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It's happening right now in Geneva ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ! 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

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Government-approved digital credentials (driver license, etc.) are becoming more commonly used online. The @[email protected] Digital Credentials #API enables websites to request credentials, and for users to consent to return credentials that they carry around in #DigitalWallets
โ–ถ๏ธ https://www.w3.org/TR/digital-credentials/
#FPWD #timetogiveinput

@[email protected] explains how this API advances #privacy-preserving Web identities: https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/w3c-digital-credentials-api-publication-the-next-step-to-privacy-preserving-identities-on-the-web/ #gc25

Feedback welcome: https://github.com/w3c-fedid/digital-credentials/

 

Last April, @[email protected] demonstrated that websites use various #tracking technologies to collect user data. Privacy regulations like the EU's #GDPR require user consent, but many use manipulative "dark patterns" in cookie banners. Technical standards, like those from @[email protected], aim to improve #privacy, and solutions include a taxonomy of tracking purposes and standardized consent recording to enhance compliance and user control.

๐ŸŽฌ Watch 'Privacy regulations and the Web': https://youtu.be/nnPe8Mb30rA

 

At the @[email protected] meeting in April 2025, co-chairs @[email protected] and @[email protected] gave an overview of @[email protected] 's ongoing and new work. After the publication of two W3C statements -- the #ethical web principles and the #privacy guidelines --, the TAG is notably working on an "explainer explainer" and new findings, such as a finding on #AI. The group has also started a "TAG Associates program" to include external experts in their work.

๐ŸŽฌ Watch "Technical Architecture Group (TAG) Update": https://youtu.be/xdRveCDlay4