Groundwork laid for mass digital identity take up as use cases grow
The addition of Covid-19 status certificates to biometrically-accessed digital wallets and the continued replacement of card-based ID with digital ID…
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Digital health pass developments worldwide: Canada, Slovenia, Linux Foundation
In many different formats and under many different names, digital health pass systems to prove a person’s COVID-19 status are…
Belgium launches digital health pass with Zetes trust services
Belgium has launched its Digital COVID Certificate (DCC), with digital trust services provided by ZetesConfidens, Zetes’ digital transaction security business…
Moving digital health passes from confusion to inclusion
Read this Biometric Update digital health pass report A recent three-part ID4Africa livecast event explored the challenge of establishing effective…
From ‘no-tech’ to biometrics, Good Health Pass specifies varying levels of assurance
The Good Health Pass Collaborative has released its draft Interoperability Blueprint Outline to provide guidance for the implementation of digital…
Biometrics come to verifiable credentials with Applied Recognition and Sovrin Foundation
The Sovrin Foundation is best known in the digital identity community for the MainNet Hyperledger Indy identity ledger, which it…
Daon launches vaccine status sharing with biometric VeriFLY app
The VeriFLY digital health pass from Daon now enables users to upload their vaccination cards to their biometrically secured digital…
Digital identity must adapt to new financial ecosystems
With digitization in some cases driving exclusion from the financial system, digital identity and biometric technologies must be addressed in…
Sovrin and ToIP form digital ID cooperation to further trust ecosystems
The Sovrin Foundation and Trust over IP Foundation have signed an agreement committing to mutual cooperation and the intention to…
ID4Africa debates digital health passes: more collaboration, clarity needed
The challenge for governments standing up digital health pass systems is not whether the appropriate technology exists, it is sorting…
