Digital identity system

A method implemented at a digital identity system and comprising:

• receiving a data item from an enrolling device;
• creating in persistent electronic storage a digital profile comprising the data item;
• generating a credential from a random sequence;
• associating the credential with the digital profile in a database;
• and
• transmitting the credential to the enrolling device, wherein later presentation of the credential to the digital identity system causes publication of the digital profile by storing a version of the digital profile in a memory location accessible to a device presenting the credential.

A method of providing access to a digital profile comprising:

• receiving a one-time only use credential associated with a digital profile in persistent electronic storage;
• validating the credential and, only if the credential is valid, publishing the profile to an addressable memory location by storing a version of it at the memory location, thereby invalidating the credential;
• generating a fresh one-time only use credential for the digital profile;
• associating the fresh credential with the digital profile;
• and
• transmitting the fresh credential to an address associated with an entity, whereby the entity can use the fresh credential once thereafter to cause the profile to be republished to a different addressable memory location.

A computer program product comprising computer readable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and, when executed, configured to implement a method comprising:

• receiving a data item from an enrolling device;
• creating in persistent electronic storage a digital profile comprising the data item;
• generating a credential from a random sequence;
• associating the credential with the digital profile in a database;
• and
• transmitting the credential to the enrolling device, wherein later presentation of the credential to the digital identity system causes publication of the digital profile by storing a version of the digital profile in a memory location accessible to a device presenting the credential.