The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy – on behalf of the Fast Track Action Committee on Advancing Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing and Analytics of the Subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) of the National Science and Technology Council, the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, and the NITRD National Coordination Office – released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on how the United States can responsibly advance and adopt privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) in the United States in a manner that equitably benefits individuals and society. The comment period was open from June 9, through July 8, 2022, and generated responses from academia, the private sector, and civil society.

Responses received during the RFI comment period are linked below. Please note that several submissions are currently under review and will be posted later. In accordance with the instructions provided in the RFI, only the first 10 pages of content were considered for each response. Please note that these responses do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Government nor those of the National Science and Technology Council.

Download a .pdf of consolidated responses received during the comment period here

Respondent
Accenture
Access 4 Learning Community
ACT | The App Association
Agita Labs
AHIP
Altman, Micah; Cohen, Aloni; and Vadhan, Salil
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Anonos
Archer, David W.; Varia, Mayank; Smart, Nigel; Malozemoff, Alex; Darais, David; Baum, Carsten; Rosulek, Mike; Tromer, Eran; and Near, Joe
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Arm
Asemio
Austin, Lisa; Lie, David; Nikolov, Aleksandar; and Papernot, Nicolas
Bitfount
Brave Software
BurstIQ
Canetti, Ran; Kaptchuk, Gabe; Reyzin, Leonid; Smith, Adam; and Varia, Mayank
Carnegie Mellon University
Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)
Chu, Bessie
Cloudflare
Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
Computing Research Association (CRA) Computing Community Consortium (CCC)
Confidential Computing Consortium
Cybernetica
Data Freedom Foundation
Datavant
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Diveplane Corporation
Duality Technologies
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Fortanix Inc.
Future of Privacy Forum
Georgetown University Massive Data Institute
Google
HUB Security Limited
IBM Research
IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
Immuta
Inpher
Intel Corporation
IQVIA Inc
Ixup Solutions
Juniper Networks
Karlsgate Inc
Knexus Research Corporation
Kotevska, Olivera
Kulshrestha, Anunay; Mayer, Jonathan; and Scheffler, Sarah
LeapYear Technologies
Mastercard
Meta
MITRE Corporation
MOSTLY AI Inc
Mozilla
NowVertical Group Inc
NTT Research
OpenMined
Palantir
Peisert, Sean
Prifina Inc
Privacy Analytics
PUBLIC Group International Ltd
R3
Restore the Fourth
Richardson, Douglas
Stealth Software Technologies Inc
Syntheticus Ltd
The Ethical Tech Project
The Rise of Privacy Tech (TROPT)
Turner, Sean and Zucker-Scharff, Aram
University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Visa Inc
VMware
Wehbe, Joseph
Western Governors’ Association
Work, Paul R.
World Data Exchange