Italy's data regulator approves national EU digital ID wallet plan

Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, has approved the technical and architectural plan for the country's national version of the EU Digital Identity Wallet, requesting no changes. The system will issue government credentials through a state-backed trust anchor, with biometric data subject to extra safeguards, and follows similar launches in Germany, Romania and France. The rollout shows national identity systems being built to a common EU standard, a step toward interoperable digital identity across borders that matters for questions of access and oversight.