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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.

 

Fingerprint biometrics and IDV set for rapid growth, big players consider blockchain

Forecasts of rapid growth in fingerprint sensors and digital identity verification are backed up by reports from technology providers of…

 

Smart Engines’ digital ID scanning to speed up Russian Railways ticket purchases

Smart Engines has entered a new partnership with Russian Railways to speed up ticket purchases using artificial intelligence and digital…

 

Kenya’s digital ID ruled illegal until data protection impact assessment completed

Kenya’s national biometrics-backed digital ID system Huduma Namba has been struck a blow by the country’s High Court, which ruled…

 

Getting economies ready for digital identity – the OIX Conference

Digital identity was presented as an inevitability at the Open Identity Exchange conference. The event in London aimed to get verifiers…

 

NADRA Chairman says digital ID crucial component for Pakistan’s innovation journey

The Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority of Pakistan (NADRA), Dr. Tariq Malik, says the organization is working…

 

MOSIP announces University of the Philippines digital ID course, building provider network

MOSIP has formed a partnership with the University of the Philippines – Department of Computer Science (UP DCS) to offer a…

 

Bhutan to begin biometric capture for national digital ID program

Bhutanese who have attained the age of eight and above will soon have their biometric information collected as the government…

 

EEMA builds digital identity curriculum for public and private policymakers

Help is on the way for organizations needing a better foundation when it comes to digital identity-related trends. An independent…

 

Spanish police, Europol seize thousands of counterfeit digital ID cards, passports in raid

Almost 2,000 counterfeit passports and ID cards for 56 nationalities and supplies of digital ID card chips were seized in…

 

Access Now report holds up poster child Aadhaar as ‘Big ID’ bugbear

A legal vacuum and vulnerable population allowed the creation of the world’s largest biometric digital ID project and built a…

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