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Over the last six years, DTPR has been used in 15 communities across 3 continents to build trust and strengthen technology accountability.

communities using DTPR
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Communities Who Have Deployed DTPR

Fostering digital trust for smarter places.

Sydney Olympic Park is advancing a model of responsible innovation. With DTPR, the Park introduced transparent communication about its use of CCTV, public WiFi, crowd measurement, and smart irrigation systems—establishing a new standard for accountability and public trust in urban technology.
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Cover of the Sydney Olympic Park case study, Fostering Digital Trust for Smarter Places

Awards and Funding

Reports

APA QuickNotes: Digital Trust In Public Spaces

Jyoti Singh · American Planning Association · Jul 2025

PAS QuickNotes 113 by Jyoti Singh for the American Planning Association. Examines how urban planners can build public confidence in data-driven smart city technologies, introducing the DTPR framework as an open-source communication standard for transparent data and technology practices.

DTPR 2022 Cohort Report

Helpful Places · Jun 2023

Report from the DTPR cohort pilot program documenting deployments across multiple cities and the lessons learned from implementing the Digital Trust for Places & Routines standard.

Benchmark NSW Case Study

NSW Government · Jan 2023

NSW Government case study on the Benchmark NSW project, examining the deployment of DTPR in Sydney's public spaces.

Smart Cities Playbook

UN-Habitat · Jun 2022

UN-Habitat's Smart Cities playbook highlights DTPR as an open-source initiative advancing transparency in public spaces and underscores the critical role of open standards in smart cities. It features global examples like the EU's bIoTope for IoT and Barcelona's Ethical Digital Standards to promote interoperability and collaboration.

Future of the Connected World Insight Report

World Economic Forum · Jun 2022

World Economic Forum insight report featuring DTPR on page 9, highlighting the standard's role in building digital trust in connected public spaces.

In the Press