1. Identity Crisis: Global Challenges of Identity Protection in a Networked World Alison Knight

2. 2 We intentionally reveal, and unintentionally leak, our identity information in many ways From ‘digital fingerprints’ to ‘online personae’: –possibility to record and store everything (technically and economically) –possibility to analyse identity data –possibility to do massive personalisation Identity value and the ‘control’ conundrum IDENTITY CHALLENGES

3. ‘HOT ON YOUR DIGITAL TRAIL’ 3

4. 4 WHO AM I? (biographical)(personae) Real World Digital World (biometrics) (cybermetrics) Who do I think I am? What is my personality? Who do others say I am? How do I act? How am I represented?

5. 5 Super Identity? (E)IDENTITY TO (E-)IDENTIFICATION

6. 6 HOW CAN I BE SURE YOU ARE YOU? Authentication, trust and reputation Different approaches to identification and verification –Something you are –Something you have –Something you know Bridging links with confidence between the real world and the cyber world

7. 7 Super ID?

8. THE ‘SUPER IDENTITY’ PROJECT How can we accurately identify people online and detect online identity misuse? 8

9. CRIMINALS AND THE INDIVIDUAL 9 Identity theft and identity crime on the rise globally The extent of the online problem Risks and vulnerabilities The challenges of digital identity management Deceive

10. COMMERCE AND THE INDIVIDUAL 10 Identity as online currency Targeted advertising Data aggregation Function creep Identity ‘de-contextualised’ ‘Big Data’

11. 11 PROFILING: AUTOMATED LINKS AND PREDICTIONS

12. STATES AND THE INDIVIDUAL 12 Identity policies Key policy activity areas eID cards Biometric technologies Covert surveillance Policy decision-making: balancing tensions between public and private interests

13. SOCIAL AND LEGAL Social acceptability - researching teenagers’ attitudes around personal data and online self portrayal How can I protect my identity legally? Do existing models go far enough? 13

14. PROTECTING IDENTITY – EXISTING LEGAL MODELS 14 A right to privacy A ‘redress’ model A relative right Obscures ‘mis’-identity concerns Data protection A ‘control’ model Fair processing principles ‘Informed consent’ concerns

15. 15 LEGAL RIGHTS IN OUR (DIGITAL) IDENTITY? Copyright? Database rights? A human right to identity? Confidential information? Contract? Personality rights? IS THIS ENOUGH TO PROTECT ‘ME’? A right to be forgotten? A right to be made anonymous? Property ownership? A UN Charter of digital identity?

16. 16 1.Techno-regulation 2.Risk and context aware 3.Data stewardship 4.Greater accountability 5.Greater transparency 6.More empowered individuals 7.Citizen-centric identity policies 8.Internationalism LEGAL IDENTITY PRINCIPLES

17. 17 CONCLUSION The identity landscape is changing: More opportunities, more risks Converging drivers for identity policies worldwide: How best to police identity misuse and ensure fair outcomes? Many legal models have not kept pace: We need to take a holistic perspective on modern identity – identity as “doing”, not just being Code and market and norms and law: We need inclusive dialogues The future of identity: Many challenges lie ahead… INCREASINGLY NETWORKED IDENTITIES IN AN INCREASINGLY NETWORKED WORLD

18. 18 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Steve Saxby & Alison Knight “Identity Crisis: Global Challenges to Identity Protection in a Networked Age” www.superidentity.org/ ‎ Thank you for listening Questions?