British Columbia to test digital identification cards
27 September, 2007
category: Corporate, Digital ID
Early next year, the government of British Columbia, Canada, will begin tests on an “information card” which will ease and secure citizens interactions with online services. Current access to government services require logging on with a name and password, but the new document to be delivered to citizens has a “digital signature which can’t be changed or reproduced”. The Ontario privacy commissioner has praised the cards, which mean the end of stolen or lost passwords, less possibility for phishing, and less storage of sensitive and personal information.
Read the full article at CBC News.