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The use of digital identity for web users presents many opportunities for abuse.

Earlier this month the TAG released a finding on "Preventing Abuse of Digital Credentials" which explores some of the risks involved with a focus on the presentation of government-issued digital credentials.

The TAG encourages people integrating digital credentials with the web to pay special attention to the societal impact of digital credentials. Read more at:
https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/prevent-credential-abuse/

Preventing Abuse of Digital Credentials

The use of digital identity for web users presents many opportunities for abuse. This risk is heightened when legal names or identities are involved. This document explores some of these risks, with a focus on the presentation of government-issued digital credentials. Misuse of these systems risks doing irreparable harm to individual autonomy online.

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Oct 11

World Wide Web Consortium Oct 10

We are hiring!

We have an immediate #job opening: Data Strategist

We are seeking a remote full-time staff member to lead our data on the web standardization work. This position is open in Asia. The role also includes continuing our efforts to represent, discover, query, and exchange data using web technologies.

https://www.w3.org/careers/data-strategist-2025/

Please, boost 🙏

#hiring #w3c #GetFediHired

Data Strategist

W3C has an open full-time position for a Data Strategist, responsible for leading our standardization work around data on the web, to continue our efforts to represent, discover, query, and exchange data using web technologies.

W3C

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Sep 26

The lack of video captioning on https://gadebate.un.org/en is disappointing. #UNGA #UNWebTV #accessibility

General Debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly

General Debate

General Assembly

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Jul 2

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W3C Developers Jul 2

It's happening right now in Geneva 🇨🇭! The @w3c team (@simone, @dontcallmeDOM, @plehegar, @p20n, Tara Whalen and Sylvia Cadena) and W3C members join global leaders in shaping the future of digital identity to promote trusted wallets, credentials and infrastructure for the benefit of all humans.

Find out more: https://globaldigitalcollaboration.org #gdc25

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)May 22

World Wide Web Consortium May 22

Last week the @tag published the Privacy Principles as a W3C Statement. This document elaborates on the privacy principle from the Ethical Web Principles: "Security and privacy are essential."

Privacy is an essential part of the web. The document provides definitions for privacy and related concepts that are applicable worldwide as well as a set of privacy principles that should guide the development of the web as a trustworthy platform. #privacy

Privacy Principles

Privacy is an essential part of the web. This document provides definitions for privacy and related concepts that are applicable worldwide as well as a set of privacy principles that should guide the development of the web as a trustworthy platform. People using the web would benefit from a stronger relationship between technology and policy, and this document is written to work with both.

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Jan 30

lola Jan 30

The @w3c team have appointed me to @tag! Thank you to @TetraLogical for the initial nomination, everyone who emailed in & also the W3C team! I’m excited to serve & contribute over the next two years! 🥳

I’m an invited expert so not currently backed by any member orgs, if you’d like to support my contributions to TAG & standards in general, please consider sponsoring me on open collective 💙

https://opencollective.com/lolas-lab

lola’s lab - Open Collective

Web advocacy & standards.

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Nov 10, 2024

World Wide Web Consortium Nov 7, 2024

The newly launched Sustainable Web IG will publish the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG). The guidelines are in line with the Sustainable Web Manifesto and aligned with GRI Standards and the UN Sustainable Development Goals to help organizations incorporate digital products and services into broader sustainability reporting initiatives. These guidelines will enable people to better understand the Internet’s impact on sustainability reporting.
Learn more at:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/sustainable-web-interest-group-is-formed/

Sustainable Web Interest Group is Formed

Announcement of the formation of the W3C Sustainable Web Interest Group.

W3C

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Apr 16, 2024

Enabling user agents to mediate access to digital credentials such as a driver's license, etc. @w3c https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-new-work/2024Apr/0003.html

Advance notice: Work in progress on Federated Identity Working Group Charter from xueyuan on 2024-04-16 (public-new-work@w3.org from April 2024)

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Feb 22, 2024

W3C @tag is requesting Wide Review for the Privacy Principles: https://www.w3.org/TR/privacy-principles/

Privacy Principles

Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)Feb 15, 2024

Added: The proposed [chartered] work MUST support W3C's vision and W3C design principles (see W3C mission), as well our various principles.
https://github.com/w3c/strategy/commit/ec66cd3de224d5acd0ec8178c8f3df192d4fa68c

Update 4.Chartering.md · w3c/strategy@ec66cd3

Added a requirement to anchor our proposed charters in the W3C vision, design principles, and various principles published by W3C.

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