The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) in Australia has been carrying out digital identity age verification trials for online alcohol purchases with selected providers since September, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
FOI documents released by the Office of eSafety Commissioner indicated there were also plans to carry out similar trials for online gambling, with each private beta testing scheduled to operate for a three to six-month period.
Scope to expand the trial in 2022 has also been proposed to include additional users, other Australian-based online alcohol, online gambling service providers, R18+ online video games with "loot boxes", and myGovID as an identity provider.
The intention of the FOI request filed by Greg Tannahill dated September 29 sought to understand Mastercard's proposed involvement in delivering or influencing the delivery of age verification services in Australia.
In October, the federal government released an exposure draft for legislation that seeks to expand Australia's federal digital identity system to state and territory governments and the private sector.
Under the Bill, the federal government is seeking to formally enshrine two voluntary schemes for entities that want to provide or rely on digital identity services: A federal government-run digital identity system and a new accreditation scheme based on the existing TDIF system.
Additionally, the federal government, state and territory governments, Australian companies and foreign companies registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) would be eligible to apply to join the two digital identity systems.
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