May 2, 2012 Mountain View, California – At this week’s Internet Identity Workshop, Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group (http://InformationSharingWorkGroup.org) released a proposed Standard Information Sharing Label designed to help people understand how the information we share online gets used.

The label replaces confusing legalese typically buried in multi-page Terms of Service agreements with clear, simple language about who is requesting what information, for what purpose. The label can be used by any website with minimal effort and at no cost. The team has launched a Kickstarter project to fund the graphic design of the new label and seeks feedback and input in its weekly conference calls.

Website Terms of Service (TOS) agreements often go unread as website visitors ignore links and “click-through” without actually reading the fine print. As a result, most people have no idea what they are agreeing to. Typically these agreements are isolated from the primary user experience and filled with complex language and details that most people don’t understand. However, with the rise of privacy risks from sharing personal information online, people are increasingly concerned about how their information is used.

The Standard Information Sharing Label works in conjunction with existing practices to give individuals a clear, unambiguous picture of what is happening with the information they are about to share. Using a consistent design across all websites makes it easier for individuals to understand before they share, just like the USDA Nutrition Facts label helps consumers understand their nutritional options before they buy packaged foods.

The Working Draft of the proposed specification can be found at http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/infosharing/Standard+Information+Sharing+Label

The group has produced a short video and launched a Kickstarter project to promote and finance the graphic design of the Standard Label. The video and information for backing the project can be found at http://standardlabel.org

The Information Sharing Work Group formed in April of 2009 to create a way to use contract law to make it easier and safer for people to share information online. Focusing on the narrow use case of information individuals voluntarily give to websites, the group’s approach avoids both the challenge of “solving” online privacy and the herculean task of standardizing general Terms of Service agreements. Bootstrapping a contractual Data Transaction agreement at the point of sharing is simpler and easier to understand, allowing both individuals and organizations to agree on the essential details for any online exchange. The Standard Information Sharing Label is the visible portion of that new framework and the first component to be released for public comment. The Work Group is co-Chaired by Iain Henderson and Joe Andrieu.

Kantara Initiative (http://kantarainitiative.org) is an industry and community organization which enables trust in identity services through our compliance programs, requirements development, and information sharing among communities including: industry, research & education, government agencies and international stakeholders.

Contact:
Joe Andrieu
+1(805)705-8651
joe@switchbook.com

Kantara Summit at EIC – April 17, 2012

• Mapping The Identity Ecosystem: A multi-national perspective – Christine Runnegar, Senior Policy Advisor, ISOC - slides
• Trust Frameworks: Tools to build the Identity Ecosystem – It takes a village! – Joni Brennan, Executive Director, Kantara Initiative - slides
• eGov SAML 2: Verifying Interoperability in eGovernment Scenarios – Colin Wallis, Authentication Standards Manager, DIA New Zealand Government - slides
  • Managing Profiles – David Simonsen, WAYF - slides
• Federation Interoperability, SAML2INT, Listing Service – John Bradley, Identity Domain Expert - slides
• OpenID Connect Deployment Verification Tool Demo – Roland Hedberg, Umeå University, Sweden, GEANT3, Terena - slides
• Edentity presenting “Experience of Federating Personal Data with User-Managed Access – Kevin Cox - link to preso
• UMA Interop – Mario Hoffmann, Fraunhofer AISEC - slides

Kantara Workshop, Garching, Munich – hosted by Fraunhofer AISEC – April 13-14, 2012

• Fraunhofer AISEC – introduction and overview - slides
• Demo 1: Mikael Ates, Entr’ouvert – Authentic 2 - slides
• Demo 2: Mikael Ates, Entr’ouvert – roleID Project; European Collaborative Project - slides
• Demo 3: Mario Hoffmann, Fraunhofer AISEC – Location Aware Recommendation Service - demo slides
• Demo 4: David Simonsen, WAYF – Calculating the Economic Benefit of ID Federation – demo recording
• Kantara: Building a Healthy ID Ecosystem - slides
• UMA Interop – Mario Hoffmanm, Fraunhofer AISEC - demo video

What: Kantara Initiative Summit
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 8:00am-1:30pm, Room location TBD
Where: Dolce Ballhaus Forum, Andreas-Danzer-Weg, 85716 Unterschleißheim, Munich, Germany
(at the European Identity Conference 2012)

Description: 2012 brings new opportunities for identity services in the eGovernment and private markets.
Gain “state-of-identity” insights through a series of presentations of common scenarios from diverse market leaders.

We will focus on Trust Framework Model, deployment interoperability, and what your organization can do to get involved. We also look forward some open-time Q&A as well as learning more about the experiences the attendees would like to share.

The User Managed Access (UMA) Interop will show some UMA real-world implementations including: SMARTAM.org and Fraunhofer AISEC.

We are also looking forward to hearing feedback and questions from the audience as input to the discussions.

Registration: Register for the Kantara Summit via EIC Conference.  40 persons max. capacity.

