UAE makes its single sign-on service the front door for 6K private, public services
Single sign-on authentication service has been switched on for all services that the autocratic Arab Emirates offers online. The UAE…
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.
Philippines ID system expands across government agencies and social benefit programs
The Philippines Identification System (PhilSys), the country’s digital identity scheme, is making new strides in increasing the availability of its…
Details of Guyana’s biometric digital ID cards, Veridos $35.4M contract amount revealed
Guyana’s government is advancing legislation to back a biometric national digital ID card initiative, which spells out how the system…
A tale of two MOSIP implementations: Philippines and Morocco
The Philippines and Morocco each decided to build identity systems on top of the Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP)…
Myanmar’s biometric data collection sparks rights violation fears
A biometric data collection process underway in Myanmar as part of a plan for issuing 10-digit unique national ID cards…
California tests, Iowa launches digital IDs, while Michigan considers legislation
California, Michigan, and Iowa are all taking steps to implement digital IDs. California is testing, Iowa is launching, and Michigan…
Hills and valleys for global ID registration and digital transformation
The global boom in digital IDs has picked up speed in some countries, while others face delays and a falloff…
Rwanda seeks contractor to digitize civil registration archiving system
Rwanda has launched a call to tender for the digitization of the country’s civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) archiving…
NXP Semiconductors explores chip-based biometric authentication with India’s UIDAI
In an interview with Times of India, Hitesh Garg, VP and country manager of NXP Semiconductors India, disclosed that NXP…
Still dealing with leak fallout, NADRA officials resist investigations
There appears to be no central government policy in Pakistan for how to handle a catastrophic divulging and selling of…
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