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Cross-Border Digital ID

The EU aims to achieve cross-border digital ID, but this is hindered by national differences in maturity and technical challenges.

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Jan 27, 2026
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Between Andorra, Denmark, UK, US, Canada, NZ, Australia and North Macedonia in which of these countries you aren't required to surrender your biometric data for banking, passports, national ids etc?

Across the eight countries named, publicly available comparative reporting shows clear variation: , and do not issue national identity cards (which reduces—but does not eliminate—routine biometric enr...

Jan 10, 2026
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Which countries will accept digital ID instead of passports for entry in 2026?

No country in the available reporting is documented to accept a consumer digital ID wallet in place of a passport for international border entry in 2026; instead the clearest near-term change is an EU...