Research and compliance notes
Analysis on privacy-preserving identity verification, state compliance requirements, and digital identity infrastructure.
Two regulatory systems are answering the same question about how online services verify a user without hoarding identity data. They have arrived at very different answers.
eIDAS 2.0 is a regulation, not a wallet. Here is what it actually requires, what the EUDI Wallet does, and what product and compliance teams should plan for in the next two quarters.
eIDAS 1.0 worked for trust services and largely failed at pan-EU eID. eIDAS 2.0 is a different design, and most of what you learned about cross-border identity needs revising.
Government ID storage can create material breach exposure. Privacy-preserving verification reduces the amount of identity data a platform must retain.
Several platforms responded to state age verification laws by blocking access. The decision illustrates the tradeoff between compliance, privacy, and user trust.
More than 15 states have enacted age verification requirements. This overview summarizes the compliance landscape and privacy considerations.