Swiss digital identity law approved by parliament lower house
The Swiss parliament is preparing to debate a new law regulating its digital identity, paving the way for the planned…
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Switzerland issues tender for digital ID with $200M budget
Switzerland is forging ahead with its plans to establish a national digital identity with a new tender for an online…
Swiss university, startups partner on self-sovereign identity
Zug-based startup Partisia Blockchain and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) have announced they are…
Switzerland presents national digital ID, adoption expected in 2026
After a private initiative to establish a digital identity was shot down by voters in 2021, Switzerland is opting for…
Procivis One launches to provide decentralized digital identity to Swiss government
Orell Füssli, a Swiss digital documents printer and provider, has announced the launch of Procivis One, a decentralized digital ID…
Nepal’s takeover of Migrant Resource Centres highlights digital transformation challenge
In Nepal, Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) are located outside of passport offices to serve applicants before they move on to…
Swedish privacy watchdog opposes police proposal to use passport biometrics
Sweden’s law enforcement agencies are pushing to increase the use of biometrics in their work after a spew of gang-related…
ITL gets Swiss distributor for biometric age checks, joins vaping industry association
Innovative Technology Ltd. (ITL) biometric age verification and cash handling systems will be supplied to the Swiss market under a…
Switzerland to spend $27M on new multimodal biometric matching system
The Swiss government is earmarking 24.61 million Swiss francs (roughly US$27.18 million) for the renewal and upgrade of the country’s…
Switzerland advances with plan to access asylum seekers’ digital data for ID verification
Authorities in Switzerland are advancing a plan that will update the country’s immigration laws to grant border officials the power…
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