Australian statehouse talks expanding power of digital driver license
Digital driver licenses appear to be a hit, at least in Australia’s state of New South Wales. A test program…
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.
Augentic wins biometric passport contract for Cameroon, Fiji issuance appears successful
Cameroon has selected partners Augentic and Portuguese State Printer Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) to supply biometric passports and support issuance…
iProov and Toppan Ecquaria bring face biometrics to Singapore’s national digital identity system
iProov is providing biometric face verification for the Singaporean government’s national digital identity program, in collaboration with partner Toppan Ecquaria, to…
Nigeria sets 5-year biometric enrollment target for whole population to national ID system
Ahead of ID4Africa’s online country profile event on Wednesday September 23, we have dedicated this edition of our overview of…
Canada launches digital ID trust and interoperability framework with support from Yoti and SecureKey
The Pan-Canadian Trust Framework has been launched by the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) to provide set…
Thales wins contract for Swedish biometric travel and identity documents
Thales announced its subsidiary AB Svenska Pass has been awarded the contract to manufacture around 12 million biometric identity documents…
Aadhaar biometric authentication expands to good governance measures as state plans welfare fraud crackdown
India’s government continues to expand the role of biometric authentication through the Aadhaar system, issuing rules in the lower chamber…
Another digital identity panel, another list of ambitious goals
In recent times, a decade has never felt more like the distant future than it does today. A vendor-sponsored online…
Red Cross sees benefits and risk in biometrics use for humanitarian operations
Biometrics use in humanitarian contexts should always be accompanied by data protection impact assessments and other safeguards, The International Committee…
Value biometrics over physical credentials to improve inclusion, ID4Africa’s Identity Day panelists argue
Biometrics should be privileged as a source of unique identity assurance over physical documents, and exclusion risk assessments should be…
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