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Public Series Examines Risks and Potential Solutions for Solving Online Privacy Issues Spanning Enterprise and Web 2.0 Applications and Technologies

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2008 (www.AllPayNews.com) -- Liberty Alliance, the global identity consortium working to build a more trust-worthy internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced the 2008 Privacy in Perspective webcast series. The webcasts examine online privacy issues from both a consumer and enterprise perspective and present potential solutions for better privacy in the Web 2.0 world. Hosted by leaders in the technology, public policy and media sectors, the Wednesday, April 19, 23 and 30 webcasts begin at 8:00am US PT (3:00 UTC) and are open to the public.

High-profile privacy-related incidents in the private and public sectors continue to bring personal data management -- and the associated risks -- sharply to the forefront of public awareness. The Privacy in Perspective series has been designed to shine the expert's spotlight on some of the less visible privacy issues which lie behind those attention-grabbing headlines. The webcasts cover issues facing users of online services, social networking and Web 2.0 application providers, in an open format to drive discussions about how to solve these global challenges. Highlights from the agenda include:

April 16 -- Robin Wilton, Corporate Architect for Federated Identity, Sun Microsystems and co-chair of the Liberty Alliance Public Policy Group, will review findings and next steps from the ongoing series of global Liberty Alliance privacy summits which bring together a diverse set of privacy stakeholders from the commercial, academic, legal and public sectors. Published findings from the Liberty Alliance privacy summit series held so far are available at http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/public_community/privacy_summits

April 23 -- Phil Hunt, Director Security Standards, Oracle Identity Management, and lead developer of the IGF open source project at OpenLiberty.org, will provide an overview of the privacy benefits of the Liberty Identity Governance Framework (IGF), a policy-based organizational framework being standardized within Liberty Alliance and implemented in open source at OpenLiberty.org to protect personal identity information (PII) within and across enterprise networks. An overview of the IGF initiative is available at http://projectliberty.org/liberty/strategic_initiatives/identity_governa...

April 30 -- Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, technology editors with USA Today, will review highlights from their new book Zero Day Threat, which discusses the immediate and long-term security and privacy risks associated with online transactions, social networks and Web 2.0 technologies. The Zero Day Threat prologue with input from the authors is available at http://zerodaythreat.com/

"The Privacy in Perspective series will raise awareness and drive new discussions about the many -- and all too often overlooked -- privacy issues facing users and deployers of Web 2.0 applications that require unnecessary disclosure of personally identifiable information," said Brett McDowell, executive director, Liberty Alliance. "The series reinforces the need for users to become educated about the identity information they share online, their options for avoiding such identity traps, and the policies organizations must have in place to ensure personal information is both respected and protected."

About Liberty Alliance and the Privacy in Perspective Webcast Series

With over 150 members from around the world, Liberty Alliance is the only global identity organization that includes technology vendors, consumer service providers and educational and government organizations working together to build a more trusted internet by addressing the technology, business and privacy aspects of digital identity management. Liberty Alliance works with identity organizations worldwide to ensure all voices are included in the global identity discussion and regularly holds and participates in public events designed to advance the harmonization and interoperability of CardSpace, Liberty Federation (SAML 2.0), Liberty Web Services, OpenID and WS-* specifications. The goal of the Privacy in Perspective series is to help assure an understanding and jump-start a dialogue about privacy implications surrounding various identity related technical solutions and deployments. Registration and a complete agenda is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/news_events/webcasts

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