“Portable Identity is the right and responsibility of each of us to create, control, and carry the important pieces of information that define who we are in a private, secure, and trusted manner. Other individuals, entities or authorities may validate (or “attest to”) various aspects of our identity, but portability implies that we ourselves own and manage our identity details and determine what others know about us in any given context.”

“Users of online services want active control over the information they share with those services. They want to ensure their information is protected and secure, and that it can also go with them should they choose a new or competing service. Data portability—the capability to migrate personal data you’ve shared with one service to another—is regularly suggested as a potential solution to these concerns. Thoughtfully designed portability and interoperability can strengthen user choice and control; however, if not approached in a thoughtful manner, data portability and interoperability can be in tension with users’ interest in privacy, security, and marketplace competition.”