Commonwealth statutory declarations can now be witnessed on myGov using the federal government’s digital identity system, removing the need for Australians to visit a Justice of the Peace. Finance...
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Digital ID is shaping up as the next data localisation battleground, with the Tech Council of Australia arguing proposed rules requiring onshore hosting for the scheme will do nothing...
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Businesses have urged the federal government to open its digital identity system to the private sector at the same time as state governments, arguing that not doing so will...
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Laws paving the way for the widespread use of digital identity must be amended to prohibit law enforcement agencies from accessing digital ID information, civil and digital rights groups...
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The corporate regulator has taken up compliance duties on the Director ID scheme, contacting company directors who are yet to obtain one and had ignored formal directions to apply....
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Teachers and childcare workers will be among the first able to perform digital identity checks in New South Wales when the state government launches a new option for renewing...
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myGovID, the federal government’s digital identity credential, will be rebranded after an audit of myGov found it was confusing for users and difficult to differentiate from the flagship digital...
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Companies will be able to use face matching systems operated by the federal government to verify a person’s identity after controversial legislation passed Parliament with almost 40 privacy-focused amendments....
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Legislation introduced on Thursday by the government will regulate and expand its digital identity scheme, including allowing states and the private sector to participate, while another $145.5 million in...
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The competition regulator is using a limited tender to build a critical platform behind the government’s digital ID scheme, inviting only a handful of companies and refusing to say...
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Australians are struggling to understand the “concept” of the upcoming national Digital ID system, government commissioned research has found, confirming a key concern about the roll out of the...
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Laws allowing the federal government to legally operate its document and face matching systems are facing an uphill battle in the Senate, with the Greens and the Coalition backing...
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Further pilots of New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity system are “imminent”, with the state’s government service delivery agency expected to undertake at least one trial before the end...
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Experts in service delivery, verification, privacy and inclusion have been brought in to guide the expansion of Australia’s digital ID program, now in its eighth year with more than...