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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.

 

Andorra selects Pangea and partner for biometric passport delivery

Pangea has won the contract for the design and issuance of a new biometric passport for Andorra. The company won…

 

Corruption, costs and cut-offs: the human impact of Aadhaar implementation issues

A series of reports list the ongoing issues surrounding India’s national digital identity project, Aadhaar. Its integration with government welfare…

 

Lucrative biometrics contracts for government credentials, authorization unveiled

Biometric technology from Tech5 is being used in the next phase of Ethiopia’s national digital ID enrollment, in one of…

 

NIN numbers, corruption, forex, lack of booklets: Nigeria’s passport woes to be investigated

Nigeria’s House of Representatives is to establishing an ad hoc committee to investigate why there is a shortage of booklets…

 

Idemia official says data protection law vital for India’s federated ID project

India must introduce its personal data protection legislation if it is to press ahead with its federated identity infrastructure to…

 

Australia outsourcing biometrics capture aspect of visa issuance

Australia is looking for private companies to handle the biometrics information collection component of its visa process as the number…

 

UIDAI launches program to identify, block vulnerabilities in Aadhaar biometric database

A bug bounty program whose objective is to enhance security around the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) – the database…

 

Philippines president calls for speedier issuance of biometric PhilID cards

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has been told to accelerate efforts in the printing and distribution of the biometric national…

 

US law could give nation 50 digital IDs backed by many more databases

Digital ID legislation that could not even get out of committee last year in the U.S. House of Representatives has…

 

Ethiopia using Tech5 biometric engine, digital ID in MOSIP-based scheme pre-launch

Ethiopia’s National Identity Program (NIDP) is to use Tech5’s T5-ABIS BE (Biometric Engine) and T5-Digital ID solutions in the pre-launch…

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