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DTI is a nonprofit organization working to make data portability safe and practical. We build the trust, standards, and infrastructure that enable people and organizations to securely move data between services.
We believe users—not platforms—should decide how their personal data moves. DTI builds the trust, standards, and infrastructure to make that possible.
Empower individuals and organizations through secure and interoperable data portability.
A world where users—not platforms—control how their personal data moves.
Early research and collaboration to explore data portability.
DTI is established to advance open standards and trust.
Broadening our impact across technology and policy.
A global registry for services committed to data portability and user trust.
A flourishing global data portability ecosystem
Chris comes from the R Street Institute, a Washington, DC-based think tank, prior to which he led the Mozilla Corporation’s global public policy efforts for several years. His open source roots go back even further to his time working on the internet freedom portfolio at the U.S. Department of State, where he supported open source security and anti-censorship tools dedicated to advancing human rights online. Chris received his B.S. in computer science from Wheeling Jesuit University, his Ph.D. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. from Yale Law School.
Ms. Dusseault previously served as the CTO and Co-Founder of Compaas. Prior to Compaas, Ms. Dusseault served in technical roles at StubHub, Smule, and Microsoft among others, and spent several years as the Applications Area Director at the Internet Engineering Task Force.
Tom specialises in technology policy at the intersection of competition and data protection. A UK Government economist by background, his experience spans the Department for Business, Bank of England, HM Treasury, Ofgem, and the Competition and Markets Authority. Most recently, Tom oversaw the public policy efforts of Gener8, a UK startup, and led CODE, a global coalition of businesses advocating for data portability.
A global registry for services that meet high standards for data portability and user trust.
Open-source tools, schemas, and libraries that enable interoperability and innovation.
Research, policy engagement, and frameworks that shape a trusted and user-centric data future.
Whether you're a policymaker, technologist, researcher, or organization, we'd love to work with you to build a more open, secure, and user-centric digital future.
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