Call for Participation in User Identity on the Web Community Group

W3C has launched the User Identity on the Web Community Group

Currently, more and more services are created on the web and require information about you, me, all of us. Therefore, users have to give away a lot of information about themselves to many different services. The point is that the users lose control of their identity on the web, by filling a lot of forms (e.g., through subscriptions).

Privacy on the Internet is extremely important and must remain. Personal information is used by services we, sometimes, don't even know about, and it is a real problem.

The aim of this group would be to think about new ways to identify individuals over the internet using trusted web based identities embedded directly into the core protocols of the web. At the same time it is important to maintain equilibrium between total privacy and providing information when needed, which means, when the user wants to.

In order to join the group, you will need a W3C account.

This group was originally proposed on . The following people supported its creation: Benjamin Beurdouche, Jan Wildeboer, Jeffrey Sonstein, soumadri roy chowdhury, Daniel Gayo Avello.

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on site-comments@w3.org

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team