Launching the DTI Badge of Accreditation
We are launching today the DTI Badge of Accreditation, to provide a visible signal to all services listed on the Data Trust Registry. Read more.
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DTI is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering technology users to transfer data from one service to another.
Use our Portability Map to find tools and guides for moving your data between services.
How can I move my data? →Policy
DTI policy staff are following or engaged in many active areas of policy across the EU, USA, and other jurisdictions.
Technology
DTI technical staff analyze solutions and risks and share that analysis via our newsletter and other forums, including directly with policy-makers.
Our Projects
DTI maintains several active projects that advance the state of data portability — from open source tooling to trust infrastructure.
Data Transfer Project
An open source project, created in 2018 as an industry collaboration, that uses services' existing APIs and authorization mechanisms to move data directly between platforms. Over a dozen services are connected today. DTI stewards the project and continues to grow it.
Data Trust Registry
A trust registry that verifies online services against DTI's transparent security and privacy criteria. Listed organizations unlock access to data portability tools worldwide, providing users with a clear, public signal of trustworthiness.
AI Conversation Schema
DTI has developed a specification for AI conversation data exports, defining a structured, interoperable format covering messages, context, and metadata. The schema is published openly and is designed to make it possible to switch AI services without losing the history you've built.
Data Donation
Pardner is an open source prototype data donation platform. A research center running Pardner could allow research participants to donate their personal data directly from the services where that data lives. Rather than asking people to manually download and submit their data, Pardner automates the transfer while keeping users in control.
DTI Partners
DTI partners with leading technology platforms to advance data portability. Through our open source framework, direct data transfer tools are available within Google Takeout, Facebook's Transfer your Information, and Apple's Data and Privacy page — reaching billions of users worldwide. Additional software libraries connect to over a dozen more services.
DTI partners help translate principle to practice, catalyzing greater user agency and empowerment by committing dedicated policy and engineering resources to the promotion of data portability.
Global Vision paper
The Data Transfer Initiative is pleased to present the Global Vision paper. This paper complements our EU, UK, and US vision papers. It is suitable for use in any geographic environment.
Check out our paper →DTI Highlights
Learn more about DTI and our mission
From open-source data transfer tools to regulatory engagement worldwide, discover the people and principles behind the Data Transfer Initiative.
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Our regular regulatory roundup
Summer 2026: Sharing updates on data portability and related laws around the world.
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ActivityPub and account portability
The Fediverse lacks true account portability. A few specifics need to be worked out; the LOLA specification in W3C is taking them on.
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