Method and system for managing access to entity identity data

A method of selectively releasing entity identity data over a digital identity network, the method comprising:

• authenticating a remote device as being associated with an entity having entity identity data stored by a digital identity network;
• receiving, via a communications module and from the remote device, pre-consent data identifying one or more third parties permitted to access the entity identity data for the entity;
• storing, in memory, the pre-consent data in association with the entity;
• receiving, via the communications module and from the digital identity network, a signal representing a request to release the entity identity data to a third party;
• determining, based on the pre-consent data, that the entity identity data is to be released to the third party;
• and
• initiating release of the entity identity data to a computing device associated with the third party in a blind manner such that a provider of the entity identity data provides the entity identity data to the digital identity network and does not know an identity of the third party receiving the entity identity data and the third party receives the entity identity data from the digital identity network and does not know an identity of the provider of the entity identity data.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed, configure a processor to:

• authenticate a remote device as being associated with an entity having entity identity data stored by a digital identity network;
• receive, via a communications module and from the remote device, pre-consent data identifying one or more third parties permitted to access the entity identity data for the entity;
• store, in memory, the pre-consent data in association with the entity;
• receive, via the communications module and from the digital identity network, a signal representing a request to release the entity identity data to a third party;
• determine, based on the pre-consent data, that the entity identity data is to be released to the third party;
• and
• initiate release of the entity identity data to a computing device associated with the third party in a blind manner such that a provider of the entity identity data provides the entity identity data to the digital identity network and does not know an identity of the third party receiving the entity identity data and the third party receives the entity identity data from the digital identity network and does not know an identity of the provider of the entity identity data.