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MEF Market Review: Personal Data and Identity Meeting of the Waters

MEF Market Review: Personal Data and Identity Meeting of the Waters

The Mobile Ecosystem Forum released a report today—MEF Market Review: Personal Data and Identity Meeting of the Waters—that I’ve been working on for a while. You can download it for FREE here. The report explains the current state of the personal data and identity market. Take a look. Let’s collaborate.  The world is responding to […]

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Aligning the 3 Pillars of the Personal Data and Identity Marketplace

Aligning the 3 Pillars of the Personal Data and Identity Marketplace

Published by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum on September 29, 2022 For industry and society to function effectively, we need trust: “to have and maintain confidence in the honesty of another (an individual, system, service, or process) to meet their social, commercial and civic obligations.”. In the context of today’s digitally-driven society—with so many actors, systems, […]

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Call for Insights & White Paper Contributors: Is it rude to ask your age? Actually no. It is a legal requirement

Call for Insights & White Paper Contributors: Is it rude to ask your age? Actually no. It is a legal requirement

Note: I co-authored this piece with Iain Corby, Director at Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA). Get ready; new and evolving personal data and identity management methods are causing a tsunami of change. In particular, two crucial areas driving change are the proper administration of the sale of age-restricted products and services and what businesses must do […]

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Inviting People to the Table: Sourcing Personal Data From Individuals, Offering Value in Return

Inviting People to the Table: Sourcing Personal Data From Individuals, Offering Value in Return

Authors: Drew Clabes, Marketing Manager, Identity Praxis, Inc. and Michael J. Becker, CEO, Identity Praxis, Inc. Published by the Mobile Ecosyestem Forum September 22, 2022. September 2022, Michael Becker, Co-Founder & CEO of Identity Praxis and Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) PD&I Working Group Chair, held an engaging interview with Co-Founder, and CTO of CYDigital John Rizzo. The two delve into the inspiration behind Marteq.io, a […]

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MEF CONNECTS Personal Data & Identity Event & The Personal Data & Identity Meeting of The Waters: Things are Just Getting Started

MEF CONNECTS Personal Data & Identity Event & The Personal Data & Identity Meeting of The Waters: Things are Just Getting Started

This article was published by the MEF, on June 3, 2022.   Early last month, the MEF held its first-ever event dedicated to personal data and identity event: MEF CONNECTS Personal Data & Identity Hybrid, on May 10 and 11th, in London (watch all the videos here). It was unquestionably a huge success. Hundreds of people […]

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How Mobile Authentication Can Protect The Youth

How Mobile Authentication Can Protect The Youth

I sat down with Breno Pilar at IPification, a mobile authentication solutions provider, to discuss his views on how mobile authentication can be used to protect vulnerable populations, especially children, as they use the Internet and Internet-powered services. Properly implemented, Breno asserts that mobile authentication can improve security, protect privacy, streamline the user experience (i.e., […]

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Identity management is key to increasing security, reducing fraud and developing a seamless customer experience

Identity management is key to increasing security, reducing fraud and developing a seamless customer experience

I enjoyed participating in the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) Enterprise webinar on December 9, 2021. MEF explores its recent Personal Data and Identity Management Enterprise Survey – supported by Boku – in a webinar on 9th December 2021. MEF Programme Director, Andrew Parkin-White, is joined by Michael Becker, CEO of Identity Praxis and MEF Advisor and […]

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Personal Data & Identity Market Assessment

Personal Data & Identity Market Assessment

Have you noticed? The world is awash in conversations about personal data and identity. Start talking about personal data and identity with someone, especially if they’re in the industry, and all kinds of buzzwords and triggers pop into the conversation. You’ll hear terms like these.   There are so many terms out there; it is […]

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The Identity Imperative: Risk Management, Value Creation, and Balance of Power Shifts

The Identity Imperative: Risk Management, Value Creation, and Balance of Power Shifts

Article published by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, 12/10/2021. Article published by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, 12/10/2021. “We know now that technology and business models are accelerating at a faster pace than ever before in human history. In 10 years time, who knows what kind of conversations we’re going to be having, but the one thing we […]

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FTC’s Shot Across the Bow: Purpose and Use Restrictions Could Frame The Future of Personal Data Management

FTC’s Shot Across the Bow: Purpose and Use Restrictions Could Frame The Future of Personal Data Management

I just read a wonderful piece from Joseph Duball,1 who reported on the U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s keynote at the IAPP’s “Privacy. Security. Risk 2021” event. According to Duball, Slaughter suggests that we need to change “the way people view, prioritize, and conceptualize their data.” “Too many services are about leveraging consumer […]

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