Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Episode 82: Contracts and liability with credentials

Thursday, August 11, 2011

The American Bar Association’s Identity Management Legal Task Force and the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Project (TSCP) held a joint meeting to discuss ID management issues. Much of the discussion focused on liability, contracts and how an ID system should be structured. Tom Smedinghoff, a partner at Wildman Harrold and chairman of the ABA Task Force fills listeners in on the meeting and whether it will impact the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.



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