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Greetings folks

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While some Working Groups have taken a breather over the summer, others have been pushing hard to get their deliverables nailed.  It was great to see the Consent and Information Sharing Work Group announce the v0.8 draft Consent Receipt Recommendation approved by the WG to allow implementations to proceed late August and through September at Digital Catapult in London, MyData in Helsinki and expected also on a trial site at Kantara.     

Summer also gives folks a chance to push forward with new ideas and innovations that need a platform to further develop. Every week in July has seen a new proposal presented to Kantara for a Work or Discussion Group, which portends for a very exciting future. What is so great about these proposals is the way they relate nicely to the existing work underway and have a service component outcome for the benefit of Kantara and the wider community.    

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Around the Houses:

Liaisons: 

  • Still nothing Nothing announceable, but progress is being made (albeit slower over summer) and we hope to share more with you later.  
  • Meanwhile take a summary look at our Liaisons here and those detail along  along with our other relationships of various forms memorialized here

New Activities:

  • Blockchain Smart Contracts had its inaugural call a few days ago, with good attendance.  
  • The Identity Assurance WG is running off cycle calls to discuss and gather comments on the new draft, NIST 800-63-3. NIST joined us on our last call and encourages Kantara to offer formal comments in the fullness of time.

New Members:

  • Kantara welcomes David Inglehart and JLINC Labs User Submitted Terms, a sub-group of the Consent and Information Sharing WG is gaining significant interest from the personal data and privacy. Take a look, here. Many thanks to Mary Hodder for her leadership skills here and on completing her successful Chair rotation on the CIS WG. 
  • An RFP will be released shortly for a tidy-up of some aspects of the Service Assessment Criteria, a critical document in the ID Assurance Program.  If this is of interest to you, keep an eye on the website.

New Members: Kantara welcomes Ian Glazer and Patrick Essien as new members. Thank you

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Ian and Patrick

Marketing:

  • If I do hope you signed the ID Pro pledge and want a 'I signed the pledge' badge ribbon for your next conference, or want a Kantara device case sticker, contact staff@kantarainitiative.org with your physical address details and they will post it to you. Virtual's marketing team is working on a summer newsletter for your delectation. What for it coming down the pipe soon. found the summer newsletter sent to you recently, a useful read. We certainly welcome your feedback at staff@kantarainitiative.org . 
  • We have a new portable banner which will start appearing at events we support. Its first outing will be at the MyData conference in Helsinki at the end of August. At this show, attendees will see a demonstration of the Consent Receipt in action. Stay tuned on social media!

Program, Work Group and Discussion Group Updates:

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