CBI Future Scan: Digital Paper Trail Becomes Your Identity - The last drill-down on Future Scan 5.0 focuses on digital identity. (1794 words)
Digital Paper Trail Becomes Your Identity
By Hadar Dafny (hadar.dafny@cgey.com)
Companies will collect more information to identify their customers and authenticate transactions, provoking disputes over who will own and control this data.
Whether you like it or not, your identity is no longer something fixed, and no longer a simplistic formula consisting of your name, date of birth, and tax ID number. Today, your identity changes as your behavior does. It arises from not only simple, static data, but also from information about where you go online, what you buy, whom you call, where you call from, and much, much more. Where will this digital paper trail lead? Who will manage these layers of personal identifiers, and how will they be used?
Developing a standard for secure online identification is paramount to the resolution of these unanswered questions, not only for individuals, but also for businesses that hope to take advantage of the opportunities offered by today’s information-rich marketplace. Already, as companies and governments vie for the gatekeeper role, issues of ownership and control of personal information have sparked heated debates.
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