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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.

 

Mobile ID can bring both convenience and citizen privacy

By David Kelts, Director of Product Development, Mobile Identity, GET Group North America Many U.S. states are implementing mobile driver’s…

 

New South Wales revamps mobile driver’s license platform for automated approval

IT consultant CGI has been contacted by the New South Wales government to build a unified mobile driver’s license (mDL)…

 

Utah extends GET Group mobile driver’s license pilot, credit union to accept them

The Utah Community Credit Union (UCCU) will be the state’s first financial institution to officially accept mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs)…

 

Apple throws its weight behind mobile driver’s licenses, negotiating with TSA

Digital storage of state-issued ID documents on Apple devices has been unveiled by the tech giant at its annual developer…

 

Voatz and Irisguard mobile biometric applications, Idemia mDL app honored

Idemia and Voatz have each been recognized by Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards 2021 for their efforts supporting remote…

 

NSW reaches 3 million mobile driver’s licenses amid advancing government digital ID

From mobile driver’s licenses in Australia and Saudi Arabia to digital ID systems to facilitate online processes in Austria, Germany,…

 

ACLU urges hard questions on mDLs to protect digital ID privacy

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning of the potential dangers mobile driver’s license (mDL) adoption in America could…

 

US mobile driver’s licenses advancing to more states, agencies, applications

The list of U.S. states to launch mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) is growing rapidly, with five implemented already and three…

 

Mobile driver licenses present new opportunities for biometrics and wider ecosystem

By Steve Purdy, Vice-President Identity and Verification at Thales. Digital transformation is about to change how we prove our identities….

 

US digital ID regulation coming as feds seek info on mobile driver’s license standards

Rules for minimum technical requirements and security standards for mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in the U.S are coming, in a…

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