Australians’ awareness of digital identity services varies widely by age
Nearly a third of Australians have never heard of any digital identity solution. That’s according to a recent Kantar survey…
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Idemia’s Australian airport biometrics upgrade contract extended by 10 years
Idemia Public Security has won a 10-year extension of a contract to upgrade systems for processing international arrivals at 8…
New facial recognition guidance for Australia addresses privacy in retail environments
As Australia grapples with the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in retail environments, the Office of the Australian Information…
Passkey adoption by Australian govt, banks drives wider passwordless authentication
It’s high noon for passwords. Across the Authentication Corral, an inscrutable stranger saunters up and puts their hand on the…
Aboriginal digital ID offers Indigenous Australians pathway to essential services
There are more than 200,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia who lack a birth certificate. Without this vital…
Australia piloting myGov app and Trust Exchange for sharing medical data
The Australian government has launched a pilot of its myGov public services app and Services Australia’s Trust Exchange (TEx) proof-of-concept…
Austroads preps to scale Digital Trust Service after mDL testing success
Austroads has declared its Digital Trust Service (DTS) to enable the use of mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) for attribute and…
Australia forges ahead with digital identity, releases second Digital Services Standard
A release from the Australian government says it wants to expand the voluntary use of digital ID to bring “whole…
Regulators, age assurance providers turn eyes to online gambling sector
A long-term effect of the smartphone revolution has been the normalization of gambling as a widely accepted social activity. Pornography…
Retail facial recognition for crime prevention finds support in Australia, UK
Retailers in Australia and the UK are keen to use facial recognition to cut down on shoplifting and violence in…
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