“Foster discussed the genesis of the Act and the state of U.S. digital ID in an ID2020 webinar last year…’So many services – in banking, health care, government, and e-commerce – depend on knowing ‘who is on the other side’ of a transaction,” Jeremy Grant, Coordinator of the Better Identity Coalition, quoted on Foster’s website. “But our old identity systems have not transitioned well to the digital world – creating friction in commerce, fueling increased fraud and theft, degrading privacy, and hindering the availability of many services online.’”
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