Episode 154: Opportunities and Risks in Digital ID

This week on Commerce Code we speak with Briana Cohen of TransUnion and Susan Tyburski of Pipl. TransUnion is one of the Big Three credit reporting agencies – with more than 200 million files on credit-active consumers in the U.S. Pipl collects, cross-references, and connects online identity information in the effort to fight fraud. We are discussing: <ul><li>Recent changes in identity verification – and what breakthroughs are ahead. </li><li>Privacy, data ownership and consumer control – where we are now on these key digital I.D. issues, and where we’re headed. </li><li>The role consumers play – how aware and bought in are they to the kinds of initiatives these two companies are undertaking now.</li></ul>