Theft of driver’s license data in Louisiana could be a big test for digital ID
There are reports that 6 million public records have been exposed in the U.S. state of Louisiana, part of a…
mDL (mobile driver’s license)
Mobile driver’s licenses, alternatively referred to as digital driver’s licenses and known by the short forms mDL and DDL, are increasingly popular credentials for driving privileges and identity verification. Issued by a department of motor vehicles or similar government authority and stored in a digital wallet on a smartphone, these credentials are being adopted or considered as digital IDs for a wide range of applications including age verification.
Another US state tentatively steps up to digital ID
In much the same way that generative AI has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States, it appears digital…
Google Wallet rolls out mDL support and prepares more digital identity use cases
Google Wallet users in certain U.S. states will now be able to store digital identities on their phones. From today…
Digital wallets and mobile ID to be taken at more TSA checkpoints
Android customers in Maryland have a new option for identity verification at select U.S. airports, with the announcement that the…
Missouri launches mDL app, first state to allow remote ID card renewal
IDEMIA Identity and Security (I&S) North America partnered with the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR) to launch the Missouri Mobile…
Digital ID projects in the US continue to dribble out
Apple-compatible digital IDs have come to a fourth U.S. state – Georgia. The mobile driver’s license development program was run…
Arizona Motor Vehicle Division implements digital IDs with Credence ID scanners
Digital ID reader firm Credence ID and IT infrastructure-services company Kyndryl say they have completed and booted up a system…
Digital driver’s license getting closer in Philippines
There is no date yet, but the Philippines government says it has a mobile driver’s license “set to launch soon.”…
Mobile driver’s license pilot to launch soon in Victoria, Australia
The government in Victoria, Australia, is set to offer motorists the option to carry their driver’s license on their phone…
Tougher laws urged after 1 in 5 kiwis lose data in Latitude attack
The New Zealand government estimates that 20 percent of its citizens were victimized in an attack on the Australian consumer…
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