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IEEE Launches Initiative to Better Protect Digital Identities, Improve Online Trust

IEEE launched an initiative to develop consensus standards and a framework for better securing a person's digital identity and improving online trust, said the standards organization in a Thursday news release. The program is seeking academic researchers, policy and legal…

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experts, tech innovators and others to create standards for consumer and patient data. “Identity is a consideration in every business and social transaction,” said program co-chair Greg Adamson, president of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. “Blockchain technology could be the catalyst to making universal and dignity respecting digital identification systems a reality with its unique ability to retain identities in a secure and immutable manner.”