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.... to www.pib-d.net, the network home of PIB-d Ltd PIB-d's remit is to prepare for pilots of a new kind of electronic infrastructure, called Personal Information Brokerage. PIB will first be used in the Higher Education sector, and then - as crtical mass is obtained - should spread to other sectors. Although technically a commercial company, PIB-d has been designed as a hybrid entity, part owned and controlled by the UK's Higher Education sector, and part by the innovators who conceived of the idea. In time, we envisage that an individual will be able to choose a 'broker' from a managed market, and use his broker account to (i) register with, sign-on to, and communicate with, multiple counterparties, both organisations (initially universities) and individuals (initially fellow students), and (ii) give explcit permission for the transmission of personal information (some of which may be validated) to and between counterparties. PIB can be thought of as a hybrid of ideas from the fields of payment systems, user-centric identity management, social networking, and telecomms. It offers benefits to all parties: individuals will gain control of their personal information, and so can do more things on the web without risking their privacy; while organisations will find that the quality of their customer records improves, and that the costs of customer acquisition fall as their marketing becomes ever more focused on those likely to buy. You can find out more, both about the PIB concept and the development company, by browsing this site. There are also a number of relevant white-ish papers.
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