The content below is a transcript of testimony that was presented at the Health IT Committee/Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Workgroup public hearing on identity management and authentication on Jan. 7. by Frank Villavicencio, chair of the Identity Assurance Work…
Abbie Barbir () has just been elected by his peers to Chair the Kantara Initiative Privacy and Public Policy Work Group (). According to Abbie, the Kantara Privacy and Public Policy WG (P3WG) plays an important role in identifying the…
In Jose Manuel Barroso’s recent reshuffle of the European Commission, there were a couple of moves which bear some further inspection, from a privacy/identity perspective. The former Commissioner for Information Society, Viviane Reding, is promoted to one of the Vice…
It is now a year since the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) ruling on UK vs. S and Marper. The court’s ruling in that case was clear: the UK government’s policy of systematic and indiscriminate retention of DNA samples,…
Back in late November I Twittered from the Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Malmø (#egov2009), expressing the hope that the press release would contain a bit more substance than the keynote announcement of the Ministerial Declaration. I am delighted to say…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Neustar Joins Kantara Initiative’s Board of Trustees PISCATAWAY, NJ, December 3, 2009 – The Kantara Initiative announced today that Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) has joined its Board of Trustees, and will play an integral role in shaping…
In my previous post on cookies and privacy in the new EU Directive, I mentioned, in passing, the question of user consent. I think it’s time to return to that for a closer look. First, a couple of references to…
Reusable, trustworthy electronic identities are “a must” for emerging Health Information Exchanges and the Nationwide Health Information Network. This seminar focuses on the role the Kantara Identity Assurance Framework (IAF) will play in making this a reality. The co-Chairs of…
Noted anti-virus vendor Eugene Kaspersky has weighed extravagantly into the larger security problem, arguing that “anonymity causes security headaches and should be outlawed <>” (). So he wants an Internet Passport. This is surely madness. The social repercussions are obvious,…