TOPPAN Edge is partnering with Partisia to develop a fully privacy-focused digital identity built on Partisia’s Decentralized Identity technology, giving individuals secure control over their own private data.
The collaboration will also explore how Partisia Blockchain can scale this globally and support a secure, user-driven data economy. The partnership aligns with Japan’s vision for a trusted digital framework and aims for compatibility with Europe’s eIDAS, strengthening ties between the two regions.
Japan’s TOPPAN Edge is a business information management solutions provider, while Denmark’s Partisia is a pioneer in Multi-Party Computation (MPC) and advanced, cryptographically enforced privacy built on blockchain technology. TOPPAN Edge contributes its expertise in access control and hardware solutions; Partisia provides its Decentralized Identity solution and a platform for activating confidential data. Together, the partners empower users to selectively share and verify information from their digital identity wallet, maintaining full privacy and control throughout.
“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.”
Mark Medum Bundgaard, Chief Product Officer at Partisia
The partnership also seeks to merge the identities of individuals with unique identifiers through the use of Digital Identity Wallets: an integration of human and object identities set to reshape digital interactions and data privacy.
“Together, TOPPAN Edge and Partisia are creating the foundation that will drive a new data economy, where private data can be utilized without compromising confidentiality, integrity, or availability. We are excited to support TOPPAN Edge on this journey towards the Trusted Web.”
Kurt Nielsen, CEO of Partisia and co-founder of Partisia Blockchain
Shaping the future of privacy-preserving technologies with TOPPAN Edge
Beyond digital identity, TOPPAN Edge and Partisia plan to explore the next generation of the internet, Web3, with a focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). The Partisia Blockchain platform is designed to empower users by safeguarding data and will play a critical role in scaling the solution globally.
Using the Partisia Platform, TOPPAN Edge can build a new market around a platform that enables a new data economy, one where private data can be put to work without compromising confidentiality, integrity, or availability. The solution is entirely software-based, letting individuals securely control their private data from their mobile devices wherever they go.
“Japan is embracing blockchain technology to develop decentralized solutions for secure, verifiable identities. By combining this with our identity solution, we’re making sure that privacy is never compromised, whether on the holder, issuer, or verifier side.”
Masatoshi Oka, Senior General Manager, IT Innovation Division, at TOPPAN Edge
Global implications: Japan and Europe working together
In digital personal information management, growing awareness of the risks of IT platforms that amass large amounts of personal data has driven the rise of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). The Japanese government is collaborating with industry leaders to develop the Trusted Web, a trusted digital framework that seeks to create secure, decentralized data-sharing structures. Partisia and TOPPAN Edge’s collaboration is aligned with this vision.
“We are delivering an innovative solution that holds the potential to strengthen connections between Japan and Europe.”
“At Partisia, privacy is at the heart of everything we do. We’re proud to support TOPPAN Edge as they work towards secure, software-based alternatives that align with both Japanese and European privacy standards.”
Mark Medum Bundgaard, Chief Product Officer at Partisia
About the partners
TOPPAN Edge, a group company of TOPPAN Holdings, is committed to solving corporate and social issues with an edgy, cutting-edge approach, including advanced solutions and payment services that support DX and “Hybrid-BPO®,” which fuses digital technologies and operations. Established in Tokyo in 1900, the TOPPAN Group is a leading and diversified global provider committed to delivering sustainable, integrated solutions across printing, communications, security, packaging, décor materials, electronics, and digital transformation, with a global team of more than 50,000 employees.
Partisia is a global pioneer in Multi-Party Computation (MPC) and privacy-preserving computation, selling commercial-grade MPC software since 2008, with an initial focus on secure high-stakes auctions for trading energy and spectrum licenses. Today, Partisia’s MPC solutions serve as infrastructure across key management, data activation, statistics, voting, e-cash, and more.
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