Privacy notice

Effective date: October 15, 2026

1. Who we are and what this notice covers

The Trusted Data and Technology Institute (“TDTI”, “we”, “us”) is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. This notice applies to trusteddti.com and to communications you have with us through it. It does not apply to other websites that we link to, which have their own privacy practices.

2. Information you provide to us

When you use the contact form on our home page, we receive the information you enter:

• your name and email address;
• your organization, if you provide it;
• the topic you select (for example a general inquiry, a research or program partnership, funding, or the Weekly Brief); and
• your message.

When you email us directly, for example to ask about our programs and training, report a correction or make a privacy request, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message.

Please do not send sensitive personal information, such as Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, health information or case details, through the form or by email.

3. Information collected automatically

Like most websites, some information is processed automatically when you visit:

What	Purpose	Who processes it
Session cookie on the contact form page	Protects the form against forged and repeated submissions. It expires when you close your browser.	TDTI (our website)
Google reCAPTCHA on the contact form	Helps stop automated spam. reCAPTCHA collects hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sends it to Google for analysis.	Google, under the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service
Web fonts	Display the site’s typefaces. Your browser requests them from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address and browser information.	Google
Server logs	Routine records of requests to the site, such as IP address, browser type, pages requested and time, kept for operation and security.	Our web hosting provider

We do not use web analytics, advertising or social-media tracking tools, and we do not build profiles of visitors.

4. How we use information

• To read and respond to your inquiry and to manage the related correspondence.
• To send you the Weekly Brief or news about our programs, if you asked for it. You can stop these at any time by replying “unsubscribe” or by writing to us.
• To keep the website and contact form secure and to prevent spam and abuse.
• To keep records required for the proper governance of a nonprofit organization, and to comply with law.

We do not use information collected through this website to make automated decisions about you.

5. How we share information

We do not sell, rent or trade personal information, and we do not share it for advertising. We share it only:

• with service providers that operate our website and email (our hosting and email providers, and Google for reCAPTCHA and web fonts), only as needed to provide those services;
• with your permission, for example when you ask us to introduce you to a research or program partner; and
• when required by law, or to protect the rights, safety and security of TDTI, our visitors or others.

6. How long we keep information

We keep messages and contact details for as long as needed to respond to you and to maintain reasonable records of our correspondence, and then delete them. Server logs are kept by our hosting provider for a limited period under its own retention practices. If you ask us to delete your information, we will do so unless we are required to keep it by law.

7. How we protect information

We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards appropriate to the information we hold. These include encrypted connections to the website, protections against forged and automated form submissions, rate limiting, and restricted access to our email. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Your choices and rights

• Access, correction and deletion. You may ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it.
• Communications. You may stop receiving the Weekly Brief or program news at any time.
• Cookies. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block the session cookie or reCAPTCHA, the contact form may not work, but you can still email us.

To make a request, email info@trusteddti.com with “Privacy request” in the subject line. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request, and we will respond within a reasonable time.

9. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

This website does not track visitors over time or across other websites, so it responds the same way whether or not your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal.

10. Children’s privacy

This website is intended for professionals and the general public and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

11. Our research and public data

TDTI’s research papers analyze public records and publicly available datasets, such as government AI inventories, procurement records and published survey and complaint data. We do not use information collected through this website in our research. When our programs and training open, any registration will come with its own notice explaining what information is collected and why.

12. Links to other websites

Our pages, papers and the Weekly Brief link to government, news and research websites that we do not control. Their privacy practices are their own, and we encourage you to read their notices.

13. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice as our website and programs change. We will post the updated notice on this page and change the effective date above. If we make a material change to how we use personal information, we will say so clearly on this page.

14. Contact us

For questions about this notice or your information, contact:
Trusted Data and Technology Institute
27890 Clinton Keith Rd Ste D #415, Murrieta, CA 92562
info@trusteddti.com · 951 760-6768

Information about our board, funding and independence is on our Governance & independence page.