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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.

 

Shufti claims highest population coverage for eIDV at nearly 4.3B

An expansion of Shufti’s digital identity verification capability now makes it capable of verifying 4.29 billion identities from 60-plus countries,…

 

DRC envisages a functional digital government platform by March

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) plans to launch its digital government platform within the first quarter of this year…

 

South Africa behind schedule on digital ID rollout under MyMzansi roadmap

South Africa’s plans to roll out a digital ID under the MyMzansi Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Roadmap are reported to…

 

World token surges but biometric social media network is mostly more noise

Coverage in Forbes has spiked interest in the World project and its associated cryptocurrency, WLD, after the business magazine reported…

 

Oklahoma Supreme Court asked to halt driver license data transfer to national system

Oklahoma lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to immediately block the transfer of driver’s license and identification card data…

 

4,700 enroll for Guyana digital ID ahead of full rollout

More than 4,700 citizens have registered for Guyana’s national electronic identification (eID) system in 2025, receiving a single identifier and…

 

New Aadhaar app launches, India’s digital ID coming to Google Wallet

India has launched a new Aadhaar mobile app with updated features for biometric liveness, age verification, data minimization and credential…

 

Vietnam requires social media platforms enforce age, identity checks

Vietnam’s ruling Party has issued a directive mandating identity authentication for all social media users. Signed on January 28 by…

 

Digital driver’s licenses are one step closer in Alabama

The Alabama House of Representatives approved a bill that would allow residents to obtain an optional digital version of their…

 

Madagascar digital ID pilot kicks off, testing infrastructure ahead of nationwide rollout

The Malagasy government has launched a pilot program to enroll citizens for its new national digital ID system, ahead of…

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