alongID enters validation phase ahead of global digital identity rollout
Digital identity platform alongID is moving from pilot testing to early validation, ahead of its planned global launch. Developed by…
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Europe’s ‘Wild West’ of facial recognition testing spurs call for responsible AI oversight
A peer-reviewed study published in Data & Policy by legal scholar Karen Yeung of the University of Birmingham, and Wenlong…
New Digital Public Infrastructure program from World Bank aims for inclusivity
The World Bank has released its annual report on the Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative, marking ten years of the…
EUDI Wallet struggling with standardization and regulatory changes
Europe is just 15 months away from the December 2026 deadline for offering a digital ID wallet to all EU…
EU updates plan for rollout of digital wallets, mDLs
The EU has updated its plans to roll out digital identities and wallets to store and share them from under…
Experts insist on stronger protective measures for Mexico’s biometric CURP
Despite warnings from cybersecurity experts of centralizing sensitive biometric and biographic data, the government of Mexico is moving forward with…
Morocco, UNDP launch Digital for Sustainable Development Hub
Morocco has launched a Digital for Sustainable Development (D4SD) Hub with support from the UNDP to help Arab and African…
Kenya considers verifiable academic credentials to phase out paper certificates
Government and other stakeholders in Kenya are brainstorming on an initiative that seeks to replace physical academic certificates with digital…
imID to roll out digital ID app for streamlined IDV in Armenia
A provider of trust services in Armenia, imID, has entered into a partnership for the rollout of a digital ID…
Tweak existing UK digital ID scheme, don’t launch overlapping new one: Stakeholders
Observers and participants in the UK’s digital identity ecosystem are coming together in expressing that whether or not Right to…
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