In Context

Privo, Microsoft and Azigo have announced Privo Puts Parents in Charge Online with Information Cards.

Denise Tayloe (CEO of Privo) is friend, colleague and an expert in the field of protecting children online. Denise has created web services for major online businesses that other experts have told me “can’t be done” while adhering to COPPA.

Azigo and Microsoft, each in different ways, have been very supportive of Denise, Privo, and the general concept that child-protecting solutions could be based Information Cards as a technology foundation. For our part, Privo’s new card issuing site is powered by Azigo CardPress. But our relationship goes much further. For example, last year Denise and I co-authored a paper that we submitted to the Berkman Center’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force. [I should dig that up and put a link to it]. Their final report is here. I blogged about it here.

Acxiom is now an Information Card issuer! See Acxiom Launches Online Identity Card to Help Businesses for the press release. More info from Acxiom. I’m proud to say that the site is powered by Azigo CardPress.

[A nit. I'm not wild about calling these things "identity" cards, because they don't necessarily identify you. If the relying site (or local app) only requires non-identifying claims, then even if the Acxiom card supports identifying claims, these identifying claims won't be released to the relying party. Equifax chose the same language. Maybe they both know something I don't.]