The Somalian government has launched a biometric national ID system, marking the return of a national identity registry of any kind after three decades of political […]

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education and its National ID Program have announced the launch of a Digital ID system for students in the country. In a […]

The Kenyan government has unveiled plans to introduce a new national ID system called the “Maisha Number” (also known as the Unique Personal Identifier, or […]

In a significant move toward modernization, the Australian government has introduced legislation to permanently adopt digital execution, electronic signatures, and video-link witnessing for statutory declarations, […]

Norway-based Signicat has integrated Italy’s digital identity system, “Sistema Pubblico di Identità Digitale” (or “SPID”), into its platform, allowing European companies and agencies to leverage […]

Finnish authorities are piloting a digital passport in a partnership between Finnish Border Control, Finnair, the airport company Finavia, and airports in Edinburgh, London, and Manchester. Participants […]

In the fast-growing selfie onboarding space, social media platform X stole the show this week with its confirmation that it will enable premium users to […]

“X,” the social media platform formerly known as ‘Twitter,’ has changed its privacy policy, noting that the platform may collect users’ “biometric information” with their […]

The Transportation Security Administration is seeking public comment on a “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” that would allow the continued use of mobile driver’s licenses even […]

X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, may be preparing to implement a selfie-based identity verification system, according to independent app researcher Nima […]

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles is inviting up to 1.5 million people to participate in a pilot of its mobile driver’s license (mDL). Available through a dedicated […]