Tanzania chooses Digimarc for voter ID program
02 May, 2007
category: Government
Digimarc Corporation announced it was recently selected to provide secure ID materials for the photo registration of eligible voters in Tanzania. “Digimarc is playing a growing role in helping countries across the African continent to improve the identity management and credentialing systems that support a range of critical government functions, including elections, national ID systems, and driver licensing,” said Bob Eckel, president, government programs, Digimarc Corporation.
Tanzania Chooses Digimarc for Voter ID Program
Digimarc supplying secure ID materials for Tanzania voter identification program
Beaverton, Ore. — May 1, 2007 —
Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC) today announced it was recently selected by the Tanzanian National Electoral Commission to provide secure ID materials for the photo registration of eligible voters around the country. The Digimarc solution is helping Tanzania with ongoing registration of new voters for national and local elections at thousands of locations nationwide.
“Digimarc is playing a growing role in helping countries across the African continent to improve the identity management and credentialing systems that support a range of critical government functions, including elections, national ID systems, and driver licensing,” said Bob Eckel, president, government programs, Digimarc Corporation. “We are pleased to be working with Tanzania to bring secure voter credentials to its citizens as a means to take part in future elections.”
Digimarc secure citizen identification and credentialing solutions are well-suited to the needs of African nations. Digimarc secure ID solutions are used currently in several key driver license programs in Africa, including Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, and Mozambique.
About Digimarc
Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a leading supplier of secure identity and media management solutions. Digimarc provides products and services that enable the annual production of more than 60 million personal identification documents, including two-thirds of U.S. driver licenses and IDs for more than 25 countries. Digimarc’s digital watermarking technology provides a persistent digital identity for various media content and is used to enhance the security of financial documents, identity documents and digital images, and support other media rights management applications.
Digimarc has an extensive intellectual property portfolio, with more than 300 issued U.S. patents with more than 6,000 claims, and more than 500 pending U.S. and foreign patent applications in digital watermarking, personal identification and related technologies. The Company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, with other U.S. offices in Burlington, Massachusetts; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and the Washington DC area; and international offices in London and Mexico. Please go to www.digimarc.com for more company information.