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29 Mar, 2021Ontario wants to be a digital ID hotspot
Provincial push could set the stage for large authentication program
Look to Ontario, Canada as one of the next spots for digital ID innovation and deployment. The government of Canada’s most populous province envisions a digital ID program that, in the administration’s words, enables people and businesses in Ontario to be able to securely and conveniently prove their identity online, saving people time and money […]
22 Mar, 2021UK Post Office and Yoti expand digital and biometric ID
Technology provider Yoti helping to launch new authentication app this spring
Digital ID and biometrics could win more mainstream acceptance in the UK thanks to a partnership between the UK Post Office and Yoti, which will see the launch of a new app designed for a variety of identity verification functions. According to the company, the effort combines the Post Office’s experience in identity services and […]
08 Mar, 2021Estonia turns to secunet eID for advanced travel document control
Secunet technology helps the digitally advanced country better manage travel documents
As Estonia continues to build out its electronic machine readable travel documents capability — another feather in the cap of in the nation’s digital ID infrastructure — the Baltic country has turned to secunet for needed assistance. Estonia has become the latest European country to employ the secunet eID PKI suite for their certificate management, […]
15 Jan, 2021Secure Identity Alliance says physical ID security matters for digital ID
Group offers tools designed to help test security of credentials
Even with digital ID on the rise in 2021, physical credentials still play a major role in authentication — and in many ways will be closely tied to their virtual cousins. And that means the security of those physical identification documents cannot be taken for granted, according to a recent report from the Secure Identity […]
09 Dec, 2020Florida mobile driver’s licenses ready to launch
Thales is providing verification and other services to the program set to begin next year
Applications will be accepted for the Florida mobile driver’s licenses in 2021, and the state has tapped Thales to provide verification and other services for that digital ID program. As Thales put it, Florida stands as the first state in the U.S. to provide mobile driver’s licenses that not only have leading-edge security mechanisms but […]
14 Nov, 2020Better digital ID can combat pandemic fraud losses
Calls build for better digital verification to stop the rise of unemployment and other forms of fraud
As unemployment continues during the coronavirus pandemic, more officials and government agencies are looking toward digital ID as the solution. Indeed, the pandemic shows that the U.S. federal government needs better ID tools to fight fraud, according to reported comments from Gay Gilbert, the administrator for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Unemployment Insurance. […]
20 Oct, 2020U.K. digital ID resets with new board, policies
Officials look to combat fraud and expand access to services
The government has refreshed its plan for a nationwide U.K. digital ID, focusing on giving users secure online identities that could be employed to access government services and healthcare, buy age-restricted products and combat fraud. In a recent document, the government said that it “plans to update existing laws on identity checking to enable digital […]
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