Putting trust first

Driven by our purpose to build a friendly future, we put trustworthy data practices at the heart of everything we do.
The TELUS Data & Trust Office enables innovation through technology by fostering sustainable data strategies at TELUS, and setting an example for data use and insights all over the world.
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Earning and maintaining your trust

TELUS respects your power to decide who you trust with your personal information. We’re dedicated to earning your trust by safeguarding your data, and building your confidence in how we handle your data.
Here’s how.
Privacy by Design
Responsible AI
Data for Good
TELUS Health Privacy
Data Stewardship
Data Ethics
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Privacy by Design

We know that privacy matters to you. We’ve embedded a Privacy by Design framework into our business practices so that every product, service and action puts trust - and customers - first. By making privacy the default part of our operations from the beginning and not simply to meet regulations, we ensure your interests and information always come first.
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Responsible AI

We believe in the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI). We’re leveraging our technology and our position as a global leader in social capitalism to collaborate with Canadians and global thinkers and build a future where AI can deliver innovative and responsible social benefits.
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Data for Good

We’re committed to improving the lives of Canadians and the communities where they live and work. Data for Good is an award-winning, ISO 31700-1 certified Privacy by Design insights platform that gives leading public researchers access to high quality, strongly de-identified data.
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TELUS Health Privacy

As a global health and wellbeing provider, our team is dedicated to solving the most pressing issues facing citizens, healthcare professionals, employers, and employees around the world. We’re dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality with respect to all the information that is provided to us.
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Data Stewardship

Our Data Stewardship program ensures specially-trained team members are present in every area of our business, overseeing the responsible use of data. Working closely with the Data & Trust Office, these upskilled team members take the care of our data - and the data entrusted to us - seriously.
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Data Ethics

TELUS’ Data Ethics program supports responsible data enablement and helps to evaluate the potential impact on people and society when collecting, using, sharing and innovating with data. These impacts can extend beyond the data itself and we must include diverse voices to identify the full range of impacts: positive and negative. We use meaningful stakeholder engagement to better inform our decisions about data ethics, enabling projects that have positive social, environmental, and business impact.

Get to know the TELUS Trust Model

We believe in a friendly future where companies respect customers' and communities' privacy, use data responsibly, and prioritize security.
By putting our customers and communities first, the TELUS Trust Model reflects our commitment to deliver innovative and empowering outcomes for Canadians nationwide.
The TELUS Trust Model
We build trust with our stakeholders by using data in ways that generate value, promote respect and deliver security.

Data & Trust in action

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To advance AI responsibly, we must hear from all Canadians

Together with the Responsible AI Institute, TELUS is exploring ways to include all Canadians in co-creating a better future.
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TELUS is the first company in the world to achieve the ISO 31700-1 Privacy by Design certification

Chief Data & Trust Offer Pam Snively on why IT and business leaders need to support the inclusion of privacy engineering in their products, services, and solutions to earn the trust of customers. 
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Here’s how we can safeguard privacy amid the rise of artificial intelligence

A few decades ago, artificial intelligence wasn’t nearly as pervasive and neither were the risks that come with it. Fast forward to today, and both the potential and the pitfalls of this incredible technology are glaringly obvious. It is no wonder the world has become consumed with finding a solution that is able to mitigate the risks of using data, while allowing for benefits to be realized in a sustainable way as technology evolves.

Partners in data & trust

Proudly working with organizations to put trust at the heart of everything we do.