France has announced plans for a national digital I.D. system just days after President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected. The “Digital ID Guarantee Service” ( SGIN ) was signed into law following his victory over Marine Le Pen, which will allow France to be ‘compliant’ with the European Union’s digital ID .
The French Ministry of the Interior announced that it will be creating a smartphone application to house a new digital identity. The biometric app, which is tied to digital ID movements across Europe, was signed off in a decree by Prime Minister Jean Castex and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Tuesday. The app will allow users to scan their physical identity card and it will be uploaded to be used to access public or private services.
France’s plan builds off a previous effort to introduce a digital I.D. in 2019. The use of facial recognition technology, as well as […]
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