Europe’s digital ID wallet — Easy for users or a data privacy nightmare?

    European Union lawmakers are planning an EU-wide digital identity wallet for access to essential services. On March 15, the European Parliament voted 418 to 103 (with 24 abstentions) in favor of negotiating a mandate for talks with the European Union member states about revising the new European Digital Identity (eID) framework and creating the “European Digital Identity Wallet,” also…