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Operational Principles

Driving continuous trust and adaptation:

O1. Leverage market dynamics

O2. Evolve with evidence

03. Ensure data privacy by design

O4. Assure data security by design

05. Ensure data protection during use

O6. Respond to gender , ability or age

O7. Practice inclusive governance

O8. Sustain financial viability

O9. Build and share open assets

O1 Leverage market dynamics

DPI should foster an increasingly inclusive environment for public and private innovation such that market players compete and introduce diverse solutions that cater to the emerging needs of all participants in society.

O2 Evolve with evidence

Independent, transparent and continuous assessments (such as human rights due diligence and data protection) should engage with people, review evidence and rapidly cease or initiate activities that contain heightened risks or harms.

O3 Ensure data privacy by design

DPI should embed technical rules that enforce core privacy principles (e.g. data minimization, provisions to delink, and the ability to limit observability by purpose and time) and governments should enact legal safeguards around them.

O4 Assure data security by design

Have strong and transparent security standards in place, ensure they are well communicated in procurements, and receive confirmation that they are addressed by service providers.

O5 Ensure data protection during use

DPI should embed technical rules that enforce core privacy principles (e.g. data minimization, provisions to delink, and the ability to limit observability by purpose and time) and governments should enact legal safeguards around them.

O6 Respond to gender, ability or age

Not all individuals experience DPI in the same way, and some continue to face barriers and challenges related to their access or use. DPI should not exacerbate existing challenges or introduce new barriers and inequalities.

O7 Practice inclusive governance

Long-term effectiveness of DPI is contingent upon a robust legal, regulatory and institutional framework that promotes transparent and participatory governance focused on safety and inclusion.

O8 Sustain financial viability

As DPI systems form the basis of a society’s infrastructure, they should be accompanied by a sustainable financing model. Governments can take lead in the build phase, and local digital ecosystems or the private sector can participate in operations and maintenance.

O9 Build and share open assets

DPI should share and reuse open protocols, specifications, Digital Public Goods (DPGs) and other building blocks. This enhances flexibility and assures that proprietary systems do not limit the ability to improve safety and inclusion.