Valid introduces REAL ID driver’s license standards for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Valid has introduced REAL ID driver’s license and identification card solutions for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to…
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Comparitech report shows 17 countries collecting biometric data for SIM card registration
With more than 5.1 billion global mobile phone users accounting for some 70 percent of the world’s population, a number…
Thales uses Gemalto tech to deliver digital license solution in Australia
Thales has partnered with Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads and local Queensland SMEs, Code Heroes and Aliva, to…
Malaysia plans release for final report on National ID by June 30
Last summer, Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications and Multimedia announced it was introducing a national biometric digital identification platform (National Digital…
Biometrics in Africa: digital ID for humanitarian responses in Ethiopia and registration priorities in Nigeria
The use of biometrics by electoral commissions is once again at the fore in digital ID news in Africa. The…
Afghanistan seeks India’s help to build national biometric database
Afghanistan wants to introduce an Aadhaar system similar to the Indian biometric and demographic database so it has partnered with…
French Secretary of State for Digital hesitant about national digital ID program
The French Interior Ministry announced in October plans to deploy facial recognition for enrollment into its national digital identification program…
Belgian Data Protection Authority includes biometric security in strategic plan
Fearing online privacy is at risk, the Data Protection Authority in Belgium wants to bring cultural change and turn privacy…
Indian government withdraws Aadhaar social media monitoring tender as brokerages await eKYC clarity
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has withdrawn a tender for monitoring social media chatter about Aadhaar and help…
Australia, Canada look to digital identity solutions to get rid of physical ID cards
Mastercard has rolled out a new digital identity pilot in Australia this week that can identify a person in both…
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