Kazakhstan lays out DPI achievements for 2024
Governments around the world are counting their achievements in the area of digital public infrastructure (DPI) in 2024 and so…
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India targets 110M digital farmer IDs as AgriStack’s importance grows
From 2025, farmers in India will be required to have a farmer ID to receive government benefits. The digital identity…
Sri Lanka advised to build necessary safeguards as digital ID project begins this month
The Sri Lankan government has been told that it must put in place certain safeguards in order to guarantee full…
7% of Kuwait residents miss biometric registration deadline, face service freeze
Around 244,000 Kuwaiti expatriates are facing a block to their government and banking transactions after failing to submit their fingerprint…
Draft Indian data protection rules set vague age assurance, consent requirements
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) wants to require consent for personal data processing and age assurance for…
Taiwan warns citizens against obtaining Chinese ID cards
The government of Taiwan is warning its citizens against applying for documents in Mainland China, fearing that the country could…
New Syrian leadership asks Turkey to supply identity cards, passports
Syria has new leadership following 13 years of civil war and it will get new identity cards and passports supplied…
Trump’s AI Czar likely to emphasize de-regulation, market-driven solutions
David Sacks, a renowned venture capitalist and tech entrepreneur, has been appointed by President-elect Donald Trump as the White House’s…
South Korea to begin trial of digital national ID
South Korea’s national ID is about to get more digital. Citizens of the country aged 17 and older will soon…
Veterans Affairs begins move to secure sign-in with Login.gov or ID.me
A post from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) breaks down how the agency is transitioning to digital ID…
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