Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Utah State Capitol is pictured on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Will Ruzanski/Utah News Dispatch) Utah may soon establish an ...

More than 4.5 million people in the United States now have mobile drivers licenses (mDLs) alongside millions more enrolled in state-specific digital identity programs. While the move to digital could ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s recently finalized digital identity guidelines wrap up nearly four years of work, expanding the guidance to cover a range of new technologies and ...

As states across the country move forward with mobile driver's license programs, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is leading a coalition of privacy experts with an urgent message: slow down, ...

Existing law already provides the tools that would allow an across-the-board upgrade in digital identity verification, with benefits to banks and consumers alike. Regulators are the roadblock, writes ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to provide more information about Apple's Digital ID feature. Apple has launched Digital IDs, a new way for iOS users to create and store an identification ...

Two stories from two countries with no direct operation, institutional, or causal connection couldn’t be more intertwined. The U.K. is in the midst of rolling out its proposed mandatory digital ID ...

Brazil has launched an initiative to bring registration for its national digital ID card to remote areas of the country with ...

Utah may soon establish an optional digital ID system — one focused on privacy protections including a “digital identity bill of rights” — after a year of research and preparation to develop the ...