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On a whim today, I tried making a list of digital identity-related developments since the start of this fiscal year, but they have been coming one after another far too quickly…. I have only been going through my own posts on X and this blog, so I have probably missed quite a few things, but even this much is already overwhelming. Surely this pace cannot continue…. If there is anything you think should also be included, please let me know.

First-Half News List

Below, X links to X, B links to this blog, and W links to an external website.

  1. 4/22 NIST SP 800-63B supplement published [X, B]
  2. 4/30 European Digital Identity Framework promulgated (EU Digital Identity Regulation took effect on 5/21) [X]
  3. 5/10 Information Distribution Platform Act enacted [B]
  4. 5/23 EU Digital Identity Architecture and Reference Framework ver. 1.4 published [X]
  5. 5/30 Apple to add My Number functionality to the iPhone—Apple Wallet’s ID feature makes its first appearance outside the United States [X]
  6. 6/7 Amendments relating to the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, etc. [X, B]
  7. 6/18 Comprehensive measures to protect the public from fraud [X, B]
  8. 6/19 EU AML package promulgated [X, B]
  9. 6/21 Digital Agency’s Digital Authentication App [X, B]
  10. 6/27 Call for comments on the “Interim Summary of Deliberations Concerning the So-Called Review Every 3 Years of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information” [W]
  11. 7/15 Digital Agency’s FY Reiwa 5 interim summary of the policy for revising its identity verification guidelines [X, B]
  12. 7/21 United Kingdom to introduce Digital Information and Smart Data Bill [X, B]
  13. 7/24 Public comment period begins for OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance [X]
  14. 7/24 Fourth Implementer’s Draft of OpenID Federation approved [X]
  15. 7/30 Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) passes the Senate [X, B]
  16. 8/12 Public comment period begins for EUDIW Implementing Acts [X, B]
  17. 8/14 Apple to open NFC transactions using the Secure Element [W]
  18. 8/20 My Number Card face-to-face verification app released [Xs]
  19. 8/20 Three Shared Signals Implementer’s Drafts approved [X]
  20. 8/21 NIST SP 800-63-4 2nd Public Draft published [X, B]
  21. 8/22 Call for comments on the proposed Order Partially Amending the Order Partially Amending the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds and the Rules on the Use of Information and Communications Technology in Reporting Suspicious Transactions [X]
  22. 8/31 Mastercard announces a new passkey-based service for safer online payments [X]1
  23. 8/31 OIX closes
  24. 9/10 Furigana readings to be recorded for names in family registers; takes effect next year on May 26. Cabinet decision. Unconventional “kirakira” names excluded [X, B]
  25. 9/12 “My Number Driver’s License” to be introduced in 25/3; renewal courses to be available online [X, B]
  26. 9/13 Google announces passport support in its wallet—the new era of digital ID enabled by Google Wallet [X, B]
  27. 9/13 National Police Agency changes its interpretation of provisions including Article 6, paragraph 1, item 1(e) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds [X]
  28. 9/23 FDX selects a new CEO as it prepares to apply to the CFPB for recognition as a standard-setting body [W]
  29. 9/24 ENISA supports certification of the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet [W]
  30. 9/27 Death and the Digital Estate Community Group established [W]
  31. 9/30 Expanded My Number Card functions: health insurance certificate expected on smartphones as early as spring 25 [W]

Second-Half News List

  1. 10/7 Simplified procedures when using the My Number Health Insurance Certificate: starts on October 7 [B]
  2. 10/7 Public comment period begins for NIST IR 8480 (Initial Public Draft), Attribute Validation Services for Identity Management: Architecture, Security, Privacy, and Operational Considerations [W]
  3. 10/22 Call for Experts: Join the ENISA Ad Hoc Working Group on EU Digital Identity Wallets Cybersecurity Certification [W]
  4. 10/24 Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [W]
  5. 10/24 Why Verifiable Credentials Aren’t Widely Adopted & Why Trinsic Pivoted | by Riley Hughes | Oct, 2024 | Medium [W]
  6. 10/25 UK » New data laws aim to ‘improve public services and boost economy by £10 billion’ | The Independent [W]
  7. 10/29 Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [W]

The YouTube stream from September 30 is available here.

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(The live comments are also informative, so I recommend opening the video on YouTube to watch it.)

Footnotes

  1. Starting with Card on File and Secure Remote Commerce (SRC)