UK, Canadian digital identity initiatives focus on technology and its implications
The UK and Canadian governments have unveiled new digital identity milestones, as the technology takes hold across many countries amid…
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Digital health pass biometrics deployed by NEC in Japan, Clear in US
Two separate initiatives using biometrics and digital ID technologies to facilitate the adoption of COVID-inspired digital health passes have been…
Australian government digital transformation plan light on ID
Australia has formally announced an ambitious plan to make the entire Australian Public Service available online in a way that…
Biometrics providers target more verticals and expanding markets
Cross-border digital identity services from Mastercard could be live as soon as next year, and the company has brought North…
Digital ID data and fragility: the Dark Side of Identity, Part 2
What can happen with data amid the realities of fragile environments such as places of conflict, natural disaster or political…
$86M DRC biometric driving license deal for Otojuste amid choppy contracting
Little-known Congolese company Otojuste has won a US$86 million public-private partnership contract with DRC’s Transport Ministry to produce the country’s…
Apple seeks patent for device-to-device digital ID provisioning
Apple is building out a patent portfolio for services related to its digital ID functions. Specifically, engineers are looking for…
UIDAI enters collaboration with World Bank to export Aadhaar digital ID architecture
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has entered a collaboration with the World Bank and United Nations to deploy…
Tattered edges always accompany biometrics-based digital ID systems like Aadhaar
Being fractal in nature, data reveals more detail the closer you look at it. That is true with massive citizen…
Minister restates mandatory nature of digital ID for Nigerians
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, has re-stated the need for every Nigerian to register for…
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