Many of us share a vision of an Internet where people can have authorities that they trust make verified claims about themselves in contexts that they choose. For instance, using an identity that can issue “age-18-or-over” or “age-21-or-over” claims for me may enable me to utilize services at a site accepting those claims from that issuer that might otherwise be closed to me. More specialized interoperable verified claims, such as “coppa-certified-adult”, are also possible, and may open other doors for me. Before another month goes by, I wanted to draw attention to two new Information Cards that have been issued that represent progress in making this vision for interoperable verified claims a reality.
Privacy Vaults Online (a.k.a. Privo) launched a Privo parent card that can make the claim that the person has been certified as an adult using a method that satisfies the US COPPA regulations. Indeed, this is the “coppa-certified-adult” claim referenced above, and is defined in the ICF Claims Catalog so that others can use it as well. The Privo card also broke new ground in utilizing a “verification-method” claim, so that the relying party can tell how the information was verified, and the “verified-claims” method, so the relying party can tell which claims were verified. It also offers the same “age-18-or-over” claim that the Equifax card does. See the press release for more information, including sites where you can use your Privo card.
Acxiom issued the Acxiom Identity Card, which a person can use to make verified name and address claims about them self online. It also makes a new ICF-defined claim “icam-assurance-level-1” asserting that “the security token is issued according to the requirements of the U.S. federal Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM) Assurance Level 1”. See the press release for more information about the Acxiom card.
