Empowering a world where people control their data.
We believe users—not platforms—should decide how their personal data moves. DTI builds the trust, standards, and infrastructure to make that possible.
Our Mission
Empower individuals and organizations through secure and interoperable data portability.
Our Vision
A world where users—not platforms—control how their personal data moves.
A journey toward trusted data portability
Data Transfer Project begins
Early research and collaboration to explore data portability.
Data Transfer Initiative launches as an independent nonprofit
DTI is established to advance open standards and trust.
Expansion into AI portability, Trust Frameworks and Global Policy
Broadening our impact across technology and policy.
Launch of the Data Trust Registry
A global registry for services committed to data portability and user trust.
Universal trusted data portability
A world where interoperability is the default.
The people behind DTI's mission
Chris Riley
Executive DirectorChris 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.
Lisa Dusseault
CTOMs. 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 Fish
Director of PolicyTom 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.
Data Trust Registry
A global registry for services that meet high standards for data portability and user trust.
Learn more →Open Standards
Open-source tools, schemas, and libraries that enable interoperability and innovation.
Learn more →Policy & Research
Research, policy engagement, and frameworks that shape a trusted and user-centric data future.
Learn more →Join the movement for trusted data portability
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.