Korea’s out front with digital IDs, but national history could be decisive in success
There is more to the South Korean government’s apparent backing of a planned self-sovereign digital identity program than meets the…
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Chile accepting ‘X’ as sex for national IDs
Shane Cienfuegos became the first person in Chile to receive a non-binary national identity document last week after nine years…
UK digital identity scheme needs present- and futureproofing
The digital Right to Work checks brought in on 1 October could impede growth, hamper flexibility and even make illegal…
Law on biometric documents issuance passes first reading in Belarus parliament
Members of the House of Representatives of Belarus have given their first nod to a draft law which seeks to…
Japan to integrate health insurance cards into My Number digital ID in digitization push
The Japanese government has unveiled plans to discontinue its current health insurance card system and integrate its functionalities within the…
IMF execs pile praise on India’s digitization, economic growth fuelled by Aadhaar
Keen to usher in an era of government-controlled digital currencies backed by digital ID schemes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
NADRA cracks down on suspect IDs, collects biometrics from relatives
The National Database and Registration Authority in Pakistan has canceled 181 national digital ID cards that were issued to non-nationals…
Canadian digital identity council seeks feedback on infrastructure criteria
The Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada is asking for comments on the conformance criteria for the technological and…
Philippines distributes 16M biometric ID cards, downloadable version coming soon
Officials of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) say 16.7 million biometric national digital ID cards dubbed PhilID have already been…
Cameroon election agency wants huge ID card backlog cleared ahead of polls
The chairman of Cameroon’s election management body (ELECAM), Abrams Enow Egbe, recently held talks with the delegate general for national…
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