Tag: identity

DTA defends digital ID roll-out

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s troubled digital identity program will not be a repeat of the doomed Australia Card and will actually be “privacy-enhancing”, according to the Digital Transformation Agency. The...

Big banks get in on digital ID

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s two taxpayer-funded digital identity offerings are set to get some major competitors, with the big banks finalising their own digital identity framework. The Payment Systems Board...

Govt opens digital ID private sector

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has begun the process of opening up its digital identity project to the private sector, with hopes the big banks will buy into the controversial scheme....

Race for identity has a winner

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia Post has become the first entity outside of government to be approved as a “trusted” digital identity provider by the Commonwealth tech tsars. In fact, the Australia Post...

Report urges facial ID transparency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should be more transparent about its use of facial recognition technology and work more closely with the private sector in development ICT tools for law enforcement,...

Govt flags digital ID budget spend

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
An extra $67.2 million earmarked for the government’s digital ID project is just one of several tech investments to be featured in next month’s budget, according to outgoing digital...

Re-identification a real concern

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Risks of re-identification are very real, so we must approach the sharing of anonymised data carefully. But with tremendous benefits on offer it is worth the effort, according to...

The path to national identity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The issues paper from InnovationAus.com’s Civic Nation 2018 roundtable on National Identity & Cybersecurity has been released for download here, exploring critical policy concerns in the sector from a...

NEC identity gig faces ANAO audit

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An investigation has been launched into the suspended biometrics project that NEC Australia was doing for the Australian Crime Intelligence Commission. The audit of the Australian Crime Intelligence Commission’s...