Identity Trust has Moved

 

Dear All,

Thank you for following Identity Trust.  Identity Trust has moved to http://www.identity-trust.com/

For those who are following by RSS.  The new RSS feed can be picked up at http://identity-trust.com/?feed=rss2.

Best Regards and Thanks For . . . → Read More: Identity Trust has Moved

UK Government to seek experts’ views on public service reform

Call for comments

The Government  (26 Nov 2010) invited experts, public service managers and providers of public services to submit their ideas for public service reform.

Their views will help shape the Government’s Public Service Reform White Paper, announced in the Spending Review, which will be published next year.

The Government wants to reform . . . → Read More: UK Government to seek experts’ views on public service reform

Identity Trust – Report of the Year: Social Web Incubator Report

Identity Trust nominates the Social Web Incubator Report The Report of the Year

http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/socialweb/wiki/FinalReport

The social web is the focus of this report, which is very much worth a read for those of you that are innovating in identity and trust.  This report will provide an up to date account on where technology is going in the information . . . → Read More: Identity Trust – Report of the Year: Social Web Incubator Report

EU Rights Gap – The Need to Strengthening individuals’ rights

A recent quote from the European Commission strategy to strengthen EU data protection rules.

“individuals should also be clearly informed in a transparent way on how, why, by whom, and for how long their data is collected and used.”(4th of November, 2010)

The European Commission press release confirms that they realize that their . . . → Read More: EU Rights Gap – The Need to Strengthening individuals’ rights

Privacy International Tech Talk

Privacy International and Identity Management

Google Tech Talk – Privacy International and Identity Management
October 18, 2010 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSYXw87BWXo

Privacy International has been one of Google’s largest critics in the past.  Giving Google the big brother award amongst other lovely critiques.  Finally they have ended up a Google’s offices asking Google to solve some of the most pressing privacy . . . → Read More: Privacy International Tech Talk

Privacy By Design Resolution Passed

PbD Resolution

PbD-Article – Landmark Resolution Passed

This now puts the expectation that there is no excuse to have a system that does not have privacy designed into it.   Now there is the tasks of agreeing on these standards.  Although, a great deal of work has been done in this area already.

“Dr. Ann Cavoukian has long been . . . → Read More: Privacy By Design Resolution Passed

Interesting Politics of a Free Internet

There are clearly signs of a threat to the Internet and freedom in the information age.  This Washington Post article written by Jackson Deihl explains the global scope of some of these dynamics.

For instance. Last Tuesday (26 Oct, 2010) 215,646 Internet users in Iran evaded their regime to visit sites such as Facebook, Twitter and RadioFarda.com, . . . → Read More: Interesting Politics of a Free Internet

European Data Protection and Privacy Conference

Commission have launched a review of the existing data protection directive. This high level event is timed to coincide with the release of this statement. . . . → Read More: European Data Protection and Privacy Conference

UK Regulator Response To Government On Data Protection

The current data protection principles are sound, but the law needs to achieve greater clarity of purpose and presentation. The principle of ‘privacy by design’ should be incorporated. . . . → Read More: UK Regulator Response To Government On Data Protection

Upgrading the Data Protection Act – Call For Comments

We are now currently working on gathering comments for upgrading the Data Protection Act. . . . → Read More: Upgrading the Data Protection Act – Call For Comments