Under the proposed digital ID bill, a national digital ID company (NDID) will be set up to build a digital ID platform to identify and authenticate citizens' digital IDs. Weighing pros and consUnder the digital ID platform, there are three core parties: ID provider (IDP), authoritative source (AS) and relaying party (RP). The digital ID bill will help to simplify doing business by enabling the use of digital ID without the need to repeatedly go through traditional KYC processes that require numerous copies of an end-user's conventional ID card, said Dhiraphol Suwanprateep, a partner at Baker McKenzie. "The digital ID platform will serve growing demand [of digital needs], particularly in e-commerce." The government through the Digital Economy and Society Ministry aims for at least 10,000 people to adopt the digital ID platform for digital transactions as a means for greater assurance of online activities.

Source: Bangkok Post September 23, 2018 22:18 UTC