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Francis Tuffy

29 June 2026

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Civil registration is the cornerstone of legal identity and the first step in ensuring every person is recognised in law. It creates the official record of a child’s existence, supports access to health, education and social protection as well as providing governments with the population data needed for planning and accountability.

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Francis Tuffy

27 April 2026

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Rwanda’s Information Society Authority (RISA) has launched a procurement for a ‘Single Digital ID Card Printing and Personalisation System and related consumables’ under the Rwanda Digital Acceleration Project.

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Francis Tuffy

25 March 2026

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A misconfigured cloud storage environment linked to Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) left scans of 700 passports and state ID cards belonging to high-profile delegates publicly accessible after the December 2025 event.

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Francis Tuffy

2 March 2026

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Update on US Transport Security

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun 2026 by pushing further into automated biometric identity verification – while its trusted traveller programme, Global Entry, has been temporarily suspended amid the latest US partial government shutdown.

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Francis Tuffy

2 March 2026

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Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior has outlined a significant expansion of cooperation with the European Union (EU) on border management and migration governance following high-level talks in Abuja on 4 February 2026.

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Francis Tuffy

30 Jan. 2026

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Belize Receives Funding Under New Biometric Data Sharing Agreement

Belize has received approximately $250,000 in biometric equipment from the US under a new Biometric Data Sharing Partnership (BDSP) with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The package includes fingerprint-based enrolment systems and document readers at Belize’s international airport and major land border crossings, enabling officers to capture biometric identifiers and query DHS identity databases in real time.

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Francis Tuffy

30 Jan. 2026

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Brunei’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) and Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC) have introduced Brunei Identity Digital (BruneiID), a national digital identity designed to provide single-login access to selected government digital services.

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Francis Tuffy

30 Jan. 2026

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Monetising Identity Exceptions to REAL ID

From 1 February 2026, US domestic air passengers who arrive at airport security without a REAL ID-compliant licence or other accepted identification will be routed into ‘TSA ConfirmID’, an alternative identity-verification process carrying a $45 fee.

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Francis Tuffy

30 Jan. 2026

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Latin America Moves Closer to Digital Identity Interoperability

Latin America’s long-standing ambition to enable cross-border use of national digital identities is entering a more concrete phase.

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Francis Tuffy

23 Dec. 2025

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The Biometrics Institute has released a new good practice paper, ‘Biometrics and Account Recovery’, focusing on one of the weakest links in digital identity: how users regain access when authentication fails or accounts are compromised.

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Francis Tuffy

1 Dec. 2025

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The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in the US, has launched Virginia Mobile ID, a smartphone-based version of the state driving licence or ID card, now available as a free app on iOS and Android.

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Francis Tuffy

27 Oct. 2025

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Thales has unveiled MultiApp 5.2 Premium PQC, which it claims is the world’s first smartcard certified to resist attacks from quantum computers.

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Francis Tuffy

28 Sept. 2025

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ID.me has raised $340 million in Series E funding to scale its secure, interoperable digital identity platform. With over 152 million users and adoption across 20 US federal and 45 state agencies, the platform supports federated identity at NIST IAL2 assurance levels – essential for high-trust public sector applications.

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Francis Tuffy

3 Sept. 2025

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Mexico has formally enacted legislation making the biometric-based Unique Population Registry Code (Clave Única de Registro de Población – CURP) mandatory for all citizens, transforming what was once an optional identifier into the country’s central digital identity instrument.

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Francis Tuffy

21 July 2025

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At the High Security Printing™ (HSP) Latin America conference (9-11 June 2025), an exclusive physical ‘event passport’ was introduced for participants.

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Francis Tuffy

26 June 2025

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Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) has signed a share transfer agreement to acquire a 75% stake in Rubicon SEZC, the Cayman Islands-based holding company of the Laxton group.

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Francis Tuffy

11 May 2025

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Has Holography Lost Its WOW? We Need Your Input!

Holographic features have long played a vital role in optical document security—grabbing attention, signaling authenticity, and giving visual verification. But as design trends shift and digital solutions take a larger role, it’s time to reassess their impact.

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Francis Tuffy

29 April 2025

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Biometric authentication traditionally relies on single identifiers like fingerprints or facial scans. However, these can be spoofed or altered by ageing, injury, or illness.

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Francis Tuffy

31 March 2025

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The PQC4eMRTD (Post-Quantum Cryptography for electronic Machine- Readable Travel Documents) project is a European initiative launched on 28 February, aimed at enhancing the security of electronic machine-readable travel documents (eMRTDs), such as electronic passports, against emerging threats posed by advances in quantum computing.

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Francis Tuffy

4 March 2025

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Spectra Systems, a US provider of secure transaction technologies, has announced that its security printing division, Cartor Security Printers, has secured a five-year contract to produce postage stamps for an undisclosed postal supplier within the European Union.

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