Public Mydata
Within a country, a lot of information is created and circulated about individuals for the purpose of granting or proving their citizenship. This information is produced directly or indirectly by the state to ensure the freedom and rights of individuals. In recent years, e-government or online government services have become commonplace around the world, and most government services are provided through the creation, distribution, and utilization of personal data.
With the revision of the GDPR in 2016, an international discussion has begun on how individuals can access, manage, and utilize personal information held by the state or public organizations. However, due to legal issues and cultural/customary differences, individual countries have yet to provide comprehensive information services for personal data subjects.
In order for citizens to properly identify their rights and demand their rights from the state, a reasonable system for creating, distributing, and utilizing personal data that is the basis of citizenship proof must be developed and operated. However, as there are no utilization rules or systems for national/public personal data, GPF researches and distributes public personal data utilization rules and systems within and between countries.
Global Identity Verification
Identity verification has a long history. It has historically been the responsibility of states and regional organizations to verify and manage the identity of each individual in a country or region. Identity verification allows individuals to identify certain rights and obligations in their country or region, and these rights and obligations have been an important means of social cohesion and mobilization.
Since the 20th century, globalized freedom of movement has brought with it the challenge of identifying individuals in other countries or regions. This has been addressed imperfectly and partially through bilateral agreements and treaties, with ICAO organizations and e-passport systems currently enabling limited global identification.
After the pandemic in 2020, national online services such as financial and medical services began to be developed and operated, and this became a new opportunity to call for the need for global identity verification. GPF is conducting research to bridge national identity management systems so that individuals can receive identity verification services anywhere in the world.