EU/US standards work on digital IDs missing rights component

A North Atlantic effort to synchronize governmental approaches to digital identity systems is ignoring standards that would protect privacy and human rights, according to a skeptical advocacy group.

The Center for Democracy & Technology has published a statement saying coordinated regulation must address the human and societal affects digital IDs can create. That is not happening, according to the group.

The center sent the letter to the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council, which is seeking methods of cross-governmental cooperation …

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