EU Council proposes launch of mobile driver’s licenses for digital wallets
The Council of the European Union has introduced changes to a proposed package of legislation to establish a legal basis…
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.
Australian parliament approves ID verification, face biometrics bill with major amendments
A draft legislation that offers vital safeguards for face biometrics and digital ID verification services in Australia has received parliament’s…
Industry panel wants US digital IDs off ISO’s and TSA’s to-do list
A panel of digital ID community insiders yesterday told the U.S. Congress that the federal government has put the future…
Bhutan stands up self-sovereign identity with a small team and smaller budget
Bhutan is amongst the poorest and least-developed countries in the world, ranked 134th out of 203 by the United Nations…
Nigerian banks, Agric program to require digital ID from customers, beneficiaries
Nigeria’s digital ID, the National Identification Number (NIN), is increasingly getting solicited for different authentication use cases. Recently, the Central…
History repeats with Kenyan High Court blocking Maisha Namba for lack of DPIA
The lack of a data protection impact assessment has scuttled Kenya’s government’s rollout of the Maisha Namba national digital ID…
Business group weighs in on Australia’s need to go digital with IDs
Fed up with identity fraud, the Business Council of Australia is stumping for a national digital ID. It has posted…
Duplicative biometric databases in Nigeria, India face criticism
A database dubbed the National Education Repository and Databank (NERD) put in place to manage a student loans scheme in…
MOSIP-based legal, digital ID enrollments hit 100M milestone
The Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) has achieved a new landmark in its efforts to support non-proprietary digital ID ecosystem…
Papua New Guinea issues RFI for digital ID ecosystem, 6 other DPI projects
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of Papua New Guinea has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for…
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