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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.

 

Estonia’s Chancellor of Justice halts digital ID card issuance at Selver stores

Estonia’s Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise has intervened in the practice of issuing digital identity cards at Selver stores, a…

 

Cameroon lawmakers examine legislation to address statelessness

The Parliament of Cameroon is examining a bill that will allow the country to accede to two United Nations Conventions…

 

Norway to make popular digital ID more accessible for those without birth number

The Local reports that the government of Norway has implemented a program to make electronic IDs more accessible for foreign…

 

Bulgaria rolls out new biometric ID cards

Bulgaria is hoping to make it easier for its citizens to travel to the European Union with a new identity…

 

Worldcoin to make Argentina a regional hub despite looming regulatory risks

Worldcoin is planning to make Argentina a regional hub for its business. The company is planning to invest in expanding…

 

Senegal outlines plan for robust digital public infrastructure development

The new Director General of the structure managing Senegal’s digital ecosystem, Isidore Diouf, says he will make the development of…

 

Kenya dedicates $117M to digital ID, related projects in 2024/2025 budget

The rollout of the Maisha Namba digital ID and other digital government processes in Kenya is expected to get traction…

 

Digital identity leaders shepherd wallets into the mainstream

Discussion and debate at the European Identity and Cloud (EIC 2024) conference focused largely on how to achieve trust among…

 

Biometrics entering everyday activities via rising technologies

Biometrics underpin the new technologies that people will soon use on a daily basis for everything from payments to age…

 

Moldova’s first digital ID app sees 24K downloads in five days

Moldova’s first digital identity wallet was downloaded over 24,000 times within the first five days, causing temporary glitches due to…

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