Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)
Created as a result of the federal government’s Task Force for the Payments System Review, the DIACC is a non-profit…
DIACC
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Fime accredited by DIACC to assess compliance with Canada’s digital trust framework
Fime has been accredited by the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) as an official auditor of the…
DIACC targets digital credential access for 90% of Canadians by 2031
Canada is ready “to build a world-leading digital trust infrastructure” including interoperable digital identity, according to a forward-looking paper from…
Canada targets health data interoperability through standards with new legislation
Legislation has been introduced in Canada to require healthcare IT companies to adopt common technical standards to enable privacy-protecting exchanges…
DIACC report identifies opportunity for Canadian digital ID providers
The Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) has released its 2025 Annual Impact Report, documenting a year in…
DIACC certifies ID verification for legal industry to Canada’s trust framework
There is now a certified option to ensure that client data handling by legal professionals in Canada will respect the…
Quebec to conduct public consultation on use of biometrics in digital identity
The Canadian province of Quebec has adopted a bill that lays the foundations for a national digital identity scheme. Bill…
UK digital ID bedeviled by details still unknown or unresolved
Arguments for, against and about the introduction of a mandatory digital ID in the UK are becoming more pointed as…
DIACC sees digital ID mutual recognition opportunity in Canada-EU trade deal talks
The government of Canada has closed its consultation on a prospective digital trade agreement with the European Union, an idea…
DIACC turns to gov’t digital transformation as Canada’s digital ID ecosystem matures
Like nearly all governments around the world, Canada’s is moving public services online as part of a digital transformation effort….
