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Civil / National ID

Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments, though increasingly it is also used for regulated private industries, such as mobile phone accounts. Government examples of civil ID use could include document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.

 

Ecuador upgrades border ID verification with Regula forensic devices

Ecuador is upgrading its border identity verification systems by deploying a range of Regula’s ID document examination devices. The deployment…

 

Sri Lanka developing cloud and data governance strategies

Following the recent issue of an RFP for a vendor to implement the Sri Lanka Digital Identity (SL-UDI), the country…

 

EUDI Wallet onboarding can’t wait for biometrics security standards completion

Standards for ensuring the integrity of biometric data and harmonized testing to ensure systems are compliant with them are needed…

 

India wants to automate death deletion for Aadhaar digital hygiene

There are so-called Blue Zones: locations that seem to possess an extraordinary number of people over the age of 100…

 

Madagascar codifies civil registry reform, readies biometric ID card tender

A bill on the identification of natural persons in Madagascar has received the greenlight of the senate in a major…

 

Liberia national ID push gets boost with 500 donated biometric kits

Liberia’s National Identification Registry (NIR) has received material support from the country’s National Elections Commission (NEC) to strengthen its countrywide…

 

Govt ID systems enable financial inclusion, and without oversight, surveillance

Biometric databases held by governments form the basis of traditional, centralized digital ID systems, but these system require careful management…

 

Digital Credentials API first draft published by W3C

A first public working draft of the Digital Credentials API from W3C has been published by the Federated Identity Working…

 

Digital government app in Eswatini sparks public criticism over data privacy

A digital government application, which was launched in May in Eswatini, is facing public scrutiny over concerns about data privacy…

 

IOM unveils methodology to assess performance of legal ID systems

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has unveiled what it calls the Legal Identity System Assessment Maturity Methodology to gauge…

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