Brazil reveals timeline for mandatory biometrics registration, CIN card issuance
The Brazilian government has set a timeline for social benefits recipients to complete biometric registration and obtain the country’s new…
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Austria adds digital student id to eAusweise wallet with Youniqx Identity
Austria has rolled out a digital student identification card with the help of its technology partner Youniqx Identity, which has…
Armenia gets patriotic with biometric passports, ID cards coming in fall 2026
Armenia has a new biometric passport. A release from the government says the prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, can confirm that…
Eurail breach exposes passport data, fuels dark web identity trade
The fallout from a data breach at Eurail is raising fresh concerns about identity fraud, after stolen personal data from…
Armenia approves legal framework for biometric passport and ID rollout
The Armenian government has approved amendments to a package of laws related to identity documents, creating a unified legislative framework…
Western Australia to go live with digital driver’s licenses in 2027
Western Australia is getting a digital driver’s license and digital ID – the last of Australia’s states to offer one….
MK Smart, Aventra gain high-assurance certifications for digital identity markets
Vietnamese smart card and identity security firm MK Smart has achieved Common Criteria EAL5+ certification for its MK Lotus GovID…
Netherlands launches ICAO-compliant vertical ID card from IN Groupe
The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) has introduced a new vertically oriented identity document for foreign nationals awaiting asylum…
French gov’t confirms hack of at least 18M records from ID document database
France’s government has confirmed that a database storing records of identity documents suffered a breach of millions of entries containing…
Regula analysis finds ID document verification hardest for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese
While the Latin alphabet is the alpha and omega for around 40 percent of the world’s people, that still leaves…
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