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In a statement, Apple highlighted the privacy protections in place for the digital ID, noting that “the state-issuing authority receives only the information it needs to approve or deny the request” for the activation of a mobile ID. “Once an ID is added to Apple Wallet, the information is encrypted on a user’s device, so others — including Apple — cannot access it unless a user chooses to present it,” the company said.
Learning Vault, an Australian digital credentialing platform, has developed a digital skills passport platform for the New South Wales (NSW) Government’s Industry Skills Accelerator program. The platform aims to allow individuals to collect, manage, and share their skills and qualifications as digital, verifiable credentials.
The staff report is based on responses to 6(b) orders issued in December 2020 to nine companies including some of the largest social media and video streaming services: [Twitch; Facebook; YouTube; Twitter; Snap; TikTok; Discord; Reddit; WhatsApp]
It aims to facilitate cross-border cooperation between EU Member States on matters related to digital identity wallets, electronic identification schemes, and trust services.
The Zug eGovernment platform, eZug, now integrates the Procivis One software solution for securely issuing, managing, and verifying digital credentials. The advantage of this solution is that users can benefit from verifiable digital credentials without the need to install an additional app on their smartphones. [press]
🎯exchanging best practices and cooperating with the Commission on emerging policy initiatives in the field of digital identity wallets, electronic identification means and trust services 🎯 advising the Commission in the preparation of draft implementing and delegated acts 🎯 supporting supervisory bodies in the implementation of the EUDI Regulation organising peer reviews of electronic identification schemes 🎯 engaging with the Commission and other relevant stakeholders to develop a common Union Toolbox
The OpenID Foundation is delighted to announce that it is one of 15 parties to a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Cybersecurity Council Center of Excellence. This project will accelerate digital identity adoption in the United States.
You can send feedback on the specifications in a way that enables the working group to act upon it by (1) signing the Contribution Agreement at https://openid.net/intellectual-property/ to join the working group (please specify that you are joining the “AuthZEN” work group on your contribution agreement), (2) joining the working group mailing list at openid-specs-authzen@lists.openid.net, and (3) sending your feedback to the mailing list.
Internet standards development not just about technology. It's also about consensus-building, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement.
I love the whole Internet standards development process and tend to collect standards development organization (SDO) meeting badges like other people collect Pokémon.
Aries-VCX is a project under the Hyperledger Aries group. This group strives to provide complete toolkits for DI solutions and digital trust, including the ability to issue, store and present verifiable credentials with maximum privacy preservation, and establish confidential, ongoing communication channels for rich interactions:
Applications and API gateways can be integrated with a number of external authentication systems using a single API instead of creating a customized integration for each.
The authorization platform will be associated with a wider range of applications and other policy application points.
The administrator has a single "approval control plane" to manage policies and permissions and answer questions such as "Which resource can this user access?"
What is a self addressing identifier, a SAID? What does this mean and how is a SAID created and verified? This post answers these questions. We show a generalized process for calculating SAIDs and delve into the encoding format for CESR-compliant self addressing identifiers
One of the latest and more interesting initiatives comes—yet again—from the Kingdom of Bhutan in the form of Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC). GMC is the Kingdom’s unique version of a smart city. They call it a Special Administrative Region, integrating economic growth with mindfulness, holistic living, and sustainability.
While Part 1 lays the conceptual foundation, Part 2 turns theory into action. By collaborating directly with the key players in digital transformation across various sectors, we are building the technology stack that will demonstrate the crucial role of data authenticity and integrity in shaping a digital governance model.
By prioritizing youth voices and experiences, the 20 young people, Caribou Digital, and the Mastercard Foundation crafted a powerful report that reflects young people’s perspectives and experiences on digital technologies in Africa.
A Scalable Framework for the formation of Data Alliances and Co-operatives Hossein Rahnama MIT Media Lab They should follow three basic rules: 1. consistently cultivate trust with customers, explaining in common-sense terms how their data is being used and what's in it for them; 2. focus on extracting insight, not personal identifiable information; and 3. companies should work together to facilitate the flow of insights, with a common objective of acquiring maximum insight from consented data for the customer's benefit.
I first heard about GAN after Trinsic launched our Identity Acceptance Network. It wasn’t until I got a flurry of texts from people did I learn that GAN was being incubated by a small group of people, using a similar name. Great minds, I guess!
Transmute has spent five years working with CBP and DHS to introduce a powerful solution to the future of trade: verifiable credentials. By transforming traditional trade documents into these wholly digitized twins, we can trace each shipment’s data trail from the original source all the way down the supply chain.
It is perhaps no surprise that news of an imminent Idemia sale has popped back up in the same week that the U.S. Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate cut since the hike cycle began in 2022. Market conditions appear to be returning to dynamics that would encourage growth in tech and other areas.
The Civic ID Verification Pass provides real-world benefits to users who can verify their identity and age quickly and rent a car directly from a car owner, without intermediaries
This doesn’t mean eliminating centralized systems; instead, it integrates them into a more flexible, user-centric model. Governments, universities, banks, and other institutions continue to issue credentials, but now they do so in a way that respects our control over our identities.
Conventional wisdom in data security is that threats to information assets can be viewed in three different dimensions: Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (or “C-I-A”). [...] The problem is that automated identification systems can’t tell if personal data is being presented by the individual concerned or by an imposter
Commercial surveillance infrastructures will be described, followed by a discussion of the safety risks associated with global surveillance networks for privacy professionals (lawyers, regulators, and industry) and concerned users of technology.
