One more approval needed for EU-government digital identity wallets
The European Union has approved legislation by a wide margin that will give digital ID wallets to its residents so…
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Indonesia plots digital ID access to public services in digital transformation push
Indonesia is making its national digital ID system an acceptable means of accessing public services as the next step in…
Digital ID deployment playing crucial role in African healthcare delivery
Stakeholders in the healthcare sector have agreed that digital ID, no matter what format it takes, can make massive contributions…
Illinois the latest US state to move on mobile driver’s licenses
Illinois’ secretary of state, Alexi Giannoulias, is backing legislation to create mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs). It’s not an insignificant development….
US airlines and TSA partner on expanded use of digital ID through face biometrics
The U.S Transportation Security Administration is advancing face biometrics checks for members of its PreCheck program in partnership with airlines….
Watch: Age verification: Lessons learned from the UK
Governments around the world are increasingly enacting legislation to ensure that there are adequate safeguards to protect children from accessing…
Buenos Aires integrates, open sources self-sovereign identity protocol QuarkID
Diego Fernández, secretary of innovation and digital transformation for the city of Buenos Aires, announced in a LinkedIn post that…
European digital ID apps tendered, roll out, updated and expanded
Mobile digital ID platforms are being asked to do more in Europe, and technology providers are responding to the uptick…
Jamaican PM’s office says national digital ID coming in Q1 of this year
The Jamaican government has announced its intention to complete phase one of the National Identification System (NIDS) enrolment and ID-card…
Vietnam adds facial recognition for online immigration to digital transformation plan
Online immigration is next on Vietnam’s digital transformation checklist, with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asking public security officials to…
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