The Do Not Track standard is now live in every major OEM browser. Consumers who are interested can check a box marked ‘Tell Web sites not to track me’ and the browser will add a ‘header’ (a message) to every request the user makes in the browser, indicating to the Web server that […]
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Privacy By Design – The Secret Inside the Internet
Shush – I’m going to tell you a secret. It’s one that no one has paid attention to for over a decade now. And like most secrets, it’s been hiding in plain sight. The story starts years ago, but we can skip most of that, and begin in June of 1999 when they […]
A Solution for NISTs Identity Ecosystem
For today’s blog we’re going to take a look at NISTs “Identity Ecosystem” and see if it’s possible to build it. The key attributes of the Identity Ecosystem include privacy, convenience, efficiency, ease-of-use, security, confidence, innovation, and choice. So we have a lot of things to consider when building this solution. When looking at […]
Is building an Identity Ecosystem a “Wicked Problem”?
First what is a wicked problem? (link) It’s used to “describe a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize. Moreover, because of complex interdependencies, the effort to solve one aspect of a wicked problem may reveal or create other […]
FTC issues new Privacy Framework – It all boils down to 3 things
Privacy Report And what are those 3 things? Privacy By Design: Build in Privacy at every stage of product development Simplified Choice for Businesses and Consumers: Give consumers the ability to make decisions about their data at a relevant time and context, including through a Do Not Track mechanism, while reducing the burden on businesses […]