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ID4Africa is calling attention to a recent Identification for Development (ID4D) report that examines the relative quality of the privacy features in digital ID programs in Austria, India, and Estonia. The report specifically stresses the importance of privacy by design, noting that privacy should be built into an ID program at the earliest stages of […]
Yoti will be outfitting Volunteer Edinburgh with digital IDs that will make it easier to onboard and issue credentials to new members. The organization currently has a network of more than 1,400 volunteers through the Scotland Cares program, and those numbers have gone up in the past few months as people have signed up to […]
Signicat has become the first company outside of Germany to offer support for the country’s new Neue Personalausweis (nPA) digital identity card. The nPA cards were first introduced in 2017, and will have been issued to 37 million Germans by the end of 2020. That number is expected to climb to 80 million by 2027, […]
As governments around the world consider easing lockdown restrictions, digital identity verification company Onfido is in talks with the U.K. government regarding its plans to issue COVID-19 immunity passports as a way of indicating whether a person is deemed safe to return to work. Though supporters argue the scheme could help restart the economy, many […]
For the first-ever ID Evolution Month at FindBiometrics, we’ve taken some in-depth looks at some of the most compelling trends and technological developments in digital identity. There has been a lot of ground to cover, and now, with April 2020 coming to a close, it’s time to take a look back on this exciting terrain. […]
It’s ID Evolution Month at FindBiometrics, delivering exclusive feature articles on the state of the art in digital identity. So far, our coverage has been a bit selfie-centric: We kicked things off with a look at how selfie-based authentication attained its current level of prominence, and proceeded to detail some of the more cutting-edge technologies […]
The Ottawa-based Bluink has officially released a new digital identity app for Ontario residents. The app is available for iOS and Android devices, and is backed by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, which provided $1.2 million in development funding. The app itself has been dubbed eID-Me, and it allows residents […]
IDEMIA has officially become the latest member of the Kantara Board of Directors. The Kantara Initiative works to establish industry standards and promote best practices for privacy and digital identity, and IDEMIA will be asked to advance those goals as a member of the board. To that end, IDEMIA will lend its expertise to various […]
In a decision by the European Commission, British nationals living in the European Union will receive an EU-wide biometric residence document by the end of the post-Brexit transition period. In a statement to Politico, the Commission said it wants to ensure British residents living in the EU have a “simple, uniform” physical document proving their […]
MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that predicts that the market for Digital Identity Solutions will more than double between 2019 and 2024. The market will display a CAGR of 17.3 percent and climb from $13.7 billion to $30.5 billion in that forecast window. The firm credited much of that growth to the rising demand for more […]
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