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Before Building New ID Numbering Systems, Let’s Use What We Have

In the identity management field, innovation often comes with a sense of urgency. You identify an opportunity, work up a proposal, attend meetings, submit your bid and then (hopefully) Go! Go! Go! At this point, you already have the solution so well worked out with colleagues (and written into an annexe of the contract) that you don’t have time to reconsider what is already in place in the country’s identity framework.

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Mexico has formally enacted legislation making the biometric-based Unique …

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TOPPAN Security Wins Design Award

Ethiopia’s new ePassport, designed and manufactured by TOPPAN Security, has been awarded the 2025 Red Dot Awa…

Apple Wins New Biometric Technique Patent

ID & Secure Document News™ continues its tracking of the intellectual prop…

Round-Up of National eID Schemes

The momentum behind national electronic identity (eID) programmes continue…

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The Future of Travel Technology: The Evolution of ePassports

Travel technology is advancing rapidly, with companies like Veridos complementing secure travel documents with digital solutions to streamline border crossings. ‘Virtual’ ePassports – digital credentials stored on secure mobile platforms – are emerging as a digital complement to traditional physical passports, rather than a replacement. While full replacement has not yet been realised or intended, these digital alternatives offer users more freedom of choice and enable identity verification, biometric integration, and global interoperability without physical booklets, enhancing travel efficiency and security for a connected world.

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