Standards Development
ISO/IEC processes, NWIPs, committee liaison. Building the governance layer markets need.
Trustparency
Evidence-based transparency for the AI era.
Privacy policies are not transparency. Transparency Lab builds the standards, audits, and infrastructure that make data governance inspectable and enforceable.
About
What We Do
Four practices, one through-line: make transparency something you can inspect, verify, and enforce — not something an organisation merely claims.
Audits & Assessment
Regulator-grade evidence reviews. Transparency that can survive enforcement decisions.
Infrastructure Engineering
CIR, notice.txt, transparency badges. The technical layer that makes notice verifiable.
Training & Workshops
For privacy officers, developers, and standards contributors who need systems that can be inspected.
The idea
Trustparency
Claimed transparency is worthless. Evidence-based, inspectable transparency is the only kind that supports trust or enforcement.
The world needs a visible signal for data — the way a sign on the land tells you where you stand. The analogy is the Forest Charter: a public, legible mark that told you the boundary of what was private.
What we call Trustparency is that signal for digital systems. Not a privacy policy. Not a checkbox. A machine-readable, independently verifiable record that a notice was issued, at this version, at this time — and that the data was collected under a declared legal basis.
The difference between clean AI and dirty AI is whether that record exists.
Toronto · 2026
Trustparency Summer Sessions
A three-session practice space for transparency & consent standards — live, in Toronto.
The world needs a visible signal for data — the way a sign on the land tells you where you stand. This summer, Transparency Lab is running three small, applied sessions at the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto.
Session 01 · Workshop
30 June 2026 · 1–4 PM
Clean AI vs Dirty AI
What is the difference between AI that has consent lineage and AI that doesn't — and why does it matter in practice? Half structured presentation, half open facilitated discussion.
Session 02 · Laboratory
14 July 2026 · 1–4 PM
Notice & Consent as Infrastructure
Hands-on. Work directly with a First-Factor Notice (1FN) — a Controller Identification Record, a notice.txt, and a transparency badge — applied to a real scenario. A transparency signal runs live in the room.
Session 03 · Proto-Demo
4 August 2026 · 1–4 PM
Trustparency: Evidence Over Assertion
The transparency signal works live in a real space. A notice is issued, a receipt is downloadable, rights are visible. We invite a wider group to react and decide what comes next.
| Single session | $150 |
|---|---|
| Full series | $350 |
| CSI member · single | $100 |
| CSI member · series | $280 |
| Scholarship | On request |
Register
Spaces are limited to 5–10 co-researchers per session.
Scholarship / sliding scale available — email us.
Your registration contributes directly to applied standards development. You are a co-researcher, not an attendee.
Priv8Ai Commons Classes
Practitioner prototype labs for CSI members and 225IEG digital transformation practitioners — build directly with the transparency infrastructure, not just learn about it.
Priv8Ai Commons Class 01 · Prototype Lab
10 July 2026
CSI Community AI Hub — Powered by the CSI Data Trust
Hands-on prototyping for CSI members and 225IEG practitioners. Work directly with the running stack: notice receipts, data trust governance, and the Priv8AI personal control interface. In-person at CSI with live remote participation.
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Priv8Ai Commons Class 02 · Build Sprint
31 July 2026
CSI Community AI Hub — Iteration 2
Second iteration of the Hub prototype. Fix what broke, extend what worked, and stress-test the CSI Data Trust governance model with live cases from 225IEG members. New remote participants welcome alongside the returning cohort.
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Twenty years in the making
Standards Work
The transparency and consent standard at the heart of this work has been in development for roughly twenty years — through ISO/IEC processes, Council of Europe liaison roles, and interoperability standards bodies.
ISO/IEC TS 27560:2023
Consent record standard. The technical anchor for machine-readable notice and consent.
PWI 26689
Proposed ISO/IEC standard for digital transparency and the Universal Notice Receipt Protocol. In active development through SC 27 WG5.
Council of Europe · Convention 108+
Liaison contributor on digital transparency and AI governance. Next presentation: June 2026 plenary.
Standards work by Transparency Lab / Interoperability Expert Group (225ieg.org)
Work with us
Services
For organisations that need to demonstrate accountability — not just claim it.
Consulting
Digital transparency strategy, AI governance review, notice and consent architecture for organisations that need to demonstrate accountability, not just claim it.
Policy & Standards
Standards contribution, comment submissions, gap analysis against ISO/IEC frameworks. For organisations engaging with SC 27, SC 44, or Council of Europe processes.
Training
Regulator-grade training for privacy officers, standards contributors, and developers. Applied, scenario-based, tied to live standards.
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