Personal Information Cards

Personal Information Cards (also called Self-issued Cards) are Information Cards that a user creates and provides all of the data. Personal Information Cards are stored locally in an encrypted store along with the data that the cards contain, unlike Managed Cards, where the data is stored with the Identity Provider. Personal Information Cards contain a fixed set of claims, which cannot be expanded. In addition to the claims that are stored locally, a master key is generated and stored along with the card. The master key is used to generate cryptographic key-pairs and the unique identifier that are used to secure and uniquely identify the card. Personal Information Cards can be used for authentication, and provide services and Web sites with common information that the user wants to communicate