An emerging global standard
Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR) is an open-source communication standard that brings transparency, legibility, and accountability to technology. It has been deployed by organizations and governments around the world.
All Deployments
District of Columbia DOT
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., USA
The Underline
🇺🇸 Miami, USA
Ville de Lure
🇫🇷 Lure, France
Awards & Funding
NSF POSE Phase I Award
National Science Foundation · 2025
NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Phase I award to build an open-source ecosystem for legible urban tech through DTPR.
PICCASO Awards Canada Nominee
PICCASO Awards · 2024
Helpful Places was a shortlisted nominee in the Most Impactful Privacy Product or Service category.
Knight Foundation Community DTPR Program
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation · 2023
Knight Foundation investment supporting DTPR pilot implementations in Miami, Charlotte, and West Palm Beach to increase transparency and accountability for digital technology in public places.
World Smart City Innovation Award Finalist
Smart City Expo World Congress · 2023
Proud finalists for the 2023 World Smart City Innovation Award at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona.
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
Residents weigh in on data privacy and smart city technologies
Cities Today · Sep 2025
Embedding trust in smart cities with public sensors
Eurocities · Aug 2025
Des capteurs intelligents pour améliorer la qualité de vie des habitants
L'Est Républicain · Jun 2025
La Bourgogne-Franche-Comté mise sur les capteurs intelligents pour moderniser ses services publics
La Tribune · Jun 2025
Paris : le projet OpenBatignolles se déploie autour de l'information citoyenne
Smart City Mag · Jun 2025
West Palm Beach Launches Digital Trust Pilot
MeriTalk State & Local · Oct 2024
Walk Educates Long Beach, Calif., Residents on Data Collection
Los Angeles Times · Aug 2024
Cameras using AI will make West Palm Beach a 'smart city.' Privacy is a top concern
WLRN Public Media · May 2024
Michigan Central is collecting a lot of data. Can we trust it?
BridgeDetroit · Dec 2023
Cities selected for DTPR digital trust open source pilot
Smart Cities World · Sep 2023
How Long Beach turns data privacy commitments into action
Cities Today · Aug 2023
ReThink Named Winner of Mayors' Matchup Pitch Competition at SXSW
PR Newswire / US Conference of Mayors · Mar 2023
7 Need-to-Know Trends for Planners in 2023
American Planning Association · Oct 2022
Town of Innisfil taking temperature on trash tracking technology
Simcoe.com / Innisfil Journal · Aug 2022
Town of Innisfil seeking feedback on new innovative technology
Barrie 360 · Aug 2022
In the know: Making sensors visible — Digital Trust for Places and Routines (DTPR) standard
RealKM Magazine · Jul 2022
Washington, DC, among cities piloting transparency standard for digital tech
Smart Cities Dive · Jul 2022
Cities deploy Google-made smart-city stickers to build trust in IoT surveillance tech
Enterprise IoT Insights · Jul 2022
Boston Joins Project to Grow Transparency Around Urban Tech
Government Technology · Jul 2022
Cities pilot icons to raise awareness of sensors
Cities Today · Jun 2022
3 ways cities can improve digital trust in public spaces
World Economic Forum · Jun 2022
Is Your Data Being Collected? These Signs Will Tell You Where
Wired · Mar 2020
Sidewalk Labs wants out of Google's data-collection shadow
Smart Cities Dive · Nov 2019
These street signs explain how you're being watched by smart city tech
Fast Company · Apr 2019