Creating Trusted Digital Engagement for Smart Cities
According to a recent US Ignite report, many smart cities fail when the adoption of smart city applications conflicts with the privacy and security of residents. The deliberate creation of a management framework and policy that focuses on engagement, equity, governance, cybersecurity, and privacy can help smart cities successfully meet this challenge.
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- Led by David Broecker in partnership with Lee Davenport & Jigyasa Sharma, U.S. Ignite, and Kelby Price & Brian Wane, XQ Message
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- Funded by Jay & Robyn Stead
Digital Trust Initiative Report- Discovery Park District
The Digital Trust Initiative (DTI) was launched in partnership with the Innovation Partners Institute (IPI) and the Discovery Park District (DPD) at Purdue University, with support from US Ignite and XQ Message.
The Digital Trust Initiative report provides an overview of IPI’s vision to transition the individual into the center of their own digital universe – giving them power over their digital identity. The report offers an overview of IPI’s efforts to engage stakeholders and identify best practices for community-centered smart city development. It includes an overview of legal protections and frameworks, the current landscape and implications of public and commercial sector privacy policies, recommendations for building trust-centric innovation districts, and proposes a framework for a people-first, community-centric approach to Digital Independence.
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Project Overview & Summary
According to a recent US Ignite report, many smart cities fail when the adoption of smart city applications conflicts with the privacy and security of residents. The deliberate creation of a management framework and policy that focuses on engagement, equity, governance, cybersecurity, and privacy can help smart cities successfully meet this challenge.
The connected community in the Discovery Park District will use these ideas to understand how other communities and corporations deal with these components and will develop its own methodology and policies for how DPD will govern its own digital environment.
The policy framework will provide oversight for the deployment of smart technology across the district aimed at improving the quality of life the residents, tenants, and visitors to the district, including the collection and use of data for commercial and research purposes. The process will ensure that research that takes place in the district will respect the privacy and rights of those who live, work, and play there.
Individuals and companies located in the district will participate in the development and management framework to ensure secure, ethical, transparent data use that will support technology adoption and scalability beyond DPD.
IPI will publish its lessons learned and experiences from the real-life implementation and management of its data policy framework to help other smart communities build their governance and policy structures.