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25.6.2009 - Mr. Teemu Rissanen will deliver a paper on the user-centric identity layer for the Internet, at the World e-ID Conference in Sophia-Antipolis, France. The conference is held in September 22 - 25. Register now!

30.7.2009 - Mr. Jarkko Majava will deliver a paper on Pan-European eID interoperability strategies, initiatives and practices, at the Net-ID 2009 Conference in Berlin. Net-ID 2009 is held betwee 1st and 2nd October 2009, at the Steigenberger Hotel in Berlin.

9.9.2009 - Yahoo!, Paypal, Google, Equifax, AOL, Verisign, Acxiom, Citi, Privo, Wave Systems Pilot Open Identity For Open Government

11.8.2009 - OpenID Foundation and ICF Publish Joint White Paper on Open Trust Frameworks for Open Government

1.7.2009 - The Identity Metasystem Interoperability Version 1.0 specification was approved as an OASIS standard today by a unanimous vote of the OASIS members participating in the vote.

26.1.2009 - First Identity Selector in a Linux Distribution: DigitalMe in OpenSUSE 11.1

20.1.2009 - Information Card breakthrough with Novell Access Manager 3.1

13.11.2008 - Equifax Unveils Online Identity Card for providing proof of age for the user in the Internet.

31.10.2008: Parity launces Azigo service for consumers. Azigo helps users save, create and organize InfoCards with a simple and secure card selector, giving the user precise control over online relationships.

InfoCards create value for ordinary Internet users, online shoppers as well as public and private service providers and businesses.

Using secure and trustworthy authentication technologies has not been a fun experience, nor has it been really user oriented. In the current state of online authentication and Internet identity management, ordinary Internet users have to struggle with unsafe passwords, phishing attempts, identity data breaches and identity theft problems that are growing beyond any proportions. Navigating between unsecure password based solutions and expensive or functionally limited enterprise & National identity solutions, Internet users need a new way to claim back their identity and form trusted relations between the parties they want to interact with, and not with spammers or online fraudsters.

To correct the situation InfoCards put you in control of your personal data in secure, phishing and identity theft resistant and privacy aware way. Businesses active in eCommerce or added value online services get better customer insight and a permanent online customer connection.

Information Cards or I-Cards are virtual cards that represent personal digital identities. They are used in online services for user authentication and identity information claims . Information Cards can be designed and created by the user and service providers that issue Managed Cards. Using the wallet and card metaphor, Information Cards are card-shaped and they carry pictures and a card name associated with it that enable people to organise and manage their digital identities and to easily select the one they want to use for the service they want.

The Information Card wallet metaphor is implemented by Identity Selectors like Windows CardSpace, Azigo and other Higgins Identity Selector services. Information Cards are stored in a secure electronic local (CardSpace) or online (Azigo/Higgins) wallet that only you can access to and see.

Benefit from milions of Windows CardSpace installations in Windows Vista and XP .NET 3.X machines in the world and jump right into the Information Card economy. Use our hosted services that enable You to manage your own InfoCards for free, start to issue InfoCards to your customers and start to accept InfoCard logins from your customers and other CardSpace and Azigo users!