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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.

 

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…

 

Americas DMVs considering the future of the digital ID role thrust upon them

Mobile driver’s licenses are a necessary next step for America’s state motor vehicle departments in playing a role that has…

 

Singpass launches digital driver licenses for professionals, integrated by Okta

Singapore said goodbye to paper driver licenses for professional drivers, including taxi, private-hire car and bus drivers, after integrating the…

 

Banks hit with biometric fraud, fake mobile driver’s licenses

As long as the quest for secure digital identity persists, so, too, will attempts to game the system. From aggravated…

 

US govt targets standards harmonization in digital ID; New York wants its own

A pair of new developments could give digital IDs a nudge forward in the United States. The National Institute of…

 

Australia and state govts agree on digital ID, credential sharing deal

Ministers from Australia’s federal government have agreed to a deal with their state and territory counterparts to include digital credentials…

 

2023 Digital Identity Accountability Summit

2023 Digital Identity Accountability Summit San Jose, CA March 14, 2023 ADI Association is pleased to host the Spring 2023…

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