The European Commission, as part of the legislative package on road safety, proposed the introduction of a single digital driver’s license in the EU and new rules that will facilitate the collection of traffic fines committed in another member state, as well as the revocation of driver’s licenses.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says his priority since taking office in January has been “modernizing” the Secretary of State’s Office. WCBU spoke with Giannoulias during a visit to a Peoria DMV to learn more about what modernization looks like and how Illinois residents could benefit.

Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague have called for everyone in the UK to get digital ID cards as part of a “technological revolution”.

In the near future, if a police officer pulls you over, you may not need to hand over a plastic ID card. Instead, you’ll share your information digitally with the officer, who will hopefully give you a warning and advise you to fix that broken taillight.

A party caucus chair in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania has signaled to the state’s lower house members that he wants legislation legalizing a watered-down digital ID.

“Know this, in just a matter of months, we’re finally going to have those digital wallets,” Newsom said as he summarized his budget.

California has been developing a digital ID for some time now, and the California DMV received permission to start testing mobile driver’s licenses and ID cards with a limited number of people back in 2021. The state has not yet confirmed specifically that its mobile ID solution will integrate with the Wallet app function that Apple has introduced, but we may not have long to wait to find out what California has planned.

Roughly 30 states are conducting either research or a pilot program on mobile driver’s licenses, according to Jason Bohrer, executive director of the Security Technology Alliance (STA), a nonprofit association that supports the technology’s adoption.

The Mobile ID gives residents advantages in terms of convenience, security and privacy, according to Magnolia State Live. It can be used as a legal form of contactless identity verification anywhere in the state that driver’s licenses are accepted.

The third-party mDL certification from UL is the first of its kind, according to the announcement. It applies to Thales’ Digital ID Wallet on both the Android and iOS platforms.