Shifting focus from technology to legal ramifications of identity
In the area of identity management there has been significant work related to the technical exchange of identity information and the actual authentication processes. There has not, however, been a focused look at the legal issues, particularly those that would hold parties responsible for not properly identifying and authenticating users or customers.
“You need rules and obligations placed on the various parties and they need to perform these obligations, and if they don’t then you need some enforcement mechanism,” says Tom Smedinghoff, a partner at Wildman Harrold and chairman of the American Bar Association’s Federated Identity Management Legal Task Force.
There are 540 words in the rest of this article …
Library Access Required
Library subscribers have access to the full archives of more than 10,000 original news items and feature articles published by AVISIAN’s suite of ID technology publications (ContactlessNews.com, CR80News.com, DigitalIDNews.com, FIPS201.com, NFCNews.com, RFIDNews.org, SecureIDNews.com, and ThirdFactor.com).
For just $49, you receive unlimited password-protected access to content on all of AVISIAN’s sites for an entire year. Your subscription helps fund the continued creation of independent, insightful content. Find out more.
Sign in as a Subscriber
If you are already a subscriber, you may sign in now. Enter your Email Address and Password and click Sign In.
If you have forgotten your password, enter just your Email Address, and click Send Password.
