Denmark’s Partisia is joining forces with Japan’s TOPPAN Edge to develop a fully privacy-focused digital identity system, placing individuals in control of their personal data through cutting-edge decentralised technology.
At the core of this collaboration is Partisia’s Decentralised Identity solution, built on its blockchain platform that leverages Multi-Party Computation (MPC) and advanced cryptography to enforce privacy.
This partnership is set to explore how Partisia’s technology can be scaled globally to support a secure, user-driven data economy.
By combining Partisia’s privacy-first infrastructure with TOPPAN Edge’s capabilities in access control and hardware systems, the initiative aims to enable users to selectively share and verify information from a secure digital identity wallet, without compromising privacy.
The partnership also aligns with Europe’s eIDAS regulations, reinforcing regional interoperability and supporting the development of trusted digital identity frameworks.
It seeks to integrate human and object identities through Digital Identity Wallets, potentially reshaping how individuals interact and manage personal data in the digital world.
Partisia’s leadership in cryptographic privacy and decentralised systems positions Denmark at the forefront of global efforts to redefine data ownership and trust in digital interactions.
Mark Medum Bundgaard, Chief Product Officer at Partisia, shared,
“By combining TOPPAN Edge’s expertise in access control with Partisia’s privacy-enhancing technologies, this partnership will set a new market standard and usher in an era of innovation.”
Kurt Nielsen, CEO of Partisia and co-founder of Partisia Blockchain, also commented,
“Together, TOPPAN Edge and Partisia are creating the foundation that will drive a new data economy, where private data can be utilised without compromising confidentiality, integrity, or availability.”
Besides partnering up with TOPPAN Edge on digital identity solutions, TOPPAN Edge and Partisia plan to explore Web3 using Partisia Blockchain, focusing on IoT and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). The blockchain platform would be designed to empower users by safeguarding data.
Using the Partisia Platform, TOPPAN Edge could create a whole new market with a platform that enables a new data economy, where private data can be put to work without compromising confidentiality, integrity or availability.
The solution, entirely software-based, could enable individuals to securely control their private data from their mobile devices.
Masatoshi Oka, Senior General Manager of the IT Innovation Division at TOPPAN Edge added, saying that the intention of privacy-focused digital identity is to ensure that privacy is never compromised on all fronts: holder, issuer, or verifier sides.
The Japanese government is apparently collaborating with industry leaders to develop a trusted digital framework. One key initiative, The Trusted Web, purportedly seeks to create secure and decentralised data-sharing structures.
Featured image credit: Partisia
This article first appeared on Fintech News Hong Kong
