Compliance and Legislation Data Minimization Defense & Government Digital Identity Privacy

Cabinet embraces European ID wallet for secure online age verification

The Dutch cabinet views the upcoming European digital identity wallet (ID wallet) as the most promising and secure solution for online age verification. With the increasing societal call to better protect minors on social media and during the online purchase of age-restricted products, the need for reliable checks is more urgent than ever. The fundamental […]

Compliance Digital Identity Privacy Rights of data subjects

Privacy concerns regarding mandatory digital identification (PDT) for football fans

From the 2028/2029 season, the KNVB intends to make ‘Personal Digital Access’ (PDT) mandatory to more effectively combat ticket abuse in football stadiums. To achieve this, supporters must complete a mandatory one-time digital identification by scanning their identity document via an app. However, recent research raises significant privacy concerns, as an excessive amount of sensitive […]

Compliance and Legislation Data Minimization Digital Identity EIDAS Sovereignty

The Netherlands must act now on the European Business Wallet

On September 10, the House of Representatives will discuss the future of the European Business Wallet (EBW) and eIDAS with both public and private parties. The message is clear: ensure speed, interoperability, and a strong public-private ecosystem in which the government and the market collaborate. Digital wallets make data minimization and purpose limitation practical: only […]

Data Protection Digital Identity Privacy

Protecting minors online takes more than age verification

DIDAS warns that age verification alone cannot solve harmful content, addictive design, profiling or commercial exploitation of children online. Where verification is necessary, it should reveal only what is required, such as a simple “over/under age threshold”, without exposing identity, birth date or biometrics. DIDAS proposes six principles: privacy by design/default, unlinkability, data minimisation, open-source […]

Cybersecurity Digital Identity EIDAS

Belgian eID signing software critical flaws shake trust in digital identity

Security researchers uncovered severe vulnerabilities in Belgium’s Connective eID signing software, used by more than 2 million citizens. The technology is deployed by 8 of Belgium’s 10 largest banks, more than 60 government agencies and over 1,000 enterprises. A fundamental weakness was that the software failed to properly verify which website was communicating with the […]

AI Cybersecurity Digital Identity Identity & Access Management Zero Trust

When AI agents break IAM then Identity becomes the fault line

AI agents challenge traditional IAM by acting at machine speed and scale, with unpredictable access patterns that human-centric security models weren’t designed for. Prompt injection, credential exposure and multi-agent delegation create attack paths that conventional authentication and authorization controls struggle to govern. Existing behavioral monitoring can be effectively blind to autonomous agents, while ownership, accountability, […]