ID-Legal

Draft Event Description
There is a lack of cross pollination between the legal community and technical community innovating digital identity systems.


 * laws not in sync with technology - creating friction (e-signature)
 * Tech comes out disruptive and the law doesn't know how to deal - causing evolution
 * New Laws coming out - creating uncertainty back into technology markets.

We need to create a space for collaboration to understand
 * what does the law really think 'an identity is' (depends on context: Homeland Security/travel vs financial vs criminal?)
 * what do technologist mean when they use language describing identity and the technology they are building.

"THE LAW" needs to needs to evolve Solove's thesis the law needs to carefully evolve to handle notions of reputations and identity in the online world.

Individuals and Businesses have a joint interest in an identity system that allocates risk and rewards in a socially optimal way.

An example where this kind of early collaboration would have been helpful is the PKI this can be written into a better paragraph Technologists take things at face value o previous wave of badness (post PKC) digital signature ( wouldn't it be cool if we could use them instead of paper ones)


 * never bothered to ask what a 'signature' was from the point of view of the law - shape of the ink on the paper - performance of the act - intention to commit oneself to the contract

In the end Techies and Lawyers must make this whole environment that normal people can live in - they have not been talking to each other re: the problems let alone working better together to help regular people.

WHO
* consumer groups, consumers union, national consumer law center. * groups of who might be resistant o DHS - some good folks * Privacy Coalition people * Lawyers and staff for decision makers and the law (in congress, governors and state level), Barak and MaCain staff. Tell us what they are thinking about they. 22y olds - interesting Big learning curve o Homeland o Itel o Commerce Committee o NSA (Stewart Baker) * Law Professors o Michael Froomkin - U Florida o Beth Novak * Law clinics * Strong Economic Interest o Direct Marketing Group * Private Investigator Lobbying groups * CyberLaw Committees of Bar Associations - and chairmen o Science and Tech committee (info) o Business Law (cyberlaw) * Law Enforcement * CFP - ACM

Eventually is Quick - in terms of going internationally

International Businesses are already that way.

* Entities from economic side are already dealing with it.

By Proxy - UN folks from different initiatives, those thinking about the entire world - surrogate.

Institutional Co-Conveners?
* MIT Media Lab - called for a dialogue about id bill of rights * Careful of Gov. conveners - restrictions * Common scaffolding - survey type thing - set of protocols. Blind men examining the elephant - handiness o Different Languages coming together o Framework for them to invite a variety - more useful

* Berkman * UN? * OECD - many initiatives going on