The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is currently developing a privacy-preserving digital credential that will use privacy-enhancing technologies (PET) to protect sensitive data while simultaneously allowing only needed information to be disclosed, according to a DHS official.
Mason Clutter, the chief privacy officer and chief FOIA officer at DHS, discussed the department’s efforts to use this new technology during a panel discussion at an event titled “The Future of Identity Management” hosted by GovExec and NextGov/FCW on Dec. 12.
“We are super excited because we have partnered with the Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) to develop what we are calling a privacy-preserving digital credential … this would be kind of an immigration credential,” said Clutter. “Let’s assume that a person is a legal permanent resident, and they have what is known as a green card they received today, a physical card that includes quite a bit of private sensitive information to identify them and their status.”
Read the rest of the story at MeriTalk, here.
