, and frameworks to help organizations harness the power of technology in ways that are transparent, inclusive, participatory, and community aligned.