History and development of the Label
Digital Trust cannot be defined by one actor alone, but can only be the result of the close collaboration of all relevant actors: academia, civil society, consumer protection, the private and public sector. This is why the SDI involved all relevant stakeholders in the development and made the criteria and development process as transparent as possible.
The Label is understood as an ongoing and collaborative effort to strengthen trust in a digital service through increased understanding and transparency. While other organizations around the globe are pursuing similar initiatives, SDI and its Digital Trust Label are the most developed initiative from 50+ similar initiatives worldwide as a study revealed.
Members of the Digital Trust Label Working Group
The Working Group is ensuring regular input on the Digital Trust Label from committed digital service providers. They ensure incorporation of practical experiences from implementing the label at the same time as representing a growing community exchanging best practices in the field.
Members of the Digital Trust Expert Group
Civil Society & Consumer Protection:
Nikki Böhler, Co-Director, Intersections
Rodolphe Koller, Editor in Chief, ICTjournal
Leilaa Toplic, Head of Emerging Technologies Initiative, NetHope
Business:
Maximilian Groth, Co-Founder & CEO, Decentriq
Mitchell Scherr, CEO, Assured Cyber Protection
Sophia Ding, Managing Consultant, Head Trustworthy AI & Responsible Tech, AWK Group
Public Sector, IOs, legal community:
Martin Steiger, Partner Steiger Legal, Co-Founder Datenschutzpartner
Charlotte van Ooijen, Associate Director Digital Government and Data, The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal
Tuulia Timonen, Head of PSC Service Excellence, Posti Group
Technical Expert / Academia:
Patrick Schaller, Senior Scientist System Security, ETHZ
Diego Kuonen, CEO, Statoo Consulting & Professor Data Science, University of Geneva
Marcel Blattner, Principal Data Scientist and Team Leader, ETH Swiss Data Science Center
Manouchehr Shamsrizi, Co-Founder, gamelab.berlin Humboldt-Universität’s Cluster of Excellence and Co-Founder RetroBrain R&D
Michael Kende, Senior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and a Senior Advisor at Analysys Mason

Members of the Label Certification Committee
Deepak Bansal, Director, Meaning Quotient GmbH
Dr. Nitin Kumar, Data Consulting Partner, Meaning Quotient GmbH
Philippe Schwab, Information and Security Specialist
