Tag: digital identity

Accenture gets $50m for digital identity work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay Accenture more than $3 million per month across the next year to work on its digital identity scheme, with the Irish multinational scoring a...

Govt accredits first private digital ID provider

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The first private company has received accreditation from the federal government as a digital identity provider, with legislation facilitating a significant expansion of the digital ID program set to...

NSW moves ahead with digital ID advisory council

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW Police will have a prominent voice on the state’s newly formed Digital Identity Ministerial Advisory Council (DIMAC) to advise on the government’s strategic direction for digital ID....

Police should be locked out of digital ID scheme

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Former Australian Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton has recommended law enforcement agencies be explicitly prevented from accessing data from the government’s digital identity program, which is being prepared for an...

Dominello on the reallocation of digital resources

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The extended coronavirus pandemic had forced “a massive reallocation of resources” and a rethinking of priorities in the NSW government’s digital service delivery program, with a number of planned...

Govt digital ID system a ‘house of cards’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s push for an economy wide digital identity system will leave it on the “wrong side of history”, an identity and data protection expert has warned, as...

Govt unveils digital ID private sector expansion plans

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government has released more details on its plan to expand its digital identity scheme to the private sector and the states, as it pushes to significantly accelerate the...