Agenda:

• Registration open for Kantara Initiative Meeting April 13-14, 2012 at Fraunhofer SIT offices, Garching, near Munich, Germany
• Spotlight on Lucy Lynch
• Congratulations on re-election and new leadership for Kantara Initiative’s Leadership Council
• Announcing re-election and new leadership for Kantara Initiative’s eGovernment Work Group
• Announcing re-election for Kantara Initiative’s Federation Interoperability Work Group
• UMA Webinar: Dec 14, 2011 – you can review the slides and the webinar recording
• UMA WG are holding an UMA tweet chat, focusing on technical details (spec, implementation, interop, deployment), on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 9-10am PT
• Kantara Initiative grants Accreditation to Deloitte & Touche LLP, and, eValid8, and Approves Verizons Universal Identity Service at LoA3

Industry events – Kantara members receive a discount at the following events, contact Dervla O’Reilly for the discount codes dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org:
- The Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit - Feb 8-10, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- HIMSS HIE Symposium 2012 – Feb. 20, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Kantara Face-to-Face Meeting - April 13-14 - kindly facilitated by Fraunhofer SIT at their meeting facility, Garching, near Munich, Germany
- Kantara Summit at EIC Conference (detailed agenda to follow) – April 17, Munich Germany

Kantara Initiative Membership Details
- Membership Details & Membership Levels
- Membership Forms:  Membership Agreement & Membership Information Form

Registration is open for the Kantara Initiative meeting April 13-14, 2012. Many thanks to Fraunhofer SIT who will facilitate us at their meeting offices in Garching, just outside Munich, Germany.

We invite you to join us at our 2-day event where Kantara’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Leadership Council (LC), Discussion Groups (DGs) and Working Groups (WGs) will convene.

Early bird registration is available until March 16, 2012. With our pricing structure, you can sign up for 1 day or the full 2-day event.

Please Note: Non-member Independents/Contributors/Students who register by the early-bird deadline are entitled to credit their meeting registration towards an Individual Contributor level membership.

Review the current agenda and specific event logistics in detail at our events wiki space.

Registration: http://kantaramunichmtg.eventbrite.com

We look forward to seeing you in Germany.

Kantara Initiative and the community would like to thank John Bradley as Chair for his hard work and leadership over the past year in spearheading the work of the Leadership Council alongside Pete Palmer and Lara Zimberoff.  John will be missed, although we’re glad to continue working closely with him as we move Kantara’s work forward.

Please join us in congratulating new leadership of the Leadership Council:

• Chairman: Pete Palmer
• Vice Chairman: Rich Furr

We’d also like to take the opportunity to thank Lara Zimberoff, Secretary, for her continued support to the group.

Congratulations!

Please join us in congratulating re-elected leadership of Kantara Initiative’s eGovernment Work Group

• Rainer Hoerbe, Chairman
• Colin Wallis, Vice Chairman
• Keith Uber, Secretary

The eGovernment Work Group is responsible for:

• Facilitating collaboration and discussion among Kantara members with an interest in eGovernment identity management applications and services
• Acting as a forum to discuss best practices by government organizations on national, regional and municipal levels
• Presenting “a government view” into other Kantara Initiative Work Groups so that these views may be taken into account in the development of Kantara Initiative Policy – Recommendations and Specifications for future contribution to an appropriate Standards Setting Organization
• Promoting the development, adoption and support for eGovernment deployment profiles of open specifications

Many thanks to Colin Wallis for leading the Work Group over the past few years. We look forward to his continued support alongside Rainer Hoerbe and Keith Uber in moving the work of this group and Kantara forward.

Join the eGoverment Work Group: http://signup.kantarainitiative.org/?selectedGroup=15
Review the Charter: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/eGov/Charter
Mail list and Archives: http://kantarainitiative.org/pipermail/wg-egov/
Copyright Policy: Kantara Initiative IPR Policy – Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution

Please join us in congratulating re-elected leadership of Kantara Initiative’s Federation Interoperability Work Group

John Bradley will serve as the group Co-chair for another one-year term.  John is also joined by Co-chair Bob Morgan of University of Washington who has been active for numerous years.

The Federation Interoperability Work Group was formed within the Kantara Initiative to profile existing specifications to define an interoperable trust infrastructure for use by parties participating in Trust Frameworks. This will allow entities to determine the certification status and configuration parameters of entities outside of their local federation.

Join the Federation Interoperability Work Group: http://signup.kantarainitiative.org/?selectedGroup=24
Review the Charter: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/fiwg/Charter
Mail list and Archives: https://groups.google.com/group/wg-fi?hl=en
Copyright Policy: Kantara Initiative IPR Policy – Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution

We offer our support and congratulations again to John & Bob as they continue to carry the work of the group and Kantara forward.

“What is UMA and why do we need it?”

In a nutshell, User-Managed Access (UMA) is…

UMA is needed by…

• Individuals, to give them a “personal data concierge” that handles requests for access to their online data, content, and services
• Websites, to enable them to offer sophisticated data-sharing features to their users without having to implement those features natively
• Online identity providers, to offer their users the ability to set access policies from a single place even if those users engage with dozens or hundreds of sites and apps on a regular basis

This webinar will…

• Discuss real-life use cases for UMA
• Demonstrate UMA implementations
• Review UMA’s architecture and its relationship to the OAuth and OpenID Connect specifications

Register now!
UMA WG details