Australia Post announces Digital iD plans
Australia Post has unveiled plans to introduce its newly developed Digital iD technology across a range of companies and government departments. With Digital iD, people can verify their identity information once and then use this verification to access a range of online services.
According to Australia Post: “This removes the need for Australians to repeatedly use several forms of identity to prove who they are or have numerous passwords to access products and services.”
Service providers who will adopt adopt Australia Post’s identity platform include job outsourcing site, Airtasker; Australia’s largest credit union, CUA; foreign exchange company Travelex; and Queensland Police Service.
Australia Post Executive General Manager Trusted eCommerce Services, Andrew Walduck, said: “By using Digital ID these organisations will be able to easily verify their customers and importantly for customers they will be able to quickly open a bank account or request a service.
“Our new Digital iD platform also gives people more control over the personal data they share with organisations. For example, most people hand over their driver’s licence to prove they can legally go to a bar, but all that is needed is a name and birth date – not that information plus your full residential address.”
Walduck added: “We have already integrated Digital iD with our own products and services including MyPost Parcel Collect and our Mail Redirection Service and have received positive feedback from our customers.”
Airtasker will use Digital iD to allow its users to obtain an identity ‘badge’ to prove who they are, strengthening trust in its service. CUA will adopt the technology to verify new members applying for selected savings accounts online or via their mobile device, enabling more people to complete the process digitally without visiting a physical branch.
Travelex will use the technology as part of its Know Your Customer Checks, while Queensland Police Service will incorporate Digital iD into its national police clearance certificates process to be launched later this year.
