Digital Product Passports – Unintended Consequences for Digital ID?

In March 2023 IDN carried an article on the opportunities for new projects that stem from research collaborations, using the UK SPRITE+ network as an example. It was noted that a group of academics plus an industry partner had come together at a SPRITE+ meeting to propose a scoping study for funding on a topic relating to digital ID. The proposal was funded and the aim of this article is to provide the ID and secure document community with an outline of the DigiProPass project.

The debate on the implications of the emergence of Digital Product Passports has already started within the Reconnaissance community. It emerged first at the Tax Stamp and Traceability Forum™ meeting 2022 in the context of a German battery passport initiative. It was noted at that meeting that the concept was applicable to a wider range of products and was part of a much wider agenda.