Japan opens My Number Card to private app integration by Toshiba in digital ID shift
Japan is expanding its national digital identity system, authorizing Toshiba Digital Engineering Corporation to install applications in the unused space…
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.
Next steps in Papua New Guinea’s DPI rollout include digital ID for KYC, AI adoption
Papua New Guinea’s accelerating march through digital government transformation now includes an AI adoption framework, a workshop on implementing the…
Mexico’s biometric CURP implementation under way as OECD DGI score dips
Mexico is ranked low on the OECD’s 2025 Digital Government Index (DGI), as the report shows its performance declined across…
Mixed results for Italy in OECD DGI as civil registration system goes digital
Digital transformation can have wide-scale effects on the citizenry, with the promise of faster and more streamlined services. As governments…
Open Elasticsearch server exposes 676 million US identity records
A massive identity database containing more than 676 million U.S. records, including full Social Security numbers, was discovered publicly accessible…
Lesotho, UNICEF partner to develop MOSIP-based integrated national ID
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will support the government of Lesotho in the development of an integrated national digital…
IriTech provides iris biometrics for Uganda’s upgraded registration kits
The next-generation biometric registration kits rolled out across Uganda as the country attempts to reach 33 million people registered for…
Peru obtains $80M to boost access to civil registration, identity services
Peru has secured an $80 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to strengthen the operations of its National…
Sri Lanka digital ID project in final stage: Digital Economy Deputy Minister
Sri Lanka will roll out its biometric digital ID by the end of this year, a top minister told a…
Fight over developer ID verification reshapes Android debate
Last week, a coalition of civil rights organizations, open source advocates, and digital rights defenders published a sweeping open letter…
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