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The gateway to identities misuse
The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the Registry of Motor Vehicles or the Bureau of Motor Vehicles: regardless of the naming of the agency...
The Estonian eID: a joint effort
The first generation of Estonian eID cards was issued in 2002. Since then, there have been three generations of cards. Preparations for the fourth...
Why nationality is not always clear-cut
Over the past ten years, there has been rising concern around several nationality-related issues. Nationality is closely related to the mobility of people and...
Big data: from marketing to safer streets
Intelligence-led policing has been around since the 1990s, but as elements such as profiling are still controversial and there are no universally established procedures...
Identity Threat Assessment and Prediction (ITAP)
Identity theft, fraud and related crimes are increasingly common occurrences. The Center for Identity at The University of Texas (UT CID) is studying these...
Optical machine authentication of security documents
In the first part of this publication, we discussed the latest two major international standardisation activities on the topic of optical machine authentication of...
Big Banknote Data
The Bank of Canada has recently begun collecting data on all individual notes processed by their high-speed sorting equipment, and now houses over a...
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In May 2026, the Bank of Scotland (BOS) unveiled a special, limited edition commemorative banknote. The bank chose to honor a single sporting moment: Scott McTominay’s spectacular overhead kick...
Guatemala Releases a New 100 GTQ Commemorative Banknote
The Bank of Guatemala put a new 100 quetzales (GTQ) commemorative banknote into circulation on May 25, 2026. The banknote celebrates the milestone anniversaries of three...
Is Europe’s Digital Border Worth the Cost? (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this thoughtful series, passport expert Tom Topol examined the current data regarding Europe’s Entry/Exit System and asked if the number...
Is Europe’s Digital Border Worth the Cost? (Part 1)
On 10 April 2026, the European Union completed the full rollout of its Entry/Exit System (EES) across all 29 Schengen countries, ending over a...
Beyond Age Verification: Utah’s SEDI Initiative
PRIVO, a global minors’ identity and privacy solutions company, published the following blog post on May 15, 2026.
For years, conversations around protecting children...
Special £20 Banknote Honors Scotland’s Return to the World Cup
In May 2026, the Bank of Scotland (BOS) unveiled a special, limited edition commemorative banknote. The bank chose to honor a single sporting moment: Scott McTominay’s spectacular overhead kick...
Guatemala Releases a New 100 GTQ Commemorative Banknote
The Bank of Guatemala put a new 100 quetzales (GTQ) commemorative banknote into circulation on May 25, 2026. The banknote celebrates the milestone anniversaries of three...
Is Europe’s Digital Border Worth the Cost? (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this thoughtful series, passport expert Tom Topol examined the current data regarding Europe’s Entry/Exit System and asked if the number...
Is Europe’s Digital Border Worth the Cost? (Part 1)
On 10 April 2026, the European Union completed the full rollout of its Entry/Exit System (EES) across all 29 Schengen countries, ending over a...
Beyond Age Verification: Utah’s SEDI Initiative
PRIVO, a global minors’ identity and privacy solutions company, published the following blog post on May 15, 2026.
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