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Governments are tasked with providing every citizen, and all people living within a country’s borders, with equal access to digital services and resources. Yet millions of people are excluded from access today because they lack a formal digital identity. And many more are unable to use a digital identity securely and smoothly. What factors drive the push for achieving better digital identity?

How can governments help people gain control over their digital identity and facilitate secure user access to both public and private digital services locally and globally?

Access to digital services in today’s world can be overwhelming. The need to register a new login and password for each service and show supporting physical identity documents leads many to take short cuts. This can compromise online privacy and security and undermine the sense of data ownership.How can an effective digital identity solution help?

While the challenge to secure borders has become a recurring topic in an era characterised by decentralised terrorist attacks, mass migrations and impersonations, there is also a heightened awareness about data privacy and usage.

It is sometimes difficult for users with impairments to quickly and assuredly differentiate banknotes. In 2015, working closely with a number of associations and in collaboration with a design studio specialized in Universal Design, SICPA launched a project to make banknotes assuredly the most accessible payment method.

Every day billions of people juggle multiple logins and passwords in order to access different government-run and private sector services. They often take time-saving but risky shortcuts that can undermine privacy and security. More than a billion people face exclusion from vital public services because they lack any official form of official identity, be it a residence permit, health record, driving license, passport or social security number.

The growth in the illicit trade in tobacco products remains a worrying worldwide phenomenon as it provides an enduring source of funding for organized crime and terrorist activities; these potential threats must be acknowledged and tackled as a national and international priority.