Category: digital identification

WHO Adopts European-Style COVID-19 Vaccine Passports as Part of New Global Digital Health Certificate

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it will take up the European Union’s digital COVID-19 vaccine passport framework as part of a new global network of digital health certificates. The WHO said in a June 5 statement that it had entered into a “landmark digital health partnership” with the European Commission (EC), the European Union’s…


Feds Conducted Research on National ‘Digital Credentials’ the Same Month They Announced Digital ID Plan

As part of a $2.4 million contract, the federal government Privy Council Office commissioned focus group research on “digital credentials” on Aug. 24, 2022. On Aug. 4, 2022, the same month the focus group was commissioned, a government report, titled “Canada’s Digital Ambition 2022,” announced the Liberals planned to introduce digital infrastructure. “The next step in making